A healthy business outlays and receives just as in any relationship. At some points your business is in debt and at other points it’s delivering on promised orders and awaiting credit. The challenge for your business’s credit management is to ensure that you’re outlaying enough to keep transactions flowing, but...
Whether you’re a Human Resources manager or a small business owner, the task of hiring is one of the most daunting, and risk-laden aspects of your job. Author and business owner Gene Marks puts it this way: “No matter how much work you put into it, no matter how many...
The African growth story is an exciting one, dotted with giant forward leaps and unexpected dips. It holds the thrill of an under-exploited market, and represents huge diversity that is still shrouded with mystery for many. Many international brands choose South Africa as a springboard for growth into the rest...
Last weekend, friends of ours attended a wedding. True to South African tradition, it went on for longer than a work day! Our friends have a one-year old child who needed to be babysat. They decided to share the load between two sets of relatives. The first relatives would do...
