United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd (UOB Malaysia) and The FinLab announced in December 2019 that the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have completed the Jom Transform Program are expected to see productivity rise by up to 30 per cent through digitalization.
The Jom Transform Program is the first business...
In an increasingly uncertain job market, nine in 10 Singapore employees (90 per cent) see the need to reskill or to upskill to stay relevant in the post-pandemic world, according to the results of the UOB ASEAN Consumer Sentiment Study.
The findings come as Singaporeans expect that securing a new...
Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and FairPrice Online, NTUC FairPrice’s e-commerce platform, today launched YummySG!, an online initiative that provides Singapore food manufacturers with an additional platform to diversify their revenue streams.
This is part of ESG’s continuous efforts to support Singapore businesses to start selling online, since the launch of its...
According to an Industrial and Manufacturing Survey by ABI Research, 53% of manufacturers are in the early stages of adopting new industrial robot hardware, while 28% already have industrial robots deployed within their facilities.
The survey, conducted between Q4 2024 and Q1 of 2025 across the United States, Germany, and...
Appier has announced new research advancing the reliability of Agentic AI systems. To expand the impact of its research and development efforts, Appier's AI research team continues to focus on frontier topics in Agentic AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), exploring forward-looking technical challenges that push the boundaries of...
70% of youth in Singapore know about IP with copyright being the most familiar intellectual property type amongst youth.
However, knowledge about types of IP such as copyright, patents and trademarks dipped to around 20% when probed further.
Among the 1000 youths polled, half observed IP rules in their everyday life...
The Fair Tenancy Pro Tem Committee was formed in June 2020 to strengthen collaboration between landlords and tenants, with the intent to address long-standing tenancy issues for the retail, food & beverage (F&B), and lifestyle sectors, and establish industry norms on tenancy practices and terms.Chaired by Mr Michael Lim...
A major report, Enabling finance insight, reveals that finance professionals rank generative AI as their single most critical future skill, even as most organisations in the region provide no formal training to build it.
39% of Southeast Asia respondents named GenAI tools as a top three critical skill for the...
Singapore has long positioned itself as a hub for finance talent, and the latest data from ACCA suggests that reputation is well-founded.
But beneath the confidence, a more complex picture is emerging, one where the pace of technological change, the pressure of multigenerational workplaces and the quiet pull of purpose...
Small businesses in fast growing economies like Singapore are under considerable pressure. They’re facing rising costs, the need to keep pace with a rapidly evolving digital environment, and intense competition operating in the world’s most competitive economy.
Business is moving at warp speed, and teams are struggling to keep up....
