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MOM is also interested in your organisation, and its financial backing. They want to make sure you can afford to pay their salaries.

Policies on foreign hires is also affected by the industry your firm operate in.

Good evening! I am a British citizen planning on incorporating my company in Singapore. I plan to continue living in the UK and to visit Singapore when necessary/desirable. I need a non-executive nominee director who is a Singaporean citizen or permanent resident of Singapore. I know somebody who m...

"Inconvenient'? It's inconvenient for me to go to your website then to have to PM you to help you with questions YOU are asking. Besides, as moderator you are very quickly going to have to prove to me that you are not posting simply to try and drive commercial activity to your website, that is ADVE...

Hi there, The trouble is with an EP, is that it currently allows you to be a director in a company, but not work in the company you own. Being a director is fine - you apply to MOM under the company. However, technically you are not suppose to be a shareholder in that company. People we know then ma...

F+B is really tricky. It requires a lot of investment before you have a chance to test your idea.

When you look at different types of businesses you could start, it is by far one of the most difficult because it is a cash based business, and because you have a lot of stakeholders.

Thanks Strong Eagle for your suggestions, I think I will go to Sole Proprietorship route. If you did take the sole prop route Sharon, there are some other advantages. Your cost of compliance will be much less per annum, and you can still separate ownership Vs management in a sole proprietorship. Of...

Dear all, Understand that for Pte ltd which it's turnover more than 5 million it's exempt private certificate need to be sign by auditor , is this correct ? If the auditor refuse to sign will he against any law ? I knew we no need to attach the certificate with ACRA, is that necessary to get audito...

Hi, I plan to relocate to singapore and have been looking for suitable business opportunity. Can anyone suggest the sector i should look at? I am open for taking up franchisee also. Nandini Hi Nandini, I would study the type of Government grants and funding that are available. Tech start ups is a s...

The odds are low that you will be approved for any kind of a pass. The Entrepass used to be handed out under very generous conditions. It was abused by many. The whole point of tightening up the regulations was to stop people with insufficient experience and insufficient capital from using the Entr...

Okay.

I imagine you will need a firm that has social media experience, and has looked after internet-only clients. I have a few recommendations. There are two companies i can provide you contacts for. Do you mind PMing me today, and i'll reply to you privately?

Thanks

Ya, mostly is that cost... but after you register, there other cost like, Compilation, Tax and others... If you are the sole director of the firm, you have to appoint another person to be the company secretary, so you have to add that fee as well. Around $700 pa. You are given six months to appoint...

We just finished a pretty comprehensive survey to determine the most startup friendly banks in Singapore. We ranked each according to ease of opening the account in the name of a foreign director, ease of internet banking, and which ones offered the lowest account keeping fees. OCBC and DBS were our...

Does anyone have any recommendations for a Singapore based marketing company? TIA Kev Hi Kev, Can i qualify your question? Are you looking for recommendations for marketing firms that can help you? If so, can you tell us what industry you are from, and what kind of marketing you need - digital, pri...

Dear Members, I want to setup a new branch of our organization - CBIL360 in Singapore. Please help me to know about scope of business over there. We are US- Miami based Web Design, development and web marketing company. :???: How government support to businesses over there? What is scope of busines...

I realise these posts are a little old now. However, if any one has had good experiences in recent months using a VOIP provider, please let me know. thanks!