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©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. From your friends at the Global Small Business Blog, Happy New Year!  Make 2019 joyful, global, productive and filled with good health and prosperity. from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2s4jvvI Happy 2019 from the Global Small Business Blog-Small Business

©iStock/Sergey Tinyakov What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Discover what matters in global trade in 2019.  Listen in on Laurel Delaney's annual wegginar® regarding Global Trade Trends Report 2019.  FREE.  Register here. How India is navigating global trade agreement trends . Ten new year's resolutions for your career. Quote of the week:  "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson How to stick to your new year plans and change your life. Why do we bother making new year's resolutions ? from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2GPfFRD Today in Global Small Business: Stick To Your New Year Plans and Change Your Life-Small Business

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Cats rule the world [especially during the holidays]." -- Jim Davis from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2EW801Z Cats Rule the World-Small Business

©iStock/Tzido An academic survey found that SMEs expect the Thai economy to expand by 3.79 per cent next year.  About 84.2 per cent of respondents said they were not ready to undertake digital transformation. In addition, the survey found that the three most important factors affecting businesses were the: Post-election political environment Domestic economy World economy However, such factors as a lack of qualified personnel as well as intense competition were also noted as important. Read more about how  SMEs expect the Thai economy to grow 3.79 per cent in 2019 . from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2EVPA1r SMEs Expect Thai Economy to Expand in 2019-Small Business

©iStock/Olivier Le Moal Fast Track Trade (FTT) is the first Singapore-headquartered operator to provide a blockchain-based digital trade platform to the local SME community.  They are working with Get Go Global (Go) to promote one another's platforms in an effort to push digitization across the Asia-Pacific region. “It [the platform] allows SMEs to seek business partners and distributors, buy and sell goods, and track shipments. Additionally, it can receive and make payments, access financing and buy insurance via an eco-system of service providers on the FTT platform.” Learn more here . from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2ELUxsN Pushing Digitization Across the Asia-Pacific Region-Small Business

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©iStock/Rawpixel "May your Christmas be filled with good cheer, family, love and good health!" -- Hugs from your friends at the Global Small Business Blog from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2T8qOOI Merry Christmas Around the World!-Small Business