The CPF Transition Offset: What the Automatic 2027 Employer Payout Covers

From 1 January 2027, CPF contribution rates for employees above 55 to 65 will rise again, the latest step in a multi-year plan to strengthen retirement adequacy for Singapore's senior workforce. For employers, that means slightly higher monthly CPF outlays for every Singaporean Citizen or Permanent Resident staff member in that age band. What many [...]

Enabling Employment Credit 2026: The Employer’s Guide to Hiring Persons with Disabilities

If your company has hired, or is thinking of hiring, a person with disabilities in Singapore, there is a good chance the government is already quietly subsidising part of that employee's wage bill, without you having to lift a finger. The Enabling Employment Credit (EEC) is one of the more generous, and least understood, wage [...]

Corporate Venture Launchpad 3.0: EDB’s S$32 Million Push for Corporate-Startup Venture Building

Most conversations about Singapore government grants revolve around SMEs: digitalisation vouchers, productivity solutions, market entry support. A different scheme has just had its funding refreshed, and it is not aimed at SMEs at all. The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), not Enterprise Singapore, is putting S$32 million over the next two years into the third [...]

LEAD Programme Singapore: How Trade Associations Can Fund Industry Projects

LEAD Programme Singapore: How Trade Associations Can Fund Industry Projects Most of our clients at Raffles Corporate Services run private limited companies, but a fair number also sit on the committee of a trade association, chamber of commerce, or precinct body in their spare time. If you are one of them, you have probably heard [...]

P-Max Programme Singapore: Salary Support for SMEs Hiring and Onboarding PMETs

Hiring a Professional, Manager, Executive or Technician (PMET) is often the moment a small company starts behaving like a bigger one. It is also the moment many Singapore SMEs discover they do not have the onboarding structure, performance management process, or HR systems to make that hire stick. A new PMET who is left to [...]

Business Adaptation Grant (BizAdapt) Singapore 2026: Up to 70% Support for SMEs Facing Trade Disruption

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 [...]

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