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Your financial year-end is approaching, you’ve got a calendar dotted with project end dates and business is going at a rapid pace. Just when you think things couldn’t get any busier, the unthinkable happens. Your financial manager resigns. Of course, he’ll work in a notice period, but that won’t cover all...
With consumers tightening their belts, and the economy seeing sluggish growth this year, 2014 did not bode well for revenue gains in South African businesses. For many companies, 2015 will be another tight year. So how can you improve your cash flow system to ensure you are getting the maximum...
 “The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we...
As we approach the festive season, most employees are winding down for the year, but many chief financial officers are actually doing the opposite. They are gearing up for financial year-ends in December 2014 and February 2015, and reflecting on the need to plan for the months that follow. After...
One out of every three google searches are employment related. This means that about 300 million times per month, people around the world search for something to do with a job. That’s the equivalent of every single person in South Africa performing a relevant search six times a month. This telling...
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful that the risk it took to blossom.” – French writer Anais Nin Your business has weathered the J-curve of the startup phase and come out strong. Sales and margins are stable and healthy. You’re faced...
You can’t run a marathon if you haven’t eaten in two days. This truth holds no matter how much extra weight or so-called “energy reserves” you might be bringing along. The reason? When running, your body relies on its short-term existing energy supplies rather than the long term stockpiles that...
You might be one of the many South Africans who spent the last week hurrying to meet the Friday deadline for submission of individual taxpayer’s returns. As you did so, your thoughts may have naturally turned towards your company tax. Company tax deadlines match that of the company’s financial year-end,...
- “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” - “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” (Alice and the Cheshire Cat, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland) In practice some may tack together a different job description altogether, but in theory, your...
