by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 3, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
The Work Permit is the largest single work pass category in Singapore. As of the most recent MOM figures, there are more than 900,000 Work Permit holders in the country — roughly one in every six people who work here. If you employ foreign workers in...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 3, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Opening an F&B business in Singapore is exciting, but the regulatory landscape is one of the densest of any industry. Between the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), the National Environment Agency (NEA), the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), the Ministry of Manpower...
by Willie Tan | Jul 3, 2026 | Running Your Company
Introduction Companies frequently need external financing, which may involve loans, directors’ or third-party guarantees, and security over company assets. Corporate Resolutions Required for Financing: Loans, Guarantees and Security explains what board and...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 2, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Singapore company law starts with a fundamental principle: a company is a legal person separate from its directors and shareholders. Under the doctrine of separate legal personality first laid down in Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd, creditors of an insolvent company...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 2, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Directors of Singapore companies bear a particular responsibility when the business slides towards insolvency: continuing to trade while the company cannot pay its debts can expose them to personal liability for the company’s debts, not just corporate liability....
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 2, 2026 | Accounting, Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
XBRL — eXtensible Business Reporting Language — is the machine-readable format ACRA requires most Singapore companies to use when filing their financial statements together with the Annual Return. For directors and finance managers, XBRL is a peculiar...
