Celebrating the future-ready at this year's E50 Awards

Singapore

THE 50 local businesses that won honours at Thursday's Enterprise 50 (E50) awards have been lauded for going beyond overcoming the adversities of today's market to positioning themselves for future growth.

Aptly, the theme for the awards this year was "The Next 50 - Building A Better Tomorrow".

Speaking at the awards presentation and gala dinner at the Resorts World Convention Centre, Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) S Iswaran identified three trends which businesses must factor into their plans for the future: the evolution of the sharing economy, disintermediation through technology and the rise of open innovation.

Against this backdrop, it is imperative that companies build broader and deeper partnerships with different players in Singapore's econ…