SMEs

Across digital gaps and borders, UOB’s FinLab helps businesses build bridges

For over a decade, the innovation accelerator has guided South-east Asia’s SMEs through transitions

Dim sum store owner Pierre Lim runs Her Feng Xiang, one of 15 participating SMEs at Sprout@AMK.

From sourdough bao to pet first aid: Heartland SMEs in Ang Mo Kio reimagine tradition

They are participants in Sprout@AMK, a 12-month pilot designed to help enterprises test new concepts before scaling up

Wee Teng Wen, founder and managing partner of the Lo & Behold Group, says 2025 was a "coming of age" for him and the company.

Five Singapore business leaders look back on 2025

Key figures in industries from finance and F&B to live music and art reflect on the challenging year they faced

Is retirement planning different for a growing SME versus a mature, stable business?

Liquidity vs Legacy: Retirement planning for SME owners

SME owners often risk personal wealth, betting on a business sale for retirement. Is your business your biggest asset, yet a poor retirement plan? Howie Lim discusses this with Grace Tay from finexis ...

This funding will help with the further automation of Validus' supply-chain financing platform, says Nikhilesh Goel, its co-founder and group CEO.

Validus raises US$30 million Series D round led by Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah

Startup matches SMEs’ supply-chain financing needs to its pool of institutional investors

SME suppliers do not need to submit bank statements or financial reports, as OCBC will assess their credit quality based on the transaction data from the invoices on Marriott’s procurement platform.

12,000 Marriott suppliers in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia to get same-day invoice financing by OCBC

The partnership gives the hospitality group’s SME suppliers quick and seamless access to capital, and enables them to be more sustainable

Guest of honour Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Culture, Community and Youth Low Yen Ling (fourth from right) and CDL group chief executive Sherman Kwek (fifth from right) attending the graduation ceremony of the pioneer batch of 42 SMEs from CDL's SME Supplier Decarbonisation Queen Bee Programme.

For SMEs, tracking carbon emissions is not about theory but growing the business

Property player CDL works with its SME suppliers to develop a decarbonisation road map

From left: Ryan Huang, Money FM 89.3 presenter, who moderated the panel; Chen Ze Ling, DBS group head of corporate and SME banking; Kok Ping Soon, SBF CEO; Wendy Foo, Ryan's Grocery founder; and Ryan Chioh, Far East Flora deputy group managing director.

More companies intensifying overseas expansion efforts after ‘better-than-expected’ 2025: panel

Singapore SMEs should also look into making sustainability a core part of their strategy as it helps with saving costs

Cindy Karim charts a new path for the Karim family, building businesses that speak to her generation’s ambitions.
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Cindy Karim: Redefining a billion-dollar Indonesian family empire

The Karim family’s eldest child is shaping its next chapter through culture and hospitality

The recommendations are derived from SCCCI’s Annual Business Survey 2025, which polled more than 700 senior representatives.

SCCCI proposes five Budget 2026 measures, including help for SMEs with costs and competitiveness

Rising expenses, manpower shortages and transformation needs top list of business challenges