Quiet persistence: Meet the man behind Mr Baker’s, Brunei’s biggest healthy bakery
After two years of heavy losses and nearly going out of business, this is how Eric Pui found Mr Baker's breakthrough with a small hospital kiosk.
Continuing my mother’s legacy: Flour and Butter
It's not often that on a weekday evening - in the middle of December - that a small eatery tucked away in Menglait can...
At 86, business icon Hj Adnin is determined to champion Brunei’s ceramic making
At 7.30am on a Monday in December, 30 minutes before our interview is scheduled, Hj Adnin Pehin Dato Hj Ibrahim, a pioneering Malay businessman in...
Labourer by day, chef by night: KueTiaw Abam Panas Panas
Sweat beading his brow, Mohd Fadillah Hj Abu Bakar withstands the heat of the stove as he works the wok at a small live...
Brunei’s last batik producer earns Japan’s Good Design Award
It's been two decades since Hj Zainal Abidin Hj Ibrahim decided he would attempt to produce Brunei's first commercial line of batik clothing.
Then in...
PAZ Tarbiyyah opens Brunei’s first Islamic enrichment centre for children
When Rafeah Serbini and Dr. Hjh Mona Yati Mohd Kassim first met several years ago, both women held budding professional and corporate careers.
Rafeah was...
Brunei’s JMA partners with Malaysia’s Volkspeed to open continental car workshop
At the beginning of 2018, Jeff Ng's Volkswagen Golf R, the most souped-up version of the enduringly popular hatchback from the German automaker, couldn't...
Uncertain over their future, Tutong’s Soto Hj Tuah rebuilds from its founder’s home
Relocated three times across 40 years – and winning tenders with Tutong’s Municipal Department at least twice – it’s inconceivable to most that the...
Meet the engineering duo behind Project Ice Cream
Project Ice Cream - it's about as direct and self-explanatory as a name can get for an experiment turned business lead by two fresh-faced...
Giving your boss bad news? Meet the startup teaching practical communications
Most public speaking coaches have gleaming resumes anchored by communication degrees followed by a list of certification credentials, and for the cream of the...
