Singapore SMEs put a lot of effort into winning a grant — drafting the proposal, lining up the vendor, navigating the eligibility rules. The reality is that the work after approval is just as important and, in many cases, more rigorous. Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the Business Grants Portal (BGP) both run a tightly controlled [...]
Receiving the Letter of Offer from Enterprise Singapore is the moment most companies treat the grant as "done". In reality, that letter is the starting line, not the finish. The next 6–24 months — claim submissions, milestone reporting, qualifying expenditure substantiation, and post-disbursement audit — determine whether the funded amount actually lands in your bank [...]
Getting your Singapore government grant approved is the easy part. The harder part — and the part that determines whether your grant actually pays out — is the post-approval phase: project execution, milestone tracking, claim submission, audit, and disbursement. This is where many SMEs stumble, and where claims get rejected, delayed, or partially clawed back. [...]