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5 Questions With: David Ng, Co-Founder of ISOTeam

As sustainability requirements and digital disruption reshape the built environment sector, ISOTeam Executive Chairman and Co-Founder David Ng believes that upskilling people is the foundation of long-term business resilience. By investing in Generative AI and sustainability training across leadership and operational teams, ISOTeam is empowering its workforce to drive efficiency, strengthen compliance, and stay future-ready in a rapidly evolving landscape.

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The New SME Edge: Upskilling Future-Ready SMEs Start with Upskilling Today

SMEs today face mounting pressure from economic volatility and rapid technological change. Upskilling has emerged as a critical lever—not just for resilience, but for long-term competitiveness—empowering businesses to harness AI, bridge capability gaps, and futureproof their workforce.

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Why the Traditional Marketing Funnel No Longer Works for SMEs (The Financial Coconut Business Show x UOB FinLab)

The traditional marketing funnel no longer reflects how consumers behave today. In a recent UOB FinLab panel with industry leaders, one message stood out: trust, authenticity, and community now drive growth for SMEs in an increasingly non-linear customer journey.

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More Than a Founder: Growing a Business While Embracing Motherhood

More Than a Founder: Growing a Business While Embracing Motherhood follows Sydney Ho as she navigates scaling multiple F&B ventures while raising a young family, offering a candid look at leadership, trade-offs, and building sustainable systems. Through her journey, the episode highlights that growth is shaped not just by strategy, but by support, adaptability, and grace.

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5 Questions With: Lawrence Lim, Founder of Prime Aces Limousine

Prime Aces Limousine shows that sustainability is a gradual and data-driven journey, building internal capabilities and leveraging digital efficiency while balancing service reliability with practical steps toward long-term impact.

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AI for SMEs: Driving Sustainable Growth in Volatile Business Landscape

AI is emerging as a practical tool for ASEAN SMEs to navigate rising costs, shifting demands, and increasing competition—enabling smarter decision-making, greater efficiency, and more resilient operations. By leveraging AI alongside ecosystem support from platforms like UOB FinLab, SMEs can scale sustainably, optimise resources, and build long-term growth without adding proportional complexity.

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Venturing into the Next Phase of AI Adoption

The AI conversation is shifting from possibility to execution, with businesses focusing on how to create tangible value from emerging technologies. AI Ready 2.0 equips SMEs with the tools, expertise and guidance to adopt AI strategically, solve real business challenges and scale with confidence.

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UOB launch the next phase of UOB FinLab AI Ready programme

A UOB poll found strong interest in AI among SMEs, yet many businesses remain at the trial stage as they seek practical ways to realise value from new technologies. Through initiatives such as the UOB SME Elevate Programme and UOB BizSmart, UOB continues to support SMEs in building the skills, knowledge and foundations needed for sustainable growth.

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UOB Poll Finds SMEs Keen on AI but Struggle to Move Beyond Pilot Stage

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Liao Zhiming: AI Is No Longer Just for Tech Companies, SMEs Should Harness Its Potential

廖志明表示，人工智能（AI）已不再是科技公司的专属工具。面对数码转型与市场竞争，中小企业应善用AI提升效率、降低成本，并从日常工作逐步实践，将科技转化为生产力与竞争优势。

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Press Release - Uob Finlab Earns Two Wins At Asian Banking &Amp;Amp; Finance Retail Banking Awards 2026

UOB FinLab earns two wins at Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2026

UOB FinLab has earned two wins at the Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2026, recognising its impact in advancing SME transformation and sustainability. Through its programmes and ecosystem, UOB FinLab continues to equip businesses across ASEAN with the capabilities and connections needed for long-term growth.

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UOB and JTC sign Agreement to grow industry ecosystems in Singapore

UOB and JTC have signed an agreement to support companies expanding in Singapore by connecting them to industrial ecosystems, business networks and growth opportunities across ASEAN. The partnership will also provide access to financing, advisory services and capability-building programmes focused on AI, digitalisation and sustainability.

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Womenpreneur Showcase: Joanna Teo, Managing Director of Attribute Data

Joanna Teo, Managing Director of Attribute Data and UOB FinLab Womenpreneurs alumna, appeared on MONEY FM 89.3 to share how she built a million‑dollar, self‑funded startup without venture capital, emphasising the role of strong networks, sustainable growth, and reflects on how UOB FinLab connected her with mentors and like‑minded entrepreneurs who supported her journey.

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AI Ready: How Singapore SMEs are turning anxiety into advantage

AI has become a critical capability for SMEs facing rising cost pressures and increasing customer expectations. Through the UOB FinLab AI Ready and SME Elevate Programmes, SMEs can navigate AI adoption with greater clarity—leveraging readiness assessments, practical training, and workforce upskilling to move beyond experimentation toward sustainable, long-term growth.

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AI gender gap at work: Are women being left behind in Singapore’s AI push?

Amid concerns about Singapore’s widening AI gender gap, Daphne Tay of Bluente shows how AI can empower women to break into tech. Despite a non‑technical background, she used generative AI to rapidly build prototypes and scale her translation platform, which now serves over 70 companies. Her story highlights AI’s potential to level the playing field and enable women entrepreneurs to lead and innovate.

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Brothers build on family’s waste management legacy with AI-powered tech

Explore how one of the impactful pilot projects from UOB FinLab’s GreenTech Accelerator 2024 took off, where Circular Unite partnered with UOB’s Corporate Real Estate Services (CRES) to drive sustainable waste management through data-driven innovation.

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Across digital gaps and borders, UOB’s FinLab helps businesses build bridges

For over a decade, UOB FinLab, the innovation accelerator has guided South-east Asia’s SMEs through transitions.

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Post GreenTech Accelerator 2024: UOB’s Corporate Real Estate Services (CRES) X Circular Unite

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5 Questions With: David Ng, Co-Founder of ISOTeam

The New SME Edge: Upskilling Future-Ready SMEs Start with Upskilling Today

Why the Traditional Marketing Funnel No Longer Works for SMEs (The Financial Coconut Business Show x UOB FinLab)

More Than a Founder: Growing a Business While Embracing Motherhood

5 Questions With: Lawrence Lim, Founder of Prime Aces Limousine

AI for SMEs: Driving Sustainable Growth in Volatile Business Landscape

Venturing into the Next Phase of AI Adoption

UOB launch the next phase of UOB FinLab AI Ready programme

UOB Poll Finds SMEs Keen on AI but Struggle to Move Beyond Pilot Stage

Liao Zhiming: AI Is No Longer Just for Tech Companies, SMEs Should Harness Its Potential

UOB FinLab earns two wins at Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2026

UOB and JTC sign Agreement to grow industry ecosystems in Singapore

Womenpreneur Showcase: Joanna Teo, Managing Director of Attribute Data

AI Ready: How Singapore SMEs are turning anxiety into advantage

AI gender gap at work: Are women being left behind in Singapore’s AI push?

Brothers build on family’s waste management legacy with AI-powered tech

Across digital gaps and borders, UOB’s FinLab helps businesses build bridges

Post GreenTech Accelerator 2024: UOB’s Corporate Real Estate Services (CRES) X Circular Unite

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