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Jan 22, 2025 13 min read Invoice payment terms explained: How to get paid faster and avoid delays Learn how to use invoice payment terms to get paid faster and avoid delays. Discover common examples and tips.
Jan 22, 2025 10 min read Marginal Cost: definition and examples Learn the answer to the question what is a marginal cost, how to calculate it, and why it's crucial for your business's ...
Oct 28, 2024 6 min read What is financial reporting? Want to find out more about financial reporting? Get all the information you need in our handy guide.
Apr 16, 2024 6 min read Cybersecurity simplified: Your SME guide to a safer future online Discover expert tips on cybersecurity to ensure your small business is shielded against the evolving digital threats of ...
Feb 29, 2024 9 min read South Africa Budget Speech 2024: A round-up for businesses Explore the impact of South Africa's 2024 Budget on businesses: tax changes, support measures, and growth opportunities.
Nov 21, 2022 4 min read Straight As: A new data-driven standard for finance leaders With accelerated digitalisation to accommodate remote and hybrid working models, many roles have shifted and deepened—an...
Oct 25, 2022 8 min read Skills, stories, value, and growth emerge as key themes at Finance Indaba 2022 Finance professionals discuss their role in business transformation and how they can leverage technology to add value an...
Oct 18, 2022 4 min read Finance Indaba 2022: Data, analytics, and future skills top on the Sage agenda As a Diamond Sponsor of the Finance Indaba 2022, Sage has two insightful talks lined up that you don’t want to miss.
Dec 7, 2021 4 min read The journey to financial freedom is a series of small steps “It has felt like walking in the dark. I have stumbled multiple times, but I have learnt to fail forward. The best deci...
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 ...
Jun 26, 2020 5 min read 3 tips to make life easier for your customers – and your business Suppose you went into a store. You take something from the shelf. But there’s a problem. There’s no price label. Well, o...
Feb 3, 2020 6 min read 5 money mistakes SMEs may one day regret It’s not only big financial disasters that cause businesses to fail. The build-up of small, poor decisions can also crip...
Dec 5, 2019 6 min read You are what you measure Part 2: Analytics in action By complementing traditional KPIs with proactive, indicative performance metrics, you'll see how you’re tracking against...
Nov 15, 2019 5 min read You are what you measure Part 1: The problem with traditional business metrics Traditional metrics force businesses to react to historical information, rather than respond to real-time insights. Here...
Nov 5, 2019 4 min read How to be a better business negotiator Effective negotiations are key to business success but these skills don't always come naturally. Here are 5 ways to deve...
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 ...
