Sep 15, 2021 5 min read Ensuring resilience in the face of rising unemployment One in three South Africans are currently without a job, as the country battles its highest unemployment rate since 2008...
Aug 23, 2021 6 min read 10 accounting mistakes for start-ups to avoid Start-up business accounting is critical because you’re most likely operating your new business on a shoestring budget. ...
Jul 30, 2021 5 min read How technology can help SMEs rebuild Businesses of all sizes, mostly retail, have been left devastated by previous weeks’ events, with about 800 stores loote...
Jul 29, 2021 7 min read Savings Month: 11 top savings tips from small businesses If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught small businesses, it’s that they need to create a financial safety net if t...
Jul 23, 2021 8 min read Easy ways to manage your small business’s paperwork Let’s face it; you didn’t start a business because you love paperwork. Unless, of course, you do have a passion for pape...
Apr 19, 2021 4 min read Get paid on time – 5 tips for small business owners For small and medium businesses, getting paid on time is one of the biggest administration headaches. After all, when cu...
Mar 11, 2021 4 min read Staying vigilant against in-store fraud: 7 tips for retailers Online transactional security has garnered scrutiny over the past decade, given its booming popularity and subsequent ri...
Mar 4, 2021 3 min read The Art of Being Paid: A free kit to help your business speed up late payments Discover how our free kit, The Art of Being Paid, can help your business reduce the challenge of needing to deal with la...
Mar 3, 2021 2 min read A guide to your business and start taking control now Running a business isn't easy but you're bossing it. However, you know things can be done better. Learn what you need to...
Feb 24, 2021 6 min read Tech is replacing accountants, but their new role is much more valuable In 2006, I predicted that accounting as we knew it then would be redundant by the turn of the decade. At the time, techn...
Feb 22, 2021 6 min read How one township entrepreneur turned R200 into R2.7 million In 2014, Brian Malatji decided to start his own business. He quit his job at a manufacturing company that produces gate ...
Dec 14, 2020 4 min read How SMEs can make up for a tough year this festive season COVID-19 has affected how people plan their holidays, and it has impacted wallets and budgets. It’s been a tough year...
Nov 26, 2020 5 min read Black Friday cheat sheet for SMEs new to e-commerce The COVID-19 lockdown forced many businesses online, and for some small and medium businesses, it would have been their ...
Nov 19, 2020 5 min read What is Impact Innovation and why is it so powerful? “We live in the most unequal country in the world. This inequality bleeds through the ecosystem and prevents entrepreneu...
Nov 18, 2020 4 min read “Collaboration is the new innovation.” How venture capitalist Octavius Phukubye plans to empower African entrepreneurs If Octavius Phukubye ruled the world, the first thing he’d do is offer Black women equal pay. Not only because it’s long...
Oct 30, 2020 4 min read World Savings Day: how saving money can save your business 2020, the year that tested everything you knew about running a small business. As exciting and fulfilling as it is, f...
Nov 29, 2019 3 min read Starting a side hustle? Here are 4 tips to manage your finances To ensure the success of your side hustle, you need healthy financial habits. Start with a goal and manage your cashflow...
Sep 26, 2019 4 min read 5 ways to get paid on time 15% of South African SME invoices are paid late. Here are 5 tips to encourage customers to pay on time and to avoid awkw...
Mar 26, 2019 3 min read Three stealthy HR tax hikes for 2019 Although personal income tax didn't increase, government has made inflation work in its favour by imposing three sneaky ...
Feb 15, 2019 2 min read How an online presence can boost your business’s cash flow Having an online presence and adopting digital tools can help ensure there’s more coming in than there is going out thro...
Dec 2, 2018 2 min read Stop manually balancing your books With Bank Feeds, the books balance themselves. You set the rules once and your accounting software does the rest. Automa...
Oct 29, 2018 5 min read How alternative funders enable SME success Lack of funding and poor financial management are the leading causes of SME failure in SA. Alternative lenders can help ...
Aug 29, 2018 5 min read 9 ways to get your employees out of debt Debt and financial problems can distract your employees. Learn how to help them get out of debt, build financial literac...
Apr 18, 2018 2 min read Improve your cash flow: Manage your VAT Now that the VAT increase dust has settled, SMEs can review their operations, improve their cash flow, and offset the hi...
