by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Apr 27, 2026 | Grant, Growing Your Company
For most Singapore SMEs, the hard part of working with government grants is the application — pulling together the project plan, the quantitative impact case, the supporting financials and the qualifying vendor quotations. But the post-approval phase is where many...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Apr 27, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company
Since the Complementarity Assessment Framework (COMPASS) was rolled out in September 2023, almost every Employment Pass (EP) application in Singapore has been screened through a points-based scoring system before MOM officers ever look at the merits. With effect from...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Apr 26, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company
A Singapore Permanent Residence (PR) rejection is rarely the end of the road — but it is also rarely the moment to react impulsively. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) processes around 100,000 PR applications a year and grants roughly 32,000. By...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Apr 26, 2026 | Grant, Growing Your Company
Singapore’s government grant ecosystem is one of the most generous and accessible for SMEs anywhere in the world. The Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG), Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) and SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Apr 26, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company
Singapore offers a deliberately tiered set of work passes for foreign professionals, each calibrated to a different career stage, salary level, and degree of independence from a single employer. For senior professionals, founders, and global executives moving to...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Apr 26, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company
Becoming a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) is one of the most consequential immigration decisions a working professional, business owner, or family can make. PR status confers something close to local-level access to housing, schooling, employment, and CPF, and it...
