Finalcad, a software provider to the construction sector, released earlier this year the results from a survey of 400 construction leaders in France, Spain, Singapore and Japan, exploring the future of construction and digitalisation. The research found almost half (47 percent) of respondents believe...
Tech Talent Assembly (TTAB), an NTUC affiliate, and Sparkline, a homegrown consultancy pioneering in digital analytics, have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be corporate and strategic partners, providing trainings to enable a digital-ready workforce. As part of the agreement, TTAB and Sparkline...
Salesforce has partnered with SBF for the Salesforce Small Business Relief Grants Programme to support selected Singapore-registered small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Applications for the grant opened on 23 November 2020.In partnership with SBF, Salesforce is offering S$960,000 in cash grants to selected SMEs to aid their...
A Deliveroo for Business (DfB), the corporate arm of Deliveroo, survey of 1,004 office workers in Singapore to uncover insights on their lunch break behaviours has revealed that almost half (49%) of respondents eat alone at work and are never fully switched off as they perform work...
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many tuition and coaching centers were forced to shut down or switch to online avenues overnight. Many tuition centers started online classes using video telephony and online chat services and managed to survive somehow. However, in the long run, without...
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are among the many casualties of the pandemic. Aside from keeping their cash flow moving despite the multiple and recurring lockdown measures, this segment has also been a target of malicious criminals online. Based on Kaspersky’s IT Security Economics 2020 survey,...
COVID-19 is easily one of the most disruptive events the world has seen in years short of economic bubble busts. Businesses in Singapore have had to adjust to the circuit-breaker policies and cope with workforces suddenly having to work from home. While the COVID-19...
Nearly four in five (78%) consumers in Singapore will be shopping for the holidays this year despite the pandemic, according to the 2020 Visa Back to Business Study, Holiday Edition. With more than half (56%) planning to shop at local retailers, small and medium-sized...
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...
Part of adjusting to the new normal involves how companies can continue to meet the evolving needs of their workforces whether they are in the office or working remotely. Even before the pandemic, studies showed that for every $1 invested in workplace adjustments centred on wellbeing, a company was...