Business sentiment

As the business playbook changes, ACRA and SID roll out new training for company directors

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah (third from the left) at the launch of the Company Director Fundamentals programme on Aug 28.

Business closures in Singapore jump almost 13% but openings still outpace shutdowns

The construction industry saw the sharpest rise in closures in the first seven months of 2026.

AI will drive Singapore’s economic growth, but may not fuel job creation as before: Tan See Leng

(From left) Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng participating in a dialogue alongside Euston Quah, chair professor of economics and director of the Economic Growth Centre at Nanyang Technological University, at the Ministry of Trade and Industry Economic Dialogue 2026 at NTU@one-north on Aug 26, 2026.

SingPost’s Q1 operating profit up 55.2% to $4.1 million

SingPost says revenue gains in its post office network and property assets segments largely counterbalanced a mixed performance in logistics and letters.

SMEs need help to make more childcare leave work

SMEs must make it more practical for parents to manage work and caregiving to encourage Singaporeans to start families.

Singapore-based job search platform Snaphunt winds up, citing funding delay

Snaphunt is being wound up after a funding round was reportedly delayed, leaving it without enough cash to continue operations.

Sports teams are so expensive, billionaires are teaming up to buy them

Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner announced this past week that they had bought control of the Los Angeles Lakers in a deal that priced the franchise at US$12.5 billion.

Singapore’s Wilmar posts higher interim profit on strong industrial, food businesses

Wilmar International’s food products unit reported a 56 per cent rise in earnings.

‘You must diversify’: Overseas expansion no longer optional amid uncertainty, says SBF chief

Singapore Business Federation chairman Mark Lee acknowledged in a recent interview that better connectivity can give consumers more alternatives and expose local businesses to greater competition.

Global factories faced weaker demand and higher costs in July as Iran war grinds on

Factories in China saw growth in new orders slow to its weakest pace since January.

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