SINGAPORE – Insurance pricing is increasing across most lines of business in Singapore as the industry reacts to recent losses and uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by Aon. Insurers are also
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Industry collaborations key to unlocking S'pore's carbon neutral ambitions
SINGAPORE – Industry players are tackling Singapore’s ambition to reduce carbon emissions in a range of ways, from calling on innovators to conjure up sustainability solutions to setting up incubation labs to help develop start-ups
Read moreMore women in top positions, but more can be done to push up numbers, say observers
More women have made it to the top in companies that used to be chaired by men. But industry experts, while welcoming this trend, believe progress on breaking the glass ceiling has been slow. In
Read moreFirms formed 600 training committees with NTUC, with the aim to transform business and workforce
SINGAPORE – Faced with additional pressures brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, more companies have stepped up the drive to develop new strategies and training plans to transform their business and workforce. They are doing
Read moreSingapore firms' payment performance hits all-time low in 2020 amid Covid-19
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The overall payment performance of Singapore firms hit an all-time low in 2020 amid the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. The annual average proportion of prompt payments fell to
Read moreSBF has become a more prominent voice for Singapore firms over past decade, says retiring CEO
SINGAPORE – Over the past ten years, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) has become a prominent voice for the Singapore business community – and small enterprises, in particular – said retiring chief executive Ho Meng
Read moreCovid-19 situation pushed fresh grad onto entrepreneurship path
A one-year stint in Stockholm where he worked for medical technology firm Meloq and was exposed to budding entrepreneurs inspired Mr Yap Jun Yi to strike out on his own – a decision which he
Read moreNew scheme to help firms boost business models
SaladStop customers who have issues with the ordering app might be vocal, while delivery drivers who have a hard time finding pick-up points might vent their frustration on ground staff. But feedback like this, which
Read moreHow business networks are helping members amid pandemic
With the Covid-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating, business networks in Singapore have been facilitating information exchanges through webinars and establishing new initiatives to support member businesses. Business luncheons that used to be held
Read moreNew programme to help SME leaders drive transformation
Leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) here will learn how to drive change and growth in their companies as part of a new initiative. The Enterprise Leadership for Transformation programme, which was announced at
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