The Budget Statement for 2025 will be delivered on Tuesday, 18 February. The logo for this year features three figures supporting one another, symbolise the unity of the Singaporean people, coming together to explore new opportunities together and to reach new frontiers. With these goals in mind, SMEhorizon presents a...
GlobalConnect@SBF is an initiative by SBF and supported by Enterprise Singapore to help businesses expand globally. Since its launch in November 2019, GlobalConnect@SBF has assisted more than 2,500 Singapore businesses. Despite a challenging year in 2020, GlobalConnect@SBF has also enabled 15 overseas ventures by Singapore businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand,...
Singapore has taken several measures to beef up cybersecurity after attacks in recent years.  A new multi-year roadmap is underway to identify next generation cyber-threats and develop the solutions and capabilities needed to secure Singapore’s connectivity infrastructure. This was announced by Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State for Communications and...
On 12 February 2026, Budget 2026 was delivered by Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Mr Lawrence Wong. This was the government’s first Budget in its new term and comes at the start of the post-SG60 phase. This budget also comes at a time of profound global change which, while...
United Overseas Bank (UOB) announced on 26 November its collaboration with three homegrown solar companies, SolarGy, SolarPVExchange and Sunseap Group, to accelerate the use of solar energy in Singapore. The tie-up is part of the Bank’s U-Solar program which connects the entire solar power value chain to help businesses and consumers switch to...
More IP resources have been announced for enterprises to grow their businesses and emerge stronger from the pandemic. This was announced by Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law Mr Edwin Tong at the launch of the annual Intellectual Property Week (IP Week @ SG 2021).Said Mr...
On March 2, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) launched the SBF ManpowerConnect scheme as part of the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) temporary measure to help companies in the manufacturing and services sectors better manage their manpower needs in view of the COVID-19 situation. For a period of six months, companies in...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the launch of a S$35 million Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) for the financial services sector to help smaller financial institutions adopt digital solutions for more streamlined data reporting to MAS. The grant is currently applicable to banks and will be subsequently expanded...
Despite the challenges facing Singapore businesses in an uncertain economic climate, nine in 10 businesses now recognize the importance of business transformation to maintain competitiveness and competency. Nearly two in three companies (66%) also view technology adoption as fundamental in transforming their businesses. Internationalization has picked up pace among...
Enterprise Singapore announced on 30 April the appointment of 14 new Accredited Mentor Partners (AMPs) to the Startup SG Founder scheme, in their continuous efforts to groom startups in Singapore. The appointments took effect from 1 May 2020, bringing the total AMP partner network to 57. The majority of these...