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Disruption and Digitalisation
3 tech hurdles faced by Singapore's businesses despite being most digitally mature
SINGAPORE (April 16): Small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Singapore has emerged top among 14 Asia Pacific countries in Cisco’s APAC SMB Digital Maturity Index, but not without facing challenges in their digital transformation journeys.
April 16, 2019
Careers & Training
Local talent can expect a 12-15% salary hike when switching jobs this year, says recruiter
SINGAPORE (Feb 20): In spite of government projects that suggest a slight drop in hiring growth this year, recruitment specialist Michael Page is expecting job growth to continue its steady momentum across 2019 due to talent shortages and high demand for
February 20, 2019
Disruption and Digitalisation
Facebook opening new regional ops centres in Dublin & Singapore to 'protect elections'
SINGAPORE (Jan 29): Facebook says it plans to set up two new regional operations centres, focused on election integrity, at its offices in Singapore and Dublin to allow its global teams to better work across regions in the run-up to global elections in 20
January 29, 2019
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
Regulatory issues a key hurdle for Singapore firms eyeing international expansion, finds survey
SINGAPORE (Jan 15): Despite being “global natives” – companies which expand into international markets rapidly, often within the first year of their existence – Singapore’s online businesses appear the most pessimistic about their prospects over
January 15, 2019
Disruption and Digitalisation
CapitaLand launches new retail concept store at Plaza Singapura
SINGAPORE (Nov 8): CapitaLand today announced the opening of NomadX: a double-storey, 11,000 sqft multi-label concept store at Plaza Singapura that puts forth “a new blend of physical and digital experience” with a combination of olfactory, audio-visu
November 08, 2018
In print this week
How Singtel plans to make lemonade out of lemons
SINGAPORE (July 13): Singapore Telecommunications’ regional associates have given investors some grief of late.
July 13, 2018
Careers & Training
Hiring woes largely due to lack of online presence, suggests survey
SINGAPORE (July 4): Three in five (57%) of job applicants in Singapore would not apply for a position at a company if no information about its reputation as an employer was available online, finds a recent survey conducted by job site Indeed.
July 04, 2018
Singapore economy
Singapore shares top spot in EIU's list of tech-ready countries for 2018-22
SINGAPORE (June 5): Singapore has emerged to top The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (The EIU) Technological Readiness Ranking for 2018-22 alongside Australia and Sweden, which are also ranked at No. 1.
June 05, 2018
Management & Corporate Governance
How management accountants of today can avoid being replaced by tomorrow's technology: IMA
SINGAPORE (May 7): With technology evolving faster than many organisations can adapt, it is unsurprising that an increasing proportion of traditional accounting roles may soon be replaced by automation.
May 07, 2018
Broker's Calls
IFS Capital poised to gain from growing pool of cash-strapped SMEs: CIMB
SINGAPORE (Apr 5): CIMB likes IFS Capital, a financing institution catering mainly to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), given its opportunity to tap on a growing pool of SMEs with financing issues.
April 05, 2018