British American Tobacco Malaysia (BAT Malaysia) and BAT Global Business Services have been officially certified as a Top Employer for 2018 in Malaysia, reinstating their positions as an employer of choice that puts its people first. Together with this certification, three other counterparts of British American Tobacco – Indonesia, Australia and Japan – were also awarded for their respective countries and collectively, positioning the Group as a top employer in Asia Pacific region for the year 2018.

The Top Employers Institute is an independent organisation that identifies the employee offerings of leading employers around the world and comparing them against the international standard, based on an annual independent research conducted by the Institute itself. This year, the Institute announced the results of the research into the employee conditions of significant employers in Asia Pacific. 

Lenovo, the world’s leading PC manufacturer, unveils fundamental shifts that will drive technology trends in 2018 and beyond. In the IDC InfoBrief, Enabling the Future Workspace – Agile, Intelligent and Engaging, commissioned by Lenovo, it is predicted that the changing workforce demographics and rapid adoption of new technologies will lead to fundamental changes in the workspace and how people work. 

The IDC InfoBrief finds that Asia’s millennials, who will make up more than 50 per cent of the workforce by 2020, will drive transformation in workspaces across Asia Pacific, excluding Japan (APeJ). Millennials’ flair for new technologies combined with enterprises’ quest for competitive advantage will fuel adoption of high potential innovation accelerators, such as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), cognitive or artificial intelligence (AI), and robotics, giving rise to new behaviours and practices particularly around human-device interfaces, collaboration, talent practices, visualisation, and data-driven insights. 

Malaysia on 11 December 2017 joined 55 other WTO Members in calling for the establishment of a Work Programme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the WTO. 

ACE Market-listed company, PUC Berhad (formerly known as PUC Founder (MSC) Bhd) announced the launch of Presto, Malaysia’s revolutionary home-grown Social Marketing and eWallet Platform with the eWallet component to be featured in due course. 

The platform will bring shoppers a new way to save on shopping by earning CASH BACK, at the same time, helps sellers to boost their brand presence and sales to countless of shoppers.