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About UOB SME Elevate Programme
The UOB SME Elevate Programme aims to uplift the skills and business capabilities of SMEs across all sectors through training courses, targeted skills advisory, mentorship, financial literacy, and networking opportunities.
Focusing on AI, sustainability, data analytics, digital marketing, and business transformation, the programme empowers SMEs and their employees with the knowledge and confidence to explore, adopt, and scale digital and sustainable solutions for long-term growth.
UOB has been appointed as a SkillsFuture Queen Bee
UOB, a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 470 branches and offices across 19 markets, brings its expertise as a SkillsFuture Queen Bee to empower SMEs in their digital and sustainability transformation journey. Recognised as the World’s and Singapore’s Best SME Bank 2025 by The Digital Banker Global SME Banking Innovation Awards, UOB leverages its strategic community enabler, UOB FinLab, to drive workforce transformation and skills development through the UOB SME Elevate Programme
Topics Available
Artificial Intelligence
Data Analytics
Digital Marketing
brand loyalty
Business Transformation
and growth
Sustainability
your business
How Can SMEs Benefit
Access to training programmes with up to 90% funding
Leverage on subsidized training tailored for your needs to build future-ready capabilities
Personalised skills and training advisory from skills managers
Get tailored advice and expert guidance to align workforce development with business growth
Curated training pathways in AI, digitalisation, and sustainability
Empower employees across functions and seniority with structured learning pathways to drive impactful learning outcomes
Access to UOB's financial literacy
Gain access to UOB’s financial wellness, advisory, and solutions to make informed financial decisions for growth
Mentorship with experienced industry mentors
Gain insights and support from leaders in your field for dedicated 1-1 guidance
Exclusive invites to community networking opportunities
Connect with our 33,000 strong regional community of enterprises and industry partners for partnerships, growth, networking
Eligibility Criteria
- Registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Have a minimum of 30% shareholding held by Singapore citizens or Permanent Residents (PRs)
- Annual sales turnover of not more than S$100 million
- Company size of not more than 200 employees
Getting Started
Gain practical knowledge, expert insights, and hands-on training to drive growth and transformation for your business.
Frequently Asked Questions
The UOB SME Elevate Programme aims to uplift and upskill the skills and business capabilities of SMEs, empowering businesses to respond effectively to industry trends, challenges and opportunities.
In collaboration with SkillsFuture Singapore, the programme focuses on providing targeted skills advisory, curated training pathways, business mentorship, knowledge courses and ecosystem support, in the areas of digitalisation and sustainability. It covers topics such as AI, sustainability reporting, decarbonization, data analytics, digital marketing and leadership development to guide and support SMEs and its employees in their journey of skills enhancement and workforce development.
The programme targets SMEs and SME employees. It is open to business owners, founders/co-founders, key-decision-makers and anyone who is keen to uplift and upskill his/her skillsets and/or enhance the business capabilities of the SME.
For SMEs:
• Annual turnover: Not more than $100M
• Workforce size: Not more than 200 pax
• Locally incorporated in Singapore
For SMEs:
- Must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents to be eligible for funding
The programme covers five main tracks: AI, data analytics, digital marketing, business transformation and sustainability. Our Skills Manager(s) will work with you to identify the relevant and appropriate training course within each of these thematics to attend. Eligible participants may be able to receive up to 90% funding for course fees.
- Access to approved SkillsFuture Training Programmes with up to 90% funding
- Personalised skills and business advisory from Skills Manager(s)
- Curated training pathways in the areas of digitalisation and sustainability
- Development of a Training Needs Analysis to identify relevant training courses
- Mentorship with experienced industry mentors
- Exclusive invites to Community Networking Opportunities
There is no cost in registering for the UOB SME Elevate Programme. There will be a cost if you sign up for any approved SkillsFuture Training Programme. Eligible participants may be able to receive up to 90% funding for course fees.
You are strongly encouraged to attend the full duration of the courses. You are
advised to select course(s) which fits your availability, budget and learning
outcomes.
You may indicate your details on the interest form and our team will reach out to you within 5 working days. A submission on the interest form is not a confirmation of participation in the programme and/or courses.
