Jan 23, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment
WHILE small to medium enterprise (SME) owners may not have a great deal of control over South Africa’s broader economic issues, they do have control over how they plan and manage their finances, says EasyBiz Technologies Managing Director, Gary Epstein. “The failure...
Jan 23, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, ICT In Industry, Manufacturing
WHILE the South African economy has been underperforming for a number of years, the first positive signs of turnaround started to become visible by the second quarter of 2018, and by the end of the third quarter, data supplied by Statistics South Africa showed that...
Dec 12, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
The warning by the Ombudsman for Long-term Insurance for consumers to disclose full information when applying for insurance comes in the wake of the storm that followed Momentum’s refusal to pay a R2.4 million life insurance policy to a claimant whose husband died in...
Dec 12, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News, Packaging, Quality Assurance
THE packaging and design industries have experienced unprecedented growth in recent years both locally and abroad. In order to deliver market-ready materials to an end-market that continues to grow both in its demands and its appetite for innovative packaging...
Dec 12, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
Despite there being more than 19 million online shoppers in South Africa, the recent Black Friday and Cyber Monday stampedes at retail outlets have once again shown the importance of providing people with alternative digital payment options. The chaos at...
Dec 12, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News
COINCIDING with the 20th anniversary of South Africa-China diplomatic relations this year, a seminar to cement partnerships and accelerate trade and investment between the countries took centre stage in Durban earlier this week. In an initiative by Trade &...
Dec 12, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
Research released earlier this year, revealed that there are only 250 000 formal SMMEs in South Africa. Entrepreneurs who have started up a business over the past 10 years have done so in an environment that has been largely negative, with slow economic growth and an...
Dec 5, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, SMME Development & Support
MARKETING your own business can be a daunting task, especially if you’ve never done it before and have no idea where to start. Jacqueline Raw, Owner of marketing agency Ycagel gives five tips to get your business on the map quickly 1. Be clear on what your potential...
Dec 5, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Mining & Quarrying, Plastics & Rubber, Special Economic Zones
GOVERNMENT in the Eastern Cape, has welcomed the R502-million investment into the East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) announced by two local investors, Meek Mines South Africa and Nulatex Condoms South Africa, which are set to create 450 jobs for the...
