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Member News
Road to Net Zero
Sustainability

Member company Trovio, in partnership with EY, has been awarded a multi-year contract by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to deliver and operate the core registry infrastructure supporting Article 6.2 and Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement.

Member News

LogChain will relocate its global headquarters to the UK and establish a UK HQ and new base for innovation and scale in the Liverpool City Region, strengthening the UK– Southeast Asia digital trade corridor and scaling trusted, interoperable trade infrastructure across global markets.

Trade
UK News

A pioneering new project by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), in partnership with NatWest and the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, is aiming to scale up UK exports. The 6-month pilot programme, the Singapore Life Sciences Trade Accelerator, will connect UK firms in the sector with the burgeoning South-East Asian market for their products. It will talent-spot up to 30 SMEs, with the ...

Trade

Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Asia this week seeking to broaden international trade, part of his plan to reduce Canadian reliance on the United States, which he says has left the country vulnerable. Mr Carney leaves on Feb 26 for India, the first stop on a three-country tour that includes Australia and Japan.

Singapore News
Trade

The US administration’s quick move to impose a new global tariff rate of 15 per cent after the US Supreme Court ruling means that Singapore goods will now face higher tariffs. However, Singapore goods imported by the US remain the lowest-tariffed in the region in terms of trade-weighted tariff rate.

The harmony between Singapore’s different cultures, traditions and faiths did not happen by chance and must be “actively renewed”, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in his Chinese New Year message.

Singapore will provide more support for firms to stay competitive and make a national push to tap the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of its plans to navigate an uncertain and fractured world.

A slew of changes to the foreign work pass system is set to keep the Republic open to skills and expertise from foreigners that will strengthen its economy while ensuring Singaporeans remain at the core of the local workforce.

Business News
Singapore News

Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong outlined the Government’s expenditure plans for the year on Feb 12. Here is an overview of the biggest announcements of Budget 2026.

Education
Interview

At NLCS (Singapore), the library is far more than shelves of books, it is a welcoming sanctuary where curiosity flourishes and a genuine love of reading take root.