Provides Singapore-based SMEs a grant to hire external experts to improve your management and operations

With the Local Enterprise Technical Assistance Scheme, you can get a grant to engage an external consultant to implement quality management and IT systems. Project examples include ISO certification and upgrading computer systems.

You can apply for the Local Enterprise Technical Assistance Scheme if your company meets these criteria:

• registered or incorporated in Singapore
• at least 30% of your shareholding is local
• your company’s group fixed assets are worth below $15 million*
• you have not more than 200 employees (for companies in the services sector)*

* Computed on a group basis i.e. checking up to three levels for corporate shareholders holding 20% or more of the total shareholding in the company and one level down where the company holds more than 50% of the shareholding in a subsidiary company.

LETAS subsidises up to 50% of the costs of hiring the consultant^#. The funding support for IT projects does not cover hardware and software costs. Funding support for Quality Management system projects does not cover certification fees.

^# For Quality Management System and IT E-commerce projects, it is subject to a maximum grant cap of $5,000 or 50% of consultancy cost (whichever is lower). For IT implementation projects, it is subject to a maximum grant cap of $10,000 or 50% of consultancy cost (whichever is lower).

How-To Guide

Apply For Local Enterprise Technical Assistance Scheme (LETAS)


For more information on government assistance programmes, please contact the EnterpriseOne hotline at Tel : (65) 6898 1800 or email enterpriseone@spring.gov.sg.