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Singapore firms find opportunities, build confidence to do business in Africa
Read MoreWhen entrepreneur Benjamin Chua, 35, caught wind of a business delegation that was headed to South Africa and Kenya in May, he signed up immediately as he was looking to find out more about Kenya’s market.
The founder of cleaning technology company Speco makes a machine that automatically sanitises rooms and repels mosquitos, and its partner was setting up education centres in Kenyan cities and wanted Mr Chua’s machines in the classrooms.
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'We've waited for this for 2 years': Teo Heng, Zouk among nightlife businesses raring to reopen
Read MoreAt the moment, the cleanliness of the rooms and safety of its customers are Teo Heng's priorities. To this end, it has collaborated with local business Speco, a company specialising in antiviral coatings. Speco will sanitise the rooms before the…
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Speco - How One Conversation Inspired a Breakthrough Cleaning Technology
Read MoreFour years ago, with little to no experience in the cleaning industry, Benjamin Chua rose to the task of helping retrenched senior workers secure housekeeping jobs. From a single mission of empowering people through employment…
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Budget 2022: $100m set aside to help firms implement training and transformation plans
Read MoreThe minister cited cleaning services firm Speco Singapore as an example of a company that has benefited from establishing a company training committee. The firm shifted its operations to provide disinfection services by adopting technological…
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Budget 2022: Retraining helps him make mid-career switch from events management to digital marketing
Read MoreHome-grown cleaning firm Speco is among more than 800 companies where CTCs have been formed by NTUC. Speco's chief executive and founder Benjamin Chua, 34, said since forming its CTC in 2017 with the Building Construction and…
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The Straits Times: The rise of virtual and skills-based volunteering amid pandemic
Read MoreThe two SME winners of this year's President's Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards are such examples. Speco Singapore, a cleaning technology company, has been providing disinfection services for free to charities unable to afford disinfection of…
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[SMEICC 2021] Re Balancing the Core of Your Organisation
Watch HereGetting ready for the future economy is not just about using more and better technology. Re-balancing your business priorities to sync your people, culture and structure to the goals of the company is key.
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Celebrating giving efforts amid the pandemic
Read MoreTHE long-drawn Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated cleaning social enterprise Speco's transformation into a high-tech cleaning solutions provider. The company was set up in 2017, and Benjamin Chua, chief executive officer, Speco Singapore…
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Covid-19 highlights importance of social sector and volunteerism: President Halimah
Read MoreAmong the organisations that won awards were non-profit organisation Caregivers Alliance and commercial cleaning firm Speco Singapore. Chief executive of NVPC Melissa Kwee noted how the award winners reflected the determination of…
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Enabling Mark awards highlight employers' efforts to support staff with disabilities
Read MoreSINGAPORE - Since cleaning technology company Speco started in 2017, it has made it a point to be inclusive in its hiring policies. Around 10 per cent of its staff are people with disabilities.
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IMPACT 0022: Creating opportunities for the marginalised
Read MoreIn Singapore, we grow up hearing the prevalent but damaging saying, “If you don’t work hard, you’ll end up as a cleaner.” There’s an underlying assumption that only lowly-educated persons take on unwanted jobs within the cleaning industry…
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How the B Corp movement is redefining success in business
Read MoreCleaning technology company Speco - whose clients include Pontiac Land, HDB and Maybank - advances that the certification was invaluable as it increases credibility and builds trust with customers.
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A Spotless Record
Read MoreChua founded his housekeeping and cleaning business, Spic & Span, in 2017, with the aim to give jobs to disadvantaged and marginalized Singaporeans, such as ex-offenders, single parents, victims of abuse, persons with disabilities, and the homeless.
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Speco's Interview with CNA938 Singapore Today
Watch HereBenjamin Chua, founder and CEO of Speco Singapore shared about our transformation from a cleaning company to a CleanTech organisation with a social mission to provide jobs to marginalised Singaporeans during an interview with CNA938…
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Government launches work group to look into wages, welfare of low-wage workers
Read MoreSINGAPORE: A new work group that will come up with measures to address issues on the salaries and work environment of low-wage workers was launched on Thursday (Oct 29).
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Help the disadvantaged learn new skills during Covid-19 pandemic, President Halimah urges employers
Read MoreSINGAPORE - After a stroke left him with speech difficulties and weakness in his right hand, Mr Ang Kuan Heng struggled to find employment. That was until he landed a job with social enterprise Spic & Span, which on Friday (Jan 29) received a visit from President Halimah Yacob.
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哈莉玛总统吁社企 善用科技永续经营
Read More为本地弱势群体创造工作机会的社会企业,也需要有可持续性的经营模式,哈莉玛总统呼吁社企运用科技提高生产力。哈莉玛总统昨早(1月29日)走访清洁科技社会企业Speco,并参观了他们位于加冷的陈列室,了解Speco如何采用新技术,如人体工程学真空吸尘器和机器人,以提高生产力,简化操作。
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Social enterprises play important role in helping vulnerable during Covid-19 pandemic: Masagos
Read MoreSINGAPORE - Social enterprises play an important role in helping vulnerable groups, especially during a time of crisis like the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic…
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Companies recognised for innovations in fight against Covid-19
Read MoreSINGAPORE - After the Covid-19 pandemic struck earlier this year, local cleaning solutions company Spic & Span reformulated its disinfectant solution Speco to be effective against coronaviruses…
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Championing the Cause of Inclusivity at Work
Read MoreSocial causes need champions to move not just hearts and minds, but the society forward. These two individuals – Benjamin Chua and George Lam – have done exactly that. Benjamin Chua and George Lam are champions in every sense of the word. For the work they have done to hire and support…
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Graduating students can apply for over 11,000 traineeships from June 1
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Graduates will be able to apply for traineeships under the SGUnited Traineeships Programme, from Monday (June 1), Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on Facebook on Sunday (May 31).
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Some companies still hiring even as retrenchments rise by about 10% amid COVID-19 pandemic
Read MoreSINGAPORE: As employers across the country shed workers or put them on furlough due to labour market conditions, a few others…
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How doing good gives a shine to your company amid COVID-19
Read MoreThe number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb in Singapore, and the list of essential services continues to be trimmed down to only the most basic living needs. While there has justifiably been much emphasis on the F&B…
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Singaporeans must not be complacent in fight against coronavirus: President Halimah
Read MoreSINGAPORE - Singaporeans must not be complacent in the fight against the coronavirus which is spreading around the world, said President Halimah Yacob on Wednesday (Feb 26). "We are seeing in a few countries, it has spread…
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Coronavirus: Unions to give out care packages to cleaners, healthcare workers
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Thousands of care packages were being prepared on Saturday (Feb 15) for cleaners and healthcare workers on the front line of Singapore’s efforts against the ongoing outbreak of Covid-19.
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PCSEA 2019 Social Enterprise Finalists for President's Challenge Social Enterprise Awards
Button labelThe President’s Challenge Social Enterprise Award (PCSEA) is a prestigious accolade conferred by the President’s Office to outstanding businesses and their partners within…
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Company Of Good: Transforming Lives And The Cleaning Industry
Watch NowEmploying the marginalised while introducing new technology to the cleaning industry - how Spic & Span makes an impact. Business Blueprint: Uplifting Singapore’s Cleaning Industry. “My name is Juriya. I am a single parent…”
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Spic & Span leads with the heart to transform its business
Read MoreThe cleaning company develops new technology to open doors for both the company and its staff. Mr Benjamin Chua left a promising career in the public service because he wanted to help…
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Helping seniors work longer, build up CPF savings a crucial first step despite uncertain economy
Read MoreSINGAPORE — The moves to enable seniors to work longer and build up their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings mean that businesses…
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Singaporean cleaning firm Spic & Span provides career progression opportunities for the disadvantaged
Read MoreTAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Spic & Span is a cleaning firm with a difference, placing social outreach at the core of its operations. The company hires disadvantaged workers…
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The Big Read: In the pursuit of technology, what happens to workers left behind?
Read MoreSINGAPORE — As the relentless march of technology leaves its mark across industries, scores of Singapore workers young and old have risen to the challenge, jumping over hurdles to embrace new skills and stay ahead of the curve.
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Spic & Span – Mr Benjamin Chua
Watch NowWatch as Spic and Span embraced agility through a change in mindset and adoption of technology to create value for the workers. A progressive employer and a game changer in the industry, hear how Mr Benjamin Chua optimized the latent manpower pool, collaborated across…
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Companies in the business of doing good
Read MoreMORE than 40 Singapore-based companies, big and small, convened to recognise the inaugural Champions of Good at Shangri-La hotel on Nov 7. Organised by the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC), the event - graced by Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat…
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A small company with a big heart
Read MoreDo a Google search on cleaning services in Singapore, and a myriad appear, anything from dry-cleaning services to housekeeping facilities. However, dig a little deeper into service platforms such as Kaodim and Helpling, and a small company which offers cleaning services to a wide range of…
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"We Didn’t Come in from the Business Angle"
Read MoreAn economist by training, 30-year-old Benjamin Chua never expected to go into business, much less set up Spic & Span, a company specialising in supplying commercial cleaning services to offices in the Central Business District. The turning point came back in 2015, when a friend…