how to save big on corporate travel in 2025
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How to Save Big on Corporate Travel in 2025

Online meeting apps have absolutely boomed over the past few years. But in a post-COVID world, business travel is still an expensive necessity for many companies. Fortunately, it has never been easier to trim the travel budget while still getting the quality you and your employees demand. Here are our tips for saving money on corporate travel.
5 things to consider when buying vs leasing equipment
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5 Things to Consider When Buying vs Leasing Equipment

As a business owner or financial manager one of the most important decisions you will make is whether to buy or lease the equipment your business needs to operate. This decision could have far-reaching financial consequences, particularly for smaller firms – so it must be taken seriously. Here are five things to consider when deciding whether to lease or buy.
the enormous benefits of non profit collaborations
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The Enormous Benefits of Non-Profit Collaborations

A new year is often a time to rethink your strategy. One option you may not yet have considered is going into partnership with a charity or non-profit organisation. Apart from an opportunity to do good and help those around you, partnering with a non-profit organisation has been shown to actually boost the business that supplies the aid. Here are our reasons why you should be partnering with a non-profit in 2025.
what your balance sheet says about your business
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What Your Balance Sheet Says About Your Business

A balance sheet is a vital financial report for a business, providing a snapshot of the company’s financial health by detailing its assets, liabilities and owners’ equity. These are also used to calculate important financial ratios. A balance sheet is essential reading for all stakeholders, including businessowners, managers, lenders and investors, as it offers valuable insights into a company’s financial standing and can help improve management decisions.
building a business should you bring in funders or go it alone
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Building a Business: Should You Bring in Funders or Go it Alone?

Building a small business on your own can be hard. It’s difficult to know just where each hour of work and precious cent should go to maximise growth. Product testing, marketing, website costs and infrastructure – these are not cheap and may be hard to put together all at once when starting out. This is why many turn to external investors for help. But each new person brought into a company brings their own expectations for the future of that business – which can lead to complexity. Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of bringing in investors versus building your business alone.
How and when to save a struggling start up
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How and When to Save a Struggling Start-Up

When people speak about start-ups, they often only mention the successful ones. Stats, however, show that five years after founding only half of all businesses are still alive and after ten years only one third remain. The list of reasons for this is endless, ranging from a lack of capital to volatile markets and poor hiring choices. If your business is struggling it’s not unusual and there are definitely things you can do about it, but should you? Here’s our guide for knowing how and when to save your start-up.
invoicing tips
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These Invoicing Tips Could Save Your Business

It’s no secret that poor cash flow management can sink businesses. Without ready cash in the bank a business will struggle to meet its own commitments, destroying relationships, increasing costs through interest, and losing out on critical suppliers. The good news is that some simple changes to company invoicing can result in a far higher percentage of paid invoices, quicker payment and ultimately better cash flow. Here’s what you need to do.
adapt or die how to develop a digital transformation strategy
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Adapt or Die: How to Develop a Digital Transformation Strategy

From increasing costs to legal compliances and logistical challenges, there are a multitude of pressures on a modern business. This is why companies looking to thrive find themselves increasingly turning to technological solutions to free up staff time, streamline their operations and enhance customer experiences. These digital transformations aren’t as simple as they seem on the surface, however, and smart business leaders will need to develop a digital transformation strategy that takes advantage of all that technology has to offer. Here are our top tips.
2024 best year yet for your business
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2024: Best Year Yet for Your Business?

South African businesses have survived some incredibly trying and uncertain years, marked by lockdowns and blackouts, rising interest rates and tight economic conditions. While businesses have little control over these external challenges, what is under every business owner’s control is how the company approaches 2024. You can exercise this control in three simple steps: Assessing the past, measuring the present, and planning for the future – approaching the year ahead with clarity and a solid plan to make 2024 your company’s best year yet.
corporate gifting how to boost your business this festive season
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Corporate Gifting: How to Boost Your Business This Festive Season

There is no more appropriate time than the Festive Season to show appreciation to clients, suppliers and business partners, to build better business relationships and to differentiate your company from the competition. Well-chosen corporate gifts are a great way to do so, and with these excellent corporate gifting tips, you will be able to create the right impression about your company, while also ensuring that your business associates feel valued.