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04 Jul 2023

Challenging times ahead for hardware retailers

By Staff Writer

The market is in for a bumpy ride, says Louis Greef, managing director of Elite Star Trading Africa (EST). But it’s not going to stop EST from adapting while still remaining true to its roots.    It’s always good to have someone in your corner, and in the case of the smaller players in the...
01 Sep 2020

How automation and robots are helping to reduce business downtime

By Staff Writer

According to Asen Bozhikov, Assistant Professor of Business Informatics at the D. A. Academy of Economics in Svishtov, Bulgaria, businesses suffer approximately 14 hours of technology-related downtime per year. Effectively, that’s two days of operations lost. In a world that is always connected and moving at a blistering speed, businesses cannot afford to have extensive...
24 Aug 2020

How to give workers the structure of office life while working remotely

By Staff Writer

By: David Seinker, CEO and founder, The Business Exchange In the early days of lockdown, there were a lot of confident predictions that we were witnessing the beginning of a remote work revolution. As the weeks have dragged on, however, such fancies have quickly proven to be an illusion. Jaded by trying to fit a...
13 Aug 2020

The importance of contracts in the food manufacturing industry

By Staff Writer

The days of doing business by handshake have long since come and gone. In not creating legally enforceable obligations a business opens itself up to the creation of financial and reputational risk, which risks could ultimately lead to litigation and/or huge financial losses. In the food industry the delivery of one end-product typically requires the...
13 Aug 2020

SA’s leading ladies and Strawberry Lips take you behind the hustle

By Staff Writer

Always at the forefront of supportive female empowerment initiatives, leading strawberry cream liqueur, Strawberry Lips, has launched its ‘Behind the Hustle’ campaign. Hosted by Expresso presenter and former deputy editor of COSMOPOLITAN magazine, Noxolo Mafu, this weekly interview series will take you up close and personal with some of South Africa’s most successful young changemakers...
14 Jul 2020

Food security is a major concern for South Africa

By Staff Writer

BY: Maluta Netshaulu, senior manager of Agriculture for Nedbank Business Banking Food security remains a major concern as businesses throughout the world struggle to get to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdown has affected agriculture exports also. But as the country eases lockdown regulations, the ability of South Africa and the Continent to look...
06 Jul 2020

How to build business continuity in an uncertain world

By Staff Writer

By: Paulo de Matos, SYSPRO chief product officer The role of procurement is about ensuring that business operations continue like clockwork no matter how disrupted the business environment is. This involves understanding the current environment as well as foreseeing the potential future environments and preparing for them. The challenge is that all businesses currently operate...
02 Jun 2020

Businesses must predict their cashflow to ensure longevity

By Staff Writer

BY: Lucy Desai – content writer at QuickBooks South Africa According to customer research conducted by accounting software firm QuickBooks South Africa, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) felt unprepared for the severity of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and stated that the three most important factors for them was to predict and see...
20 Apr 2020

'We will come out of this stronger' - A restaurateur’s experience of COVID-19

By Varushka Padayachi

By: Larry Hodes, owner of Calexico On Monday 16 March; when the rumours of COVID-19 began getting more serious; there was an immediate drop off in customers in my three restaurants. In the next 10 days my turnover would decrease by between 80 to 100% in my restaurants. When the new liquor laws were announced...