THIS will be the last of the series of articles for this year. I have kept this piece on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to the end as it provides an opportunity to draw together issues raised in my previous articles, focusing on how they apply to SMEs.
The SME community in Malaysia has raised numerous concerns about the application of the Competition Act 2010 to their businesses. The concerns range from a claim that the Act should not apply to SMEs at all, to complaints that the Act is too complex for small businesses to understand.