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In August 2019, Google and UOB launched SME Leadership Academy, a new training program for business leaders. This program is supported by Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), and aims to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) accelerate their digital transformation and compete more effectively in...

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) partnered industry players and successfully executed a live shipment from Singapore to Thailand during Q1 2023. This fully paperless, live cross-border trade involved the use of an ETR, that is functionally equivalent to a paper Bill of Lading...

Singapore SMEs remain cautiously optimistic about business prospects in the next six months, with key economic sectors showing a slight uptick in reading, according to the latest SBF-Experian SME Index. The ongoing trade tensions between US and China has cast a shadow over the...

Business leaders representing the major retail landlords and tenants in Singapore have been appointed members of the Fair Tenancy Industry Committee (FTIC). The FTIC will take the lead and act as the custodian of the Code of Conduct (CoC) for the Leasing of Retail Premises in Singapore.Major...

Singapore is often lauded as a food paradise. Yet, according to the Singapore Food Agency, the country imports more than 90% of its food, making it vulnerable to food supply chain disruptions that could occur due to global factors such as climate change, disease outbreaks, geopolitical developments...

This article was contributed by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). As the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be raised from 7% to 8% with effect from 1 Jan 2023, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) encourages all GST-registered businesses to...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore want continued financial support from the Budget 2021 to help them to retain their employees while they continue to build back their businesses, according to the UOB SME Outlook 2021 Study. More than half of SMEs want...

Workato has announced the first digital automation and integration solution to come onboard the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) Advanced Digital Solutions (ADS) scheme, under the SMEs Go Digital programme. Through the scheme, Workato aims to onboard over 1,500 SMEs and help them access...

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Enterprise Singapore launched Start Digital, an initiative of the SMEs Go Digital programme. Start Digital will enable new SMEs to get a head start with two foundational digital solutions - with costs waived for minimum six months – to accelerate...

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...