FIVER is a publication of the VSAPAC Group in partnership with the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It is a component of the Singapore government backed 5i project, an initiative to help small enterprises manage their business competencies and maximize their fullest potential to grow. The 5i’s – internalisation, innovation, integration, investment and internationalisation – are the 5 drivers for business competencies.

• Learning Points: tips on how to strengthen businesses via the 5i’s.
• Hard Knocks: real life case studies that offer lessons about small enterprises and the problems they are tackling
• Features on Companies and People: entrepreneurs’ stories about how they have built businesses, struggled to grow, and overcome setbacks
• Face Talk: topics that are buzzing online in the social media