The Distance Business Programme (D-Biz) is a Hong Kong government program that has been set up to support private enterprises. This means they can continue their business and services through the adoption of IT solutions, including HReasily. HReasily is an approved IT service provider of D-Biz.
All private enterprises (except listed companies, statutory bodies and NGOs funded by the Government), are eligible to apply. Qualified enterprises must have a valid Business Registration Certificate with business commenced before 1 January 2020 and have substantive business operation in the related industry at the time of application.
For each IT solution and the relevant training expenses for the employees, the funding ceiling is HK$100,000 per project category (with funding for the relevant training expenses capped at 10 percent of the IT solution cost).
• Each enterprise may receive total funding of up to HK$300,000 to undertake a project to be completed within six months.
• An enterprise will be disbursed a payment of 30% of the funding amount after the application has been approved.
• Upon completion of the project and after the supporting documents are accepted, the remaining funding amount will be disbursed to the enterprise.
HReasily is eligible for application under the D-Biz Programme and falls within the ‘Category 7 ‘Online / cloud-based human resources management systems’ of applicable IT solution.
Resources: HKPC:
https://www.hkpc.org/en/distance-business-programme
