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How small business can pull extra bang from Black Friday bucks

November 21, 2019 No Comments

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 […]

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News releases, u|Chief SMEs

SA Fintech cracks silver for breaking SME funding barriers

October 18, 2019 No Comments

Fintech company Retail Capital has won a silver award at the Global SME Finance Awards for its innovation in funding SMEs.

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Insight, u|Chief Energy, u|Chief Fleet, u|Chief SMEs

10 top fuel-saving tips for drivers

July 21, 2019 No Comments

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 […]

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SMME focus: Rekatrade

July 21, 2019 No Comments

Rekatrade operates in a niche market and is the only 100% black-owned company that manufactures their own products.

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SMME focus: Flashing Lites

July 21, 2019 No Comments

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.

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Interviews, u|Chief SMEs

SMME focus: Debar Ceramics

July 21, 2019 No Comments

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.

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SMME focus: Bruno Engineering

July 21, 2019 No Comments

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.

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“It always works out if you want it bad enough.”

July 15, 2019 No Comments

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 […]

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Insight, u|Chief Energy, u|Chief SMEs

Small businesses continue to struggle with load shedding

April 11, 2019 No Comments

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 […]

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Insight, u|Chief SMEs

How to scale a business

April 8, 2019 No Comments

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.

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Analysis, Insight, u|Chief SMEs

Flexible working instrumental to SME success

April 7, 2019 No Comments

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 […]

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Zero processing fees key to SMME growth

April 7, 2019 No Comments

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 […]

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The digital needs of SMEs

April 7, 2019 No Comments

Social media is becoming the marketing lifeblood of SMEs, writes Miguel Da Silva… but it’s vital to use it right.

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Analysis, Insight, u|Chief Skills, u|Chief SMEs

Graduate recruitment platform a boon for young talent

April 7, 2019 No Comments

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.

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u|Chief is a vehicle for thought leaders and industry experts to share their business and leadership insight, knowledge and experiences with other leaders and aspirant leaders - from multi-national corporations through to SMME owners and NGO chiefs, both locally in South Africa as well as with a global readership.

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Insight and interviews for leaders, disruptors and innovators