As businesses continue to adapt to COVID-19 measures with dynamic work from home arrangements, company leaders have turned to virtual means of catering to their employees’ tastes and needs. Tapping into its data, Deliveroo for Work (DfW), the corporate arm of Deliveroo, reveals increased...
The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) announced on 19 March 2020 that Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) holding its internationally recognized certification, the Singapore Green Labelling Scheme (SGLS), and Eco Certifications can now apply for financing with HSBC SME Green Loan (Green Loan). The...
A new report based on the study Decoding Global Career Shifts states that 72 per cent of Asian workers are willing to retrain for new jobs in any case as they look towards the aftermath of the pandemic. On top of that, another 25 per cent...
As many people settled in their home offices and flexi-work policies, the question of returning to office full-time became more prominent as the effects of the pandemic slowly subsided. Companies around the world have started opening their office spaces from the end of last year, and many...
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...
For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are manpower-lean, upskilling is one of the ways to optimise productivity especially amidst the pandemic. However, according to NTUC LearningHub (NTUC LHUB)'s recent Employer Skills Survey 2021, when asked about their intention to send their staff for training,...
NTUC LearningHub and international cyber education leader Cybint have launched the Cybint Bootcamp in Singapore, offering an accelerated path for Singaporeans seeking a promising new career in cyber-security. Developed by experts using military training methodologies from the Israel Defence Force, the Cybint Bootcamp is an intensive, 12-week...
Aon plc , a global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, announced in January 2020 that it has completed the firm's acquisition of CoverWallet, a digital insurance platform for small and medium-sized businesses. Plans for the acquisition were announced in November 2019.
Sparked by the global pandemic, the Great Resignation has been happening in Singapore for the past two years and will only intensify in 2022. There has been a wave of resignations in Singapore with almost half (47%) of employees who have been at their current jobs for not...
Small and medium businesses need to jump on to the mobile payments bandwagon in order to gain a competitive edge over larger firms. A recent survey conducted by US-based financial services corporation Visa, indicates that customers worldwide prefer to pay with credit cards or mobile devices. According to the survey titled Digital Transformations...