May 16, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Food & Beverage, KZN Industrial & Business News
THE fast food and quick service restaurant (QSR) sector continues to show steady growth on the back of what has been a tough economic climate in South Africa. With a contribution in access of 29%, QSR has by far the biggest share in franchising turnover. According to...
May 9, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
THE Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has been nominated as a finalist in the inaugural 2018 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards, to take place in Parktown, Johannesburg, on 23 May 2018. This is the latest in a string of award nominations for corporation...
May 9, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, SMME Development & Support
START-UP businesses should be making use of value added services to decrease the cost of running their enterprises. That’s according to Mags Ponnan (pictured), Head of the FNB Business Incubator, who added that entrepreneurs need to learn that running a cost heavy...
May 9, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Finance & Investment, Food & Beverage, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, Manufacturing, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Packaging
DOOR and loading dock systems provider Maxiflex will showcase high-speed freezer doors as well as insulated sectional doors from the Assa Abloy Entrance Systems product portfolio at the upcoming Frigair Expo in Johannesburg. That’s according to Managing Director Bram...
May 9, 2018 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Manufacturing
ASPEN Pharmacare, South Africa’s largest pharmaceutical company, has officially opened its R1-billion Port Elizabeth-based high containment facility. Speaking at the launch on Monday (7 May, 2018), Group Chief Executive Stephen Saad said, “Aspen continues its...
May 6, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export
THE South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) has announced the appointment of Soraya Artman (pictured) to steer its operational side, as it seeks to strengthen partnerships within the maritime sector and beyond. “One of SAIMI’s overarching aims is to be...
May 6, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Power Generation, Special Economic Zones
THERE is a direct relationship between access to energy and economic growth. That’s the view of Sandisiwe Ncemane (pictured), Coega Development Corporation (CDC) Business Development Manager: Energy Projects, reflecting on a recent Africa Development Bank (AfDB)...
May 3, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Security, Transport & Logistics
THE South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has joined the growing chorus of condemnation of the violent and destructive protests at the Mooi River toll plaza. “There is a right to protest, but that does not include the right to destroy public or other property,...
May 3, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Food & Beverage, Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
DURBAN’S International Conference Centre is a veritable engine room for the creation of jobs – over the past 11 years, it has been responsible for creating and sustaining over 93 000 jobs cumulatively. That’s according to centre management, which said this week...
