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October 21, 2021

Singapore: Labour movement, SNEF offer 9 recommendations to better support PMEs

SINGAPORE – The taskforce by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) released nine recommendations to better support professionals, managers and executives (PMEs). They are: 1. Enhance fair employment practices through Improving human resources standards Strengthening enforcement on errant companies that adopt unfair practices An online survey of 1,000 PMEs over 40 […]

October 21, 2021

Vietnam, Singapore should optimise FTAs to boost cooperation: Minister

Vietnam and Singapore should further optimise free trade agreements (FTAs) in which both are members to strengthen bilateral business partnerships, according to the former’s minister of industry and trade Nguyen Hong Dien. He proposed this while interacting with Singapore’s second minister for trade and industry Tan See Leng in a recent online meeting. Vietnam and […]

October 20, 2021

Singapore is No. 2 in the world for attracting and developing talent: Insead

SINGAPORE – Singapore has moved up one notch to second place in a global ranking of how well countries attract, develop, support and retain talent – behind Switzerland but ahead of the United States. The yearly global talent competitiveness index, which covers 134 countries, is published by French business school Insead and non-profit research body […]

October 20, 2021

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Best Electricity also closing down, third energy retailer to exit Singapore market in 1 week

Best Electricity has become the third energy retailer in Singapore in a week to announce it is closing shop. It cited “unexpected volatile conditions” for its closure in its Oct. 19 announcement on its website, saying it has made it “extremely difficult” to continue. The company will be gone by as early as Oct. 21. Its […]

October 19, 2021

Singapore: Global factors behind higher price volatility in wholesale electricity market; retailers exposed but most consumers ‘cushioned’ from impact

SINGAPORE, Oct 16 — Most customers in Singapore are cushioned from the higher price volatility in the wholesale electricity market, which has been hit in the past fortnight by several factors such as an increased demand for natural gas and falls in coal and natural-gas production, said the Energy Market Authority (EMA). The power-industry regulator […]

October 19, 2021

Singapore firms worry most about rising costs; 40% see losses this year: SCCCI survey

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Some 57.3 per cent of Singapore businesses surveyed saw their costs rise this year, nearly double the 28.8 per cent who did so last year. Of those who reported higher costs, about three-quarters said that their costs were up by 25 per cent. The survey also flagged rising business costs as […]

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