The Business Times

Srinidhi Ragavendran

emailrsrinidhi@sph.com.sg
Harry, a Singapore special at Causes from Animals Singapore, one of the animal shelters at The Animal Lodge. With the tenancies for shelters at The Animal Lodge expiring, tenants are anxious about their future.
BRUNCH

Tight quarters, ticking clock: Local animal shelters face expiring tenancies – again

Potential relocations, stringent land-zoning laws and competition for space put animal shelters in a state of limbo

Japan is said to have grown more open to foreign investment, and an improved business environment in recent years.

Sun rising for Singapore businesses breaking into Japan market

From on-demand transport to fresh-juice vending machines, home-grown players bring their innovations to this traditionally tricky market

Despite the risks of AI, half of the SMEs polled note that it has the potential to have a mostly positive impact on their business productivity.

One in three Singapore SMEs expect AI to replace or take over jobs: survey 

Less than half of respondents said they were fully informed regarding possible cyber risks 

Almost eight in 10 businesses are positive about the current business environment, with one in four expecting business performance to vastly improve this year

8 in 10 firms in S-E Asia, Greater China positive about business environment: UOB survey

Fewer than half of companies polled have implemented sustainability practices 

Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan (left) and chief executive officer of LionsBot, Dylan Ng (right) at the launch of LionsBot's new S$12 million facility in Kranji.

Singapore’s first RoboCluster launched for facilities management, to turn R&D into market solutions

Clusters are also planned for the manufacturing and logistics sector, and for healthcare

From Left: Kenneth Koh, chief executive officer of B2K, Koh Hak Boon, founder of B2K and Kevin Koh, chief operations officer of B2K.

B2K’s second-generation leaders paw a new path in pet products

Once a distributor of such products, the company has since launched its own brands, such as Kit Cat

OMFIF

Singapore financial institutions consistent with global trends for gender balance: report

OF the institutions tracked in this year’s global Gender Balance Index (GBI), 63 appointed either a new governor or a new chief...

(From left) Wong Pei Ting, Correspondent, The Business Times; Mike Ng, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, OCBC; Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment; Cherine Fok, Partner, Head of Our Impact Plan, KPMG in Singapore; Mark Lee, CEO, Sing Lun Holdings
ENTERPRISE 50

Nominations open for 2024 Enterprise 50 Awards

NOMINATIONS opened on Wednesday (Mar 27) for this year’s Enterprise 50 (E50) Awards, which recognise the 50 most enterprising, privately owned Singapore...

Lim Tian Wee, founder of Gryphon is leading the brand's pivot towards beverages.

From tea bags to canned beverages, Gryphon brews a new identity

KNOWN for its tea bags and loose-leaf tea, Gryphon Tea now offers canned tea-based beverages and is rebranding simply as “Gryphon” –...

MOM data showed that the pay gap in the accommodation and food services industry as well as the manufacturing industry widened in 2023 compared to 2018.

Health, manufacturing sectors continue to lead Singapore’s gender pay gap

WHILE Singapore’s gender pay gap has narrowed, it is striking that the industries with the most significant disparity five years ago still...

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