Kia Acropolis bearing the new corporate identity
Kia Philippines recently inaugurated its newest dealership located along a bustling business and commercial district in Metro Manila.
Kia Acropolis is the 7th dealership to wear Kia’s refreshed new look. Kia Acropolis is under Autoklassik Motors Corp.–a Filipino-owned corporation that was established in August 2010.
Kia Acropolis provides sales, after-sales, maintenance, and support services.
Standard Chartered Bank wins sustainability awards
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Philippines won three (3) awards for Best Deals at The Asset Country Awards for Sustainable Finance 2022: Best Sustainability Bond — Sovereign, Best Sustainability Bond — Financial Institution, and Best Local Currency Bond.
SCB Philippines won the Best Sustainability Bond — Sovereign award for the Republic of the Philippines (RoP) USD 1 billion sustainability notes where SCB acted as joint lead manager, joint bookrunner, and sustainability structuring bank for this transaction. This is RoP’s inaugural sustainability bond offering and part of the three-tranche fund raising by the sovereign totalling USD 2.25 billion. The 25-year sustainability tranche garnered a strong investor demand that enabled the RoP to upsize this tranche by USD 250 million despite an already robust 50bps compression from the initial price guidance.
The Best Sustainability Bond — Financial Institution award is for BDO Unibank’s PHP 52.7 billion ASEAN sustainability bonds where SCB was the sole arranger. This transaction is the largest ESG-related bond offering from a non-sovereign Philippine issuer with the order book amounting to more than 10x the original offer size on the back of exceptional demand from both retail and institutional investors.
SCB Philippines also won the award for Best Local Currency Bond for Union Bank of the Philippines’ PHP 11 billion digital bond, the first-ever digital peso bond offering in the Philippines which generated a strong demand with the final order book at 11x the initial minimum size.
The Asset’s annual Triple A recognition represents the industry’s most prestigious awards for banking, finance, treasury and the capital markets.
How outsourcing helps small businesses during recessions
Outsourcing has become a necessity in recent years–especially during a looming recession.
Small businesses should consider outsourcing during this turbulent time to lower costs, improve efficiency and gain expertise.
Outsourcing lets businesses cut down on labor costs by hiring a third-party to handle staff pay, benefits, and training. It also does away worry about investing in equipment, technologies, and facilities needed to perform these tasks.
Companies like MyOffice offer flexible options, letting one build a Virtual Office that suits the business best, including fully furnished private areas, and meeting rooms, even Receptionist Support Services to help with daily administrative tasks.
Online platforms like Canva are free and readily available, with optional Premium Subscription packs, can save resources normally spent for marketing and graphic design.
By outsourcing business registration companies like Permitly, one is assured that every step is done quickly and accomplished correctly–without having to go to the various government offices yourself!
Online accounting platforms such as Taxumo or JuanTax allow businesses to address their tax compliance and accounting needs without having to manage the long-term commitments full-time hires require.
One of the most common aspects of a business that is outsourced is Social Media Marketing. Outsourcing a Social Media Manager from websites like UpWork or Fiverr.
Business would be most beneficial to outsource so you can focus on strategies to either grow or stabilize your company — regardless of the state of the global economy.
EK powered by Globe
Enchanted Kingdom partnered with Globe Business in installing reliable high-speed WiFi services at key areas throughout the Philippines’ first and only world-class theme park.
With Globe Business Managed WiFi, guests can enjoy 30-minute complimentary access to the internet, while EKsperience the Magic Card Holders can stay connected all day long, giving them the freedom to explore the theme park while sharing their adventures online.
The Managed WiFi connection also improves digital processes and transactions across the park. By complementing the theme park’s existing IT Network, the solution helps ensure a faster, seamless, and worry-free experience for the guests–from front-gate ticketing and accessing Enchanted Kingdom’s online store, to transacting in retail and food shops.
By partnering with Globe Business and embracing digital transformation, they provide an even more magical experience for Filipinos and their international patrons.
Honda special insurance packages
Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) is offering special insurance packages for the All-New BR-V 1.5 VX CVT Honda SENSING until March 31.
The Honda SENSING Insurance Partnership offers preferential rates for comprehensive insurance to customers who will purchase models equipped with the Honda SENSING such as the Civic, CR-V, All-New HR-V, and the recently launched All-New BR-V and All-New Civic Type R. HCPI continues to expand its lineup of vehicles with the Honda SENSING in its commitment to realizing Honda’s global vision of “Safety for Everyone.”
Now entering its second year, HCPI was the first to embark on a special insurance partnership for vehicles with advanced driver-assist systems, and the offers are becoming more competitive with more partners on board. The program expands through the inclusion of a special insurance package for the All-New BR-V. In partnership with AXA Philippines, Standard Insurance, and Malayan Insurance.
Coverage of the comprehensive motor vehicle insurance with preferred rates includes: own damage/theft; acts of nature; voluntary third-party liability / excess bodily injury; voluntary third-party liability/property damage and; passenger accident
Sheraton Cebu Mactan Resort -PLDT Enterprise partnership
PLDT Enterprise recently partnered with one of the most premiere resorts in Cebu, the Sheraton Cebu Mactan Resort, to deliver robust and reliable connections for their customers and their hotel experience.
The resort is now powered by PLDT’s Dedicated Internet Access service, or iGate—a service that provides businesses with guaranteed bandwidth as well as reliable and managed connectivity to the Internet.
Other connectivity solutions that are in place at Sheraton Cebu Mactan are the PLDT SIP Trunks, powered by fiber technology, which will provide quality and stable incoming and outgoing voice calls, and SMART Postpaid, powered by the latest Smart 5G network, for the mobile communication of the employees.
There is also Smart Broadband which will be provided for guests traveling from the airport to the hotel and vice versa.
PHINMA policy forum
PHINMA facilitated Private Education Towards Nation Building, a policy forum powered by its educational arm, PHINMA Education. Through presentations by Kavita Rajagopalan, program director of Global Schools Forum (GSF) and Meekyung Shin, education specialist for Higher Education at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the forum steered and encouraged discussion on the way private tertiary education institutions could complement public education in the Philippines, as a response to the current educational crisis in the country.
The Private Education Towards Nation Building Forum, held at The Fifth at Rockwell, Makati, drew over 150 education leaders and stakeholders, including heads of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities, Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), Private Education Assistance Committee and Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines.
“While the public sector’s education spending per person in the country has grown robustly over the past 25 years, we continue to perform poorly in international standardized student assessments. This is a clear indicator that we have much to do and increasingly little time to do it,” said Ramon del Rosario Jr., chairman and CEO of PHINMA Corp.
OKBet promo
Online sports fans and gamers in the Philippines have a chance to win big with a new promotion from OKBet, an online sportsbook, and e-games platform.
The company is offering verified players the chance to win a brand-new Toyota Fortuner by simply placing wagers on their favorite sports, or playing electronic games on the platform.
Dubbed “Super Jackpot Win A Ride”, the promotion — the biggest by OKBet to date — also includes the chance to win up to PHP 50,000 worth of free wagers each month, an Apple iPhone 14 Pro, or a Honda CBR150R sport bike. The monthly raffle draws will be streamed live on OKBet’s official social media platforms, and will run from February 1 to July 31 this year.
Security Bank Foundation donation
Security Bank Foundation Inc. bolstered its advocacy with the promotion of blended learning delivery and the donation of Knowledge Channel portable media libraries (PMLs) for its nine adopted schools in Western Visayas.
Dubbed as Gift of Knowledge, the Knowledge Channel PMLs comprise 1,500 educational videos and materials aligned with the Department of Education K to 12 curriculum. The videos can be used by the teachers as learning materials for students while they are at home or during face-to-face classes via projectors/televisions in classrooms.
Recipient schools are also beneficiaries of SBFI’s Build a School, Build a Nation Program, a holistic initiative providing schools with classrooms to augment learning needs, as well as ensuring repair support, educator training, and other learner support programs.
The schools that received PMLs in Region VI are A.L. Jayme Elementary School (Bacolod City, Negros Occidental), Bakhaw Integrated School (Iloilo City), Emiliano Lizares National High School (Bacolod City, Negros Occidental), Governor Emilio Gaston Memorial Elementary School (Silay City, Negros Occidental), Inzo Arnaldo Village Integrated School (Roxas City, Capiz), Kabankalan National High School (Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental), Kalibo Pilot Elementary School (Kalibo, Aklan), Pres Manuel A. Roxas Memorial School South And SPED (Roxas City, Capiz), and Victorias City National High School (Victorias City, Negros Occidental).
