Article provided by Retail Capital In the three months ended October 2020, there was a 33,2% rise in business liquidations, according to Stats SA. The implications are serious: not only do more employees lose their jobs, adding to the already sky-high 2,2 million people who have suffered at the hands of COVID-19, but there is […]
The global pandemic saw the uptake of remote working skyrocket as more people were forced to stay at home due to lockdown protocols. Though some thought it great and easily adapted to working from home. Many struggle to work from home and have more distractions than they had in the office. But how can you […]
Article provided by ProfitShare Partners Having been in the financial services sector for many years and running his own businesses for the last 15 years, ProfitShare Partners founder and CEO Andrew Maren’s vision was to create a service he believed to be desperately needed in South Africa. Born from the need for SMEs to access […]
Article written by Jannie P. Rossouw (Bright Future) We are living in unprecedented and adverse times. This calls for unprecedented action. Diligent management practices can only take us so far. Business owners need to step up to the plate as leaders. We need to provide direction, instil hope, inspire and lead from the front.
Article provided by Lulalend Survey shows 94% of SME businesses suffered more than a 50% drop in monthly turnover due to COVID-19 pandemic. Rise in eCommerce resulting in more businesses’ models shifting online. SME cash flow vital to improve liquidity ahead of peak season trading. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting global recession handed a […]
Article provided by Retail Capital “As a result of the global pandemic, the six months from March to September 2020 saw more digital transformation occur than in the decade prior, according to a technology trends analysis by Forbes. If the urgency to keep pace with the fourth industrial revolution has not kicked in yet, businesses […]
Article provided by Lulalend While South Africa’s economy took a series of blows over the last year, business owners remain confident that things will slowly start to stabilise in 2021. This was reaffirmed with South Africa’s SACCI business confidence index rising to 93.4 in November of 2020 from 92 in October, above pre-pandemic levels. According […]
