WEST BANGKA -- Starting with a sports hobby, Zul Efendi (34), a resident of Pelangas Village, Simpang Teritip District, West Bangka Regency, runs a sports shop business in his village.
The father of Muhamad Ikhsan and Yusuf Amar, who is a badminton coach, said that having a sports shop in their village makes it easier for the people in their village to meet their needs for sports equipment.
In addition, Zul is interested in building a sports shop business to help develop sports at Simpang Teritip. As a badminton trainer, he is skilled at stringing rackets.
Not long after, Ratna Sari's husband's sports shop business continued to grow and progress. In 2021, it continued to progress by taking advantage of PT Timah Tbk's Micro Small Business Funding program loans.
After obtaining a capital loan from PT Timah Tbk, he can add a variety of sports equipment that consumers need.
"After getting capital through PT Timah Tbk's PUMK program, the business is getting bigger, and the stock of goods is much more. At first, we were just a small shop, Alhamdulillah now we can meet consumers," Zul explained.
According to Zul, PT Timah Tbk's PUMK program has helped him in developing the business he is in so that he can improve his family's economy.
"Alhamdulillah, it's really helped, we feel supported by the program rolled out by PT Timah," he explained.
He said the capital loan program rolled out by PT Timah helps small and medium businesses it can revive the people's economy.
"A program like this can help small businesses so that it is indeed extraordinary to be able to revive the community's economy," he said.
