The pandemic has helped many Taiwanese small businesses unlock hidden growth opportunities, while wreaking havoc on others. Half of Taiwan's small businesses grew in 2021, while 63 per cent expect to expand this year.
Both results are the highest among the advanced economies included...
As the development of on-demand retail is entering into a new phase where its coverage is expanding from scenarios of daily necessities buying to purchasing items such as freshly-released mobile phones and cosmetics, the importance of fulfilment is becoming eminent, increasingly.
New opportunities emerging...
With the reopening of borders between Indonesia and Singapore earlier this year, Singapore businesses are resuming travel to Indonesia to seek growth opportunities.In line with this, the Singapore Enterprise Centre (SEC) @ Jakarta, part of the GlobalConnect@SBF programme, recently held its first business networking event - a...
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the Centre of Digital Enterprise, University of Auckland Business School have published the Digital Sustainability Index, a world-first study of enterprises in the Asia Pacific region that focuses on how digital solutions are contributing to sustainability outcomes across social, environmental, and economic levers.Based...
CHEQ has released data that shows 34% of direct website visits in Japan comes from a bots or fake user. This rate is higher than the APAC region at-large, which typically experiences 21% bot traffic from organic and direct sources.
Globally, the percentage of invalid traffic...
As Singapore inches out of the pandemic, the job market continues to witness an encouraging recovery pattern with an 11% increase in hiring activity in the month of April, reports the Monster Employment Index (MEI).
The country seems to have increasingly shrugged off the adverse effects...
With prolonged global trade disruptions accelerating the demand for digital services to strengthen supply chains, DBS has increased efforts on digitalising financing capabilities offered through trade platforms, potentially benefiting more than 15,000 SMEs across Asia by end 2022.According to the DBS Digital Readiness Survey, 97% of businesses...
Green Link Digital Bank (GLDB) commences banking business, seeking to serve Micro-Small-Medium-Enterprises (MSMEs) with banking and financial services through their supply chain financing and technological solutions.
GLDB seeks to leverage their experience in supply chain financing and technological solutions to provide accessible commercial banking,...
While two-thirds (66 per cent) of Singapore's local workforce are worried about job loss due to illness or disabilities, more than half (53 per cent) do not have any disability income protection, according to findings from the AIA Disability Income Survey 2022.The survey, conducted in April 2022...
Chubb and JA Assure have announced the launch of HaxsafeTM – a cyber insurance portal targeting SMEs looking for an easy and accessible insurance solution.
Underwritten by Chubb, the cyber insurance product offered on the platform is a comprehensive risk management solution providing clients...
