SINGAPORE, 25 July 2019 – Speciality & Fine Food Asia (SFFA) and Restaurant, Pub & Bar Asia (RPB Asia) capped off a third successful year, breaking both visitor and exhibitor records from previous shows. The 2019 edition drew in close to 4,200 trade visitors from the foodservice, retail and...
A new survey conducted by SME Magazine reveals that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore are growing despite challenging economic conditions. Even though the Singaporean economy only grew 0.1 per cent in the second quarter of this year according to Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) data, the SMEs...
The current state of the global economy is rough. The US-China trade does not look to be ending anytime soon and political quarrels haven led to face-offs between the world’s super economies. All the while, every other nation who are not directly involved are reeling from the aftershocks. Some nations...
Indonesia plans to start building its longest sea bridge next year to connect two islands near Singapore and boost growth and trade with the neighboring hub. The seven-kilometer (4.3-mile) bridge connecting Batam and Bintan will cost as much as 4 trillion rupiah (US$284 million) and construction is set to...
Research conducted by Linkflow Capital shows that more SMEs enjoyed improved access to financing in 2018. In the latest SME financing research conducted by Linkflow Capital, more SMEs in 2018 experienced improved access to financing. According to Linkflow Capital, up to 34% of SMEs gained access to financing in 2018,...
With policymakers in Singapore reviewing their full-year growth projections, some economists have warned that the Singapore economy could grow slower than initially thought, or even risk falling into a technical recession, as the trade spat between the world’s two biggest economies drags on with no clear end in sight. Earlier...
Lowest 3Q-4Q2019 SME Index reading in six years raises concerns for Singapore SMEs Singapore SMEs remain cautiously optimistic about business prospects in the next six months, with key economic sectors showing a slight uptick in reading, according to the latest SBF-Experian SME Index (“the Index”). The ongoing trade tensions between US...
When you think of Singapore, agriculture is most definitely not the first thing that comes to my. Due to it’s scarcity of land, the city-state was never able to really invest heavily into agriculture. Instead, it was content to specialise heavily into other high-demand industries and used the profits...
According to the recently released Global Business Complexity Index by TMF Group, Singapore is the sixth easiest place to do business in Asia, only behind Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The index itself compares key administrative and compliance demands across 76 jurisdictions worldwide. The city-state also ranked...
The Franchising and Licensing Association Singapore (FLA) has announced the launch of the Franchise Competence Framework which aims to make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to expand and run franchises overseas. The new programme will build a competency framework that will help SMEs develop and improve...
HP Singapore launches ‘SMB Tech Makeover Challenge’ and innovation to support digital transformation journey for SMBs HP Singapore has launched its first HP SMB Tech Makeover Challenge together with new SMB innovations in Singapore at its “Rethink Your IT. Rethink Your Business.” Event. Targeted at SMB owners, the challenge begins...
Singapore overtakes US, Hong Kong to be world’s most competitive economy Singapore is the world’s most competitive economy in a yearly ranking of 63 economies released on Wednesday by Switzerland-based research group IMD World Competitiveness Centre. Singapore’s return to the top spot – its first time since 2010 – was due...

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