Guest post by www.libertylending.com You will need to standout in the crowd of business – startups and established – if you want to do well in it. The best way to do this and to ensure that you reach out to a larger section of the audience at the same time is to use mobile […]
Article provided by Retail Capital By 2030, government wants 90% of all formal jobs to be created by SMEs. Yet, while they are considered the solution to the economic and employment problems of South Africa, it is small businesses that in fact need the lifeline. This as business is only good for 10% of them. […]
On Thursday, 14 November at the 2019 NSBC Gala Breakfast and South African Small Business Awards, the Skills Development Corporation (SDC) – an accredited learning institution specialising in Training and Learnership initiatives focused on the B-BBEE codes of good practice – was not only part of the Top 20 Small Businesses Awards but was also […]
Article provided by PayFast At no other time in history has there been a more exciting time to be in e-commerce. With the popularity of online shopping overtaking traditional brick-and-mortar shops and shopping malls globally, if you’re in retail then it’s now more imperative than ever to have an online presence. However, while running and selling […]
Article provided by EasyBiz As South Africans have joined the global rush to benefit from massive Black Friday discounts, the annual discount extravaganza has become an attractive opportunity for local small businesses to increase sales volumes and turnover. This year Black Friday falls on 29 November, the day after the US holiday of Thanksgiving. The rush […]
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Somerset West entrepreneur Tony McPherson won two awards at the 2019 NSBC Business Awards. McPherson Trading, the company founded by the 19-year-old 11months ago, was placed among the top 20 SMMEs in South Africa. The astute young businessman walked away with the Youth Entrepreneur Champion Award. Of his achievements, McPherson says: “Winning this award was […]
ProfitShare Partners has secured a R25 million capital line from the Vumela Fund, which is managed by Edge Growth Ventures. Launched in 2018, Vumela’s third fund focuses on supporting high growth SMEs in the banking supply chain with good economic and impact returns – a key driver of ProfitShare Partners value proposition to the SME […]
Article provided by YVR Consulting The World Bank Group suggests that there are between 365-445 million SME businesses operating in emerging markets. From this only 80-100 million of these businesses are formal registered tax-paying SMEs and the remaining being informal SMEs so, in essence, unregistered and not tax paying. Another interest fact is that 25% […]
The Automobile Association ( AA ) is disheartened that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced in his Mid-Term Budget in parliament today that e-tolls are “here to stay”. The Minister mentioned that government considered several options but decided to retain the user-pays principle. “We find it hard to believe that based on submissions government received anyone […]
Do you have a crystal ball? Do you know what the future holds for your business? Most entrepreneurs will say “no”. But how can you protect your business against the unknowns of the future? Here are five steps to future-proofing your small business.
