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Tips To 'Green' Your SME

Repositioning your business as a more environmentally-friendly one can significantly save costs in the long-run.

Personalise Your Digital Marketing

How remarketing can increase sales.

5 Money Mistakes You'll Regret

The accumulation of many 'small' bad financial decisions can bring a small business to its knees.

Keeping it in the family

For more than 30 years, BRAINLINE has been providing home education to thousands of learners in and outside South Africa's borders.

A sustainable business is a successful business

Sustainability and climate change are two of today's hottest topics.

Stronger Together

Finding Strength In Our Diversity

Getting To Grips With Small Business Financing

Whether you need money to buy stock or equipment, require working capital to employ more staff or to fund a contract, or are simply looking for assistance to bridge your cash flow gaps while you are building your business, if you can't secure the finance you need, it will have a huge impact on sustainability and growth of your business.

Connect With Your Audience

Knowing and researching your target market should determine your event strategy.

The Smart Franchise Solution

With a successful track record of more than 25 years of operation in Southern Africa, and over 30 years globally, the CASH CONVERTERS franchise continues to provide entrepreneurially minded people with the infrastructure and support to become financially independent and thriving business owners.

Why Invest In A Franchise?

With proper due diligence and planning, franchising can certainly be a lower-risk, high-reward route for both franchisor and franchisee.

New Year, New Plans

Use challenges as an opportunity to learn, evolve and reinvent your business.

A Peek Preview: Tech That Will Shape SMEs In 2020

It's that time of year again! While you list all of those New Year's resolutions, we are polishing our IoT-enabled crystal ball to find out what 2020 will hold for IT in your business.

Tips To Avoid Entrepreneurial Burnout

The modern workforce is tired and worn out. Advancements made in technology have resulted in the ability to always be online, always check mail, and to always be available for meetings.

The Secret That Makes This Power Couple Work

Every year, many couples take on the challenge of starting a business together. For some, it is the best decision they have ever made, which is the case for LINDSAY AND SHELLEY MENTOR.

Sales And Marketing

Understanding the powerful interconnection that leads to top-line growth.

How To Shelter Your Business During An Economic Storm

With South Africa's GDP growth forecast to be just 0.7% for 2019, most businesses are taking severe strain. To prevail in this difficult economic climate, each business will need to ensure that it is running an efficient operation.

Finding The Right Funder

Entrepreneurs who are looking for funding range from those who have an idea and are trying to raise seed capital to start their business, to the owners of high growth businesses who need expansion finance, and everyone in between. Irrespective of whether they are looking for a loan or for someone to invest in their business, they generally have the same thing in common they are uncertain how to go about securing the funding they need.

An Alternative Lender On The Side Of SMEs

Big finance and the little guy don't usually see eye-to-eye. LULALEND was founded with one aim in mind: to bridge the gap between small businesses and easy access to capital to help their businesses grow.

Making Money Making Movies

Keeping up with the Kandasamys, a local movie set in Chatsworth, Durban, raked in a remarkable R1.6-million at the box office on opening weekend.

Automatic Future

We See More Automation And Autonomous Driving Cars In Your Future…

The Young Entrepreneur Advantage

Business coach and incubator director STEVE REID considers why now is the time for young would-be entrepreneurs to launch their own businesses…

Starting A Business In The TECH ERA

The combination of inexpensive technology, solutions that make access to global markets easier, and more funding options than ever before, means it’s a great time to launch your start-up…

Tools To Drive Business Growth

For growth-stage companies, the focus moves to professionalising the processes used in running the business. This additional structure, often lacking in the start-up phase, is made all the more easy by the range of technology solutions on offer today. Even the most tedious and challenging processes can be made easy and convenient.

Hot Desk, Co-work Or Go It Alone?

How to pick the right business space of your needs...

Why Co-working Is Becoming A ‘thing'

Co-working may feel like it came out of nowhere for a lot of us, but it was first observed as a trend by Google as far back as 2007.

Discover Your Strengths To Reach Your Full Potential

Passion and talent are a serious power couple – and a good indicator of where your strengths lie…

Why Personal Development Is Critical for Entrepreneurs

As an entrepreneur, profitability is often the only indicator you use to assess whether you’re succeeding or failing.

How SMEs Should Think About Omni-Channel Retailing

Nic Haralambous of NicHarry.com describes himself as an omni-channel player in the retail space.

Turn Your Employees Into Brand Ambassadors

You have invested time and money in finding the right talent to help ensure that the vision you have for the company materialises, so why not make your marketing as extraordinary as your employees?

Getting Started In B2B

The opportunities are expanding in this lucrative sector...