Employees have found new, collaborative ways to tackle projects, and along the way, forged even closer connections. Teams have come up with exciting new ideas in virtual meetings, live-chatted through successful product sprints and many even attended virtual bonding sessions together. The physical “water cooler” may be...
Google and UOB announced on 24 April that the new curriculum for the SME Leadership Academy training programme has been customised to help business leaders of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the retail, tourism and food and beverage (F&B) sectors respond to the unprecedented challenges from...
Established 20 years ago, ZENXIN Organic runs an extensive organic network across Southeast Asia, from organic processing facilities to organic farms and growers. Through its stores and partnered supermarkets, ZENXIN sells domestic and imported organic food in Singapore and Malaysia, and even further in the region, including...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to transform our daily lives, Microsoft, with research from TechRepublic Premium, looked into the impact the pandemic has had on the region's legacy work styles, business operations and how it has accelerated an increase in overall technology adoption, realizing a hybrid new...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore are already grappling with numerous headwinds - rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical tensions, and the lingering effects of the pandemic, have significantly increased costs for businesses. What’s more, 7 in 10 Singapore SMEs are also anticipating a potential recession,...
SeedIn, a Singapore based business financing platform, has teamed up with Acudeen, a Philippine based online peer-to-peer marketplace for receivable discounting.
SME borrowers and investors can leverage on the strengths of both platforms for their financing and investment needs, while being able to enjoy exclusive...
DBS Hong Kong's new survey with the city's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) reveals 93% of the community believes digitalisation is important to business growth; however, 57% of those surveyed see funding as their biggest challenge when trying to digitalise their businesses. The survey provides insights into...
Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations S Iswaran and United Kingdom (UK) Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan have signed the UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (UKSDEA) in conjunction with the inaugural meeting of the UK-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (UKSFTA) Trade Committee.
They also agreed...
This year’s Asia Pacific Internet Policy Insights survey reveals that nearly all
consumers (96%) in APAC depend in some way on "Big Tech" companies
for their products and services for their online activities, but are uneasy
with this dependence.
The findings of the survey indicate that users
and...
According to a GlobalData report, the cloud market in Asia Pacific (APAC) is estimated to skyrocket to $288 billion by 2024. The retail cloud market will no doubt play a part in this increase while the continued “temporary” pandemic-forced shutdowns and economic recovery continue to disrupt the...
