Offering Black Friday discounts has become an attractive opportunity for local small businesses to increase sales volumes and turnover. According to research conducted by Black Friday Global, 2018 figures showed a […]
SA Fintech cracks silver for breaking SME funding barriers
Fintech company Retail Capital has won a silver award at the Global SME Finance Awards for its innovation in funding SMEs.
10 top fuel-saving tips for drivers
Feeling the pain at the pumps? Following four consecutive monthly petrol hikes that have seen prices rise almost R2 per litre up to R16.68/l, now’s the time drivers need to smarten […]
SMME focus: Rekatrade
Rekatrade operates in a niche market and is the only 100% black-owned company that manufactures their own products.
SMME focus: Flashing Lites
Flashing Lites is a Randburg-based, boutique visual content production studio whose core service offerings are corporate films, live streaming, animation and photography that has a continental footprint and outlook.
SMME focus: Debar Ceramics
Debar is the only Black owned company providing the service of manufacturing and providing wear-resistant lining products to the mining, power generation, construction and cement manufacturing industries.
SMME focus: Bruno Engineering
Sicelo Myeni is the Operations Director at Bruno Engineering, a steel fabrication and turnkey engineering projects business based in Wadeville Germiston was founded in 1972.
“It always works out if you want it bad enough.”
u|Chief chatted to the founder of The Wedding Boutique, Alex Claxton, who shared her memories of the long road to starting and growing a thriving business that now occupies a […]
Small businesses continue to struggle with load shedding
Small medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) are the economic lifeblood of the country. The sector is providing employment to more than eight million South Africans spread across close to five million […]
How to scale a business
Petro Bothma of Business Partners Limited shares her extensive experience (along with that of the SME Toolkit’s distinguished guest contributors) on how to scale a thriving company.
Flexible working instrumental to SME success
Co-working spaces and flexible work hours are becoming the norm in the world of SMEs as well as for larger corporates, and it’s helping companies stay competitive and retain their […]
Zero processing fees key to SMME growth
ABOVE: Mitchan Adams, Thomas Pays, and Lyle Eckstein at the launch of Ozow On 4 April, Payment company Ozow Secure Payments (Ozow) became the first local payment processor to offer ZERO […]
The digital needs of SMEs
Social media is becoming the marketing lifeblood of SMEs, writes Miguel Da Silva… but it’s vital to use it right.
Graduate recruitment platform a boon for young talent
South African businesses have a bright new platform to help them recruit skilled graduates, interns and apprentices and, in the process, invest in developing South Africa’s bright young talent.