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Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:36:59 +0200

Give your living-room business wings
Build sustainable businesses that make money, not just for reselling to bigger companies.
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:14:42 +0100

So much unemployment; so few decent staff
Top South African training company targets previously ignored mid-level employees and newly employed graduates.Nearly 180 000 jobs were lost to the economy between January and March this year yet businesses say they battle to find appropriate staff to fulfill their needs.
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:43:24 +0100

South Africa opts for hi-tech cleaners to mop up after 17,9m sports fans, tourists and you
Few comment on a clean airport, but everyone notices a dirty one. As 50 000 Lions supporters, 15 000 Confederation Cup fans, 40 000 IPL cricket enthusiasts this year and 487 000 soccer fans arrive next year for the 2010 World Soccer Cup – in addition to around 6m others annually using South Africa’s main airports in Johannesburg and Cape Town, spare a thought for airport cleaners.
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:42:04 +0100

Downturn Survival: Outperforming The Competition
Guiding your business through the economic downturn and maintaining your performance levels relies on key issues, such as leadership, motivation, change and teamwork.
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:44:58 +0100

Many companies in third round of retrenchments as they battle to stay alive
Many companies are in their third round of retrenchments as they battle to stay alive, major training organisation AstroTech has revealed.“As one of South Africa’s biggest training organisations we deal with a vast array of companies, parastatals and government departments and also many of our facilitators are labour lawyers and human resources practitioners and we are seeing a disturbing rise in retrenchments,” AstroTech CEO Liza van Wyk said.
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:00:58 +0100

Available Disposable Income! Huh???
This is not a swear word, but the latest jargon in the industry since the implementation of the National Credit Act in June 2007.  However, if you’re not au fait with how this is determined, you probably won’t be able to position your application in such a way that you qualify for the bond you require.  In this article, I hope to give some insight into how your available disposable income is determined and what factors are taken into account.
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:43:14 +0100

Employers being scammed as employee debt soars – government asked to intervene
Many debt collection agencies and lawyers are relying on employer ignorance of garnishee orders by charging excessive fees. They are also delivering documents that look like court orders – but aren’t – to ensure money gets deducted off employee salaries to pay off debt.And now two major companies assisting companies and consumers with debt are calling on government to urgently take measures to improve what they say is a worsening situation.
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:39:29 +0100

Banks are throttling the economy
Large commercial banks are throttling the economy while the housing market threatens to collapse and millions of consumers are in debt, debt counsellors Consumer Assist said today."Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni is among those starting to accuse banks of starting to throttle the economy as they hold on to credit and aggressively pursue the indebted," Consumer Assist said.
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:18:50 +0100

Unfair dismissal cited in 83% of all labour cases as workplace stresses surge
Job losses and staff fears are boiling over with record numbers of complaints to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). In April, the CCMA received 11 560 new cases with 83% citing unfair dismissal.The top three regions for complaints were Johannesburg (3 129 cases); Western Cape (1 706) and KwaZulu-Natal (1 702).
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:00:10 +0100

The Commercial Property Hype
We’ve recently experienced an increase in enquiries for commercial bond finance.  Many clients think the process is similar to that for residential property finance, but unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth.  Let’s take a closer look at what has stimulated this interest in commercial property and how investing in this asset class can be dInterest in commercial property has been fuelled by the all-time low rental stock vacancies and the profitability shown by listed funds, for example loan stocks and property unit trusts.  What the average property investor doesn’t grasp, is that these listed funds are investing in huge property projects, further affecting market conditions and price inflation, and not in individual sectional title units and warehouses, which remain very volatile to fluctuating market conditions.
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:56:07 +0100