FTI seeks measures to help ailing SMEs

November 21, 2023

PUBLISHED : 21 Nov 2023 at 05:28

People shop at Sampheng market in Bangkok. Mr Apichit wants the government to carefully consider a plan to raise the daily minimum wage as it could force SMEs, especially those that rely on labour, into a precarious situation. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Urgent measures from the government are necessary to solve a financial crisis among 12,898 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), now at risk of succumbing to a huge level of debt worth 61 billion baht,…