SMEs

Automating coordination is the beginning, not the destination. What a business owner does with that newly freed capacity is what separates an heir from a refounder.

SGSME

Be a refounder, not an heir to the family business

Business owners who build things themselves develop a sharper instinct for where AI can create value for them

Sidny Lopes Cabral, a player who a few years ago was trundling the soggy fields of Germany’s fifth division, now making football history.

Opinion & Features

In praise of the World Cup’s little guys

The bulky bully doesn’t always have the edge

Founder and CEO Trixie Khong at By Invite Only’s newly opened flagship store in Raffles City.

SGSME

Jewellery brand By Invite Only sets its sights beyond Singapore after 17 years at home

The company is slowing its revenue growth chase as it prepares to go regional

Sometimes, the responsible choice is to prepare one's business so that its clients, staff and family can continue trusting and thriving under the next steward.

Opinion & Features

THE BROAD VIEW

A company is supposed to be a ‘going concern’. So is the family

Rethinking legacy and succession matters

Singapore also intends to deepen cross-border data flow mechanisms, says Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo.

International

Singapore to advance AI agenda as Asean chair, focus on cross-border data flows, smaller firms

The Republic will also seek to align regional AI governance approaches, says Josephine Teo

Managing director Jerry Ng says Tong Seng views its stockpile obligations as "an important responsibility" aligned with its mission to be a trusted rice supplier.

SGSME

SME

Tong Seng Produce ramps up capabilities to meet Singapore’s growing rice stockpiling needs

Its flagship rice brand SongHe contributes more than 20% to total revenue each year, says managing director Jerry Ng

The share of small businesses saying they’re planning new hires or are having trouble filling jobs fell to six-year lows.

International

US small-business optimism falls to lowest since October 2024

AN INDEX of US small business optimism fell in May to the lowest level since October 2024, erasing almost all of the gains seen since President Donald Trump was elected for a second term.

A poll of Singapore businesses shows the Iran war is fuelling resilience concerns among small and medium-sized enterprises.

ESG Insights

ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 197: Singapore launches SME sustainability initiatives; natural disaster protection gap grows

This week in ESG: Climate transition council announces Green 100 movement; uninsured natural catastrophe losses rose to US$424 billion in 2025, Swiss Re finds

Although IMDA reported that three-quarters of the Singapore workforce use AI at work, AI adoption is not the same as AI integration.

Opinion & Features

Why SMEs are being left behind in the AI integration race

Organisations that succeed are not those with the largest engineering teams, but those that can effectively embed institutional expertise into AI systems

For SMEs, practical sustainability would encompass reducing electricity use, cutting waste and improving processes, among other things.

SGSME

Sustainability for SMEs – not a complex cost, but the path to business resilience

The goal is for firms to be more agile so they can ride out crises such as the Iran war, say industry observers

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