Hot on the heels of the closing of a public consultation on Annual Wage guidelines, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin, in an interview with ... Read More »
Singapore Incorporation Blogs
This section presents blogs about incorporating in Singapore, including startup tips, accounting and taxation basics, and understanding work visa issues.
UK Budget 2013 Introduces Cuts for Taxpayers
Despite a current deficit-reduction priority, the UK has announced personal income tax cuts in its recent Budget 2013 address. In his statement, ... Read More »
Wage Credit Scheme: A New Initiative for S’pore SMEs
If there was one message from Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam's Budget 2013, it is this: If you own a business in Singapore, have a desire to ... Read More »
Trust Me This Time is Different
By 1789, a lot of French people were starving. Their economy had long since deteriorated into a weak, pitiful shell. Decades of unsustainable spending ... Read More »
Biggest Gold Storage Company Dumps US Citizens
ViaMat, a Swiss logistics company that has been safeguarding precious metals since 1945, is literally the gold standard in secure storage. They ... Read More »
Rikvin Featured in CNBC!
In the article "Singapore Firms Hit by Foreign Labor Laws", Rikvin's Head of Operations, Mr. Satish Bakhda, shared his views with CNBC on Singapore's ... Read More »
Milaap’s Entrepreneurship Development Fund raises S$100,000 for artisans
The Entrepreneurship Development Fund set up in partnership with e27 has raised S$100,000 to help small business owners set up and expand their ... Read More »
Some Firms Seeking Greener Pastures: Chambers of Commerce
According to a recent Business Times report titled “Several foreign firms prepare to leave S'pore,” some international firms that have opted for ... Read More »
Don’t Throw Talent Away: Bill Gates
As President Obama announced his full support for comprehensive U.S. immigration policy reforms this week, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and the ... Read More »
Manpower Costs a Major Issue for Singapore SMEs
According to the recent "SME Business and Budget 2013 Sentiments Survey" report, approximately 88.4% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ... Read More »
MTI to Boost Singapore’s R&D Sector
Speaking at last week's IBN International Symposium, Second Minister for Trade and Industry (MTI) S Iswaran affirmed that the MTI is committed to ... Read More »
Singapore Restaurants Encouraged to Raise Productivity Levels
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, through a post in the social networking site Facebook, remarked that ... Read More »
