Paige Lim
CORRESPONDENT
Paige Lim is a correspondent at The Business Times. She covers small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and macroeconomics, with a focus on F&B and retail. She also contributes to the monthly Barfly column, which profiles home-grown craft cocktail bars.
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Budget 2026: New SME AI Skills Launchpad to help businesses elevate AI awareness, adopt solutions
A new self-diagnostic tool will also be launched to help workers assess their AI readiness level and training needs
Budget 2026: New consolidated Edge grant to streamline funding application process for SMEs
Existing support schemes will also be enhanced to help more Singapore businesses capture overseas and domestic growth
Budget 2026: New S$800 million decarbonisation challenge to support research and innovation in low-carbon technologies
There will also be a new programme under it that develops promising solutions into commercially deployable ones to serve Singapore's climate goals
Economists expect global AI tailwinds to sustain through H1 2026, as Singapore’s factory output rises 16.6% in January
Factory output was driven by a surge in electronics manufacturing, which more than doubled from the previous month
Lam Kee Fisheries casts net further in Middle East, S-E Asia
The longstanding family business aims to boost business-to-consumer sales through retail brand Snow Treasures
Budget 2026 repositions SMEs for long-term tough environment: DBS
The bank’s group head for corporate and SME banking highlighted AI, internationalisation, workforce transformation and financing as four key areas the government...
Singapore’s key exports up 9.3% in January, fuelled by electronics shipments on strong AI demand
Non-oil domestic exports to all but two of the Republic’s top 10 markets grow
Hotels, restaurants see stronger CNY dining demand, as reunion dinner bookings stream in earlier
While diners are gravitating towards premium experiences, corporates seem more budget-conscious this year
Singapore expects smaller S$8.5 billion surplus in FY2026
Though estimated expenditure outstrips revenue, net investment returns contribution more than makes up for the shortfall
Budget 2026 may give firms more targeted, strategic support to navigate global uncertainty
Observers say AI adoption will be a major focus of this year’s Budget, alongside renewed emphasis on internationalisation and sustainability
