If your Singapore business exports goods, sources components overseas, or has been caught up in the recent wave of US tariffs and shifting trade routes, there is now a dedicated grant to help you adjust course. The Business Adaptation Grant (BizAdapt), administered by Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), offers advisory support and reconfiguration support of up to [...]
When a family sets up a Private Trust Company (PTC) to act as trustee of the family's wealth, one question is rarely asked out loud: who owns the PTC itself? If a family member holds the PTC's shares personally, those shares sit in that person's own estate, are exposed to that person's creditors and marital [...]
Share buybacks under CALA 2026: common mistakes and rejection reasons. Practical 2026 guide for Singapore company secretaries.
Share transfers and stamp duty on shares: common mistakes and rejection reasons. Practical 2026 guide for Singapore company secretaries.
Share issuances, allotments and pre-emption rights: common mistakes and rejection reasons. Practical 2026 guide for Singapore company secretaries.
When two National Servicemen shook hands on a cleaning business in 2007, neither could have predicted that nineteen years later their falling-out would produce one of the most instructive Singapore High Court judgments yet on minority shareholder oppression. Goh Bin Seng v Yeo Neng Jian Stephen, Ong Yong Sheng, Cleanmage Pte Ltd and others, [2026] [...]
At the Ministry of Trade and Industry's Committee of Supply (COS) Debate on 2 March 2026, Minister of State Alvin Tan announced that the Government will set aside S$1 billion to expand the Startup SG Equity (SSGE) scheme, continuing support for early-stage deep tech startups while, for the first time, extending direct government co-investment into [...]
The Global Investor Programme (GIP) gets most of the attention it deserves for the numbers involved: a S$10 million commitment under Option A, a S$25 million fund subscription under Option B, and audited turnover figures running into the hundreds of millions for the applicant's underlying business. What gets far less attention is what has to [...]
Striking off a dormant Singapore company has long been treated as a clean, low-cost way to close a chapter: file the application, let the notices run their course, and the entity disappears from the register. Many directors also assume the position is reversible, that if a struck-off special purpose vehicle or old holding company is [...]
When Budget 2026 was delivered in Parliament in February 2026, companies were told to expect a 40% Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Rebate for Year of Assessment (YA) 2026, alongside a S$1,500 cash grant for active companies with at least one local employee. Many company secretaries and directors filed that figure away and moved on to [...]