Universum's Employer Branding NOW 2023 study, conducted during the first quarter of this year, shows students and working professionals are confident about the hiring market – this despite slowdowns in certain industries and regions. "Notwithstanding a flurry of news about layoffs and economic contraction,...
In the past year, Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the Singapore Standards Council (SSC) have developed and reviewed over 168 Singapore Standards and Technical References, impacting 13,000 organisations. 91 of these standards were new, with close to 70% focused on emerging areas most of which...
Organisations, industry observers and vendors have discussed a lot about the pace of change in technology rollout and adoption in recent months. We have seen how services provisions have been transformed, how rapidly new apps were deployed, how new workflows are developed, and new ways of serving...
The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) launched its Singapore Women Entrepreneurs Network (SG-WEN) at the SBF Center. SG-WEN aims to bring together women entrepreneurs in Singapore and connect them with other women entrepreneurs, business leaders and trade associations in the Asia-Pacific, in particular the ASEAN...
The latest MyExpatriate Market Pay survey published annually by ECA International, a human resources consultancy has revealed that expatriate pay packages in Singapore rose by US$ 13,163 in 2018 to a total of US$ 236,258, including an average cash salary of US$ 90,170. When...
Ascendas-Singbridge Group (ASB), supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Enterprise Singapore, announced the formation of a Smart Urban Co-Innovation Lab, the first developer-led lab in Southeast Asia. Slated to be launched later this year, the lab will facilitate and support at least 30 co-innovation...
Mastercard has welcomed 10 fintechs from around the world to participate in its award-winning startup engagement program, Start Path, to scale the future of commerce. Mastercard will work with these companies through a six-month program to co-innovate and uncover opportunities that leverage Mastercard’s technology, expertise...
The recent global pandemic has fast-forwarded change. It has opened considerable opportunities for businesses to make a profit while at the same time it has increased the potential for crisis. The reality is the evolving threat matrix of the digital economy, which is at...
Kaspersky’s latest statistics for Singapore revealed that small and medium businesses (SMBs) continue to be the target for cyber criminals in the city state.Between the period of 1H 2023, SMB employees here encountered malware or unwanted software disguised as business applications with approximately 50 unique files being...
Singapore-based HeyHi, an interactive online educational platform, is collaborating with Vonage, a business cloud communications provider, to provide online classroom learning experiences to schools, learning centers, tuition centers and private tutors in Asia and North America. This comes as digital communications are now critical in providing...