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Browse through the top 20 articles ordered by date (newest to oldest) in the sections below. Articles are featured in our SME publications, SA Guide to Business Opportunities, SA Guide to Working from Home & SA Guide to Internet Business.
• SME News
• Starting Your Business
• IT & Technology
• Business Finance
• Recession Busting Advice
• The Budget & You
• PR, Marketing & Sales
• SA Small Business Initiatives
• BEE
• Management & Leadership
• Skills Development
• Human Resource Solutions
• Dodgy SA Business Practices

SME News

• Solutions for Electricity Crisis Could Save your Business Money
• Businesses Need to Reduce Carbon Footprint
• 2009 Africa SMME Awards Competition
• Today is Last Call for Unique Opportunity for Young Entrepreneurs
• Lack of Cross-Border Infrastructure Stifles Trade Via South Africa and Neighbours
• Pros and Cons of Setting Up Shop in Africa
• Another Drop in the Repo Rate. What’s it Looking Like Now for Business and the Consumer?
• Business in Africa Gets a Boost from Trade Infrastructure Programme
• Growing your Business Intuition
• SME’s Need to Continue Paying Attention to Monitoring and Saving Energy Costs
• Franchising is Growing Still Further in South Africa
• Health Businesses Resist Economic Downturn. Holland and Barrett Lead The Way.
• Companies Can Save Up To Sixty To Eighty Percent of Costs By Implementing Virtual Offices
• More Women Entrepreneurs Emerge in the Black Diamond Market
• Entrepreneurs in Alternative Energy Get First Responses to New Feed-in Tariffs
• High-growth Entrepreneurs – Grade 12 Learners Get a Chance to Make Their Future Dreams Come True
• Eskom’s New Feed-in Tariffs Welcomed
• JHI reviews the recent Interest Rate cut
• Rumoured – Light At The End of Recession Tunnel Begins to Show
• Relief Will Be Felt by Property Owners As Rate Cuts Make a Difference

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Starting Your Business

• HBD Looking To Invest Up To R50-Million In Fast-growing Local Businesses
• How to Finance Your Business
• Structuring Your Business
• Entrepreneurs are sustaining the economy
• Rate cut not enough to help entrepreneurs – COSATU
• 2009 Business Predictions for SME’s
• Administration Can Make or Break Your Small Business
• Get the Paperwork Right on Every Part of Your Enterprise
• Choosing the Best Structure for your New Business
• ABSA Launches Small Business Support Products
• Growing the Number of Successful Start-Up Businesses in South Africa
• The Benefits of Outsourcing for your Small Business
• Unleash your SME’s Potential with Remote and Mobile Working
• Networking trends for SMEs
• Four Technologies to Grow your Business
• Questions to Help Shape Your Online Strategy
• Sasol ChemCity and Flora Cosmetics give life to Perfume Hub
• A Business out of Heavenly Chocolate
• R50 Million to Assist Start-Ups and Small Business Expansion
• A Guide To Running Your Own Business

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IT & Technology

• Mobile WiMAX Puts the Internet in Your Pocket
• SME’s to focus on Business Efficiency in Trying Economic Times
• Seacom… Bandwidth Rescue or Dodgy Lifeboat?
• Soaring Energy Costs Affecting Small and Medium Businesses
• Mobile Money – A Hot Topic in the Wireless World
• SME’s To Be Careful When Jumping on the Broadband Bandwagon
• A Google Wave and A Microsoft Bing (not Bling) Wash Over the Social Networking Scene
• Microsoft’s Unified Communications Makes Good Business Sense
• SME’s in BPO Industry Could Face Financial Trouble Due To Electricity Hike
• Mobility in Business Even Stronger in Economic Downturn
• Mobile Workforce A Data Risk for Business?
• Smart Security Costs the SME
• Does Cloud Computing Leave Small Businesses Up in the Clouds?
• Bizassist Technologies – Now a Member of the Online Publishers Association
• Changing the Way We Work is Big Business for SME’s
• PC Tech Knowledge – Know Your DDR2's From Your DDR3’s
• More SME’s in Retail Are Turning to Electronic Point Of Sale Systems to Streamline Business
• Call Centre Industry Creates More Jobs for South Africans
• IT Security is Vital in Business
• Businesses Can Save by Using Power Efficient Software

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Business Finance

• Tax Season is Officially Here – How to have a Pain-Free Tax Return Experience
• Why Insure Your Business Assets?
• Business LaunchPad Offers Entrepreneurs Access to a R50 Million “Fast Lane”
• Late Tax Certificate Submissions Will Incur Hefty Fines From SARS
• Does Tax Freedom Day Bring Any Relief to The SME?
• Enterprise Development is Critical During Challenging Economic Times
• SME’s Get Help Finding Freelance Bookkeepers and Payroll Specialists
• Huge Tax Incentive for Companies in Manufacturing and Tourism
• Company Liquidations Soar
• Exporting VAT Fees - Save Yourself A Lot of Trouble By Doing It Correctly
• Small Businesses Need to Elect for the New Tax System by no later than 30 April 2009
• Caltex Markets SA’s Most Expensive Business Opportunity
• Online Billing Assists Small Businesses
• VAT Slowdown to hit SARS and Vendors
• New Business Travel Tax - Easy Claim System
• New Tax System for Small Businesses
• Got an Innovative Idea? Need R5Million?
• What All Close Corporations Need To Know About Lodging Annual Returns
• Taxpayers – Final Countdown!
• National Credit Act shields consumers from financial meltdown

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Recession Busting Advice

• Is Your Small Business Feeling The Squeeze?
• Shrinking Back in a Slowed Economy Creates More Loss
• Give Your Living-room Business Wings
• How to Get Your Clients to Buy During the Recession
• The Three Keys to Success in Uncertain Times
• Forget About Bailouts – Here’s What You Can Do For Your Business
• Surviving the Small Business Journey
• Tips to Manage Your Business Wisely During the Recession
• More Recession-busting Advice - Off-Line Marketing for On-Line results
• Six Ways to Protect Your Business from Fraud
• Forget About Bailouts – Here’s What You Can Do For Your Business.
• Attracting Customers During a Recession - What’s Your Hook?

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The Budget & You

• Another Rate Cut on the Cards This Week?
• Strong Rand Means Good News for Importers
• Rate Cut Again Today
• The Budget and you, 2009
• Finance minister, Trevor Manuel, will deliver his budget speech today after 2pm
• Proposed Legislation Means Some Small Businesses Won’t Pay Tax at All
• How the Budget Affects Small Business 2008
• Business sees budget as friendly, poll finds
• Development tax change, infrastructure outlay lauded

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PR, Marketing & Sales

• 24 Hour Survival Guide for Small Business – Part 7
• Expanding Your Small Business? Here Is Advice That Will Save You Time and Money
• New Lease On Life For Display Advertising
• 24 Hour Survival Guide for Small Business – Part 6
• How to Be a Creative Entrepreneur
• From Boom Times to Bust for Big Business – How are SME’s Weathering the Storm?
• 24 Hour Survival Guide for Small Business - Part 5
• 24 Hour Survival Guide for Small Business - Part 4
• Harnessing Social Media's Potential
• 24 Hour Survival Guide for Small Business – Part 3
• 24 Hour Survival Guide for Small Business – Part 2
• Unwritten Rules of Social Networking
• 24 Hour Survival Guide for Small Business
• Sales Tip number 84 of 99: How do I get testimonials?
• Ten Steps to Promote Your Small Business
• Loyalty is the Key to Business Success
• Sales Tip number 83 of 99: How do I get better leads than anyone else?
• Networking Behaviour Can Affect the SME’s Turnover
• Marketing in a Downturn. Time to Focus on the Basics.
• SMSes Help Debt Collection

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SA Small Business Initiatives

• More SME Support
• Zuma’s Plans to Fight Recession – Hope for SME’s
• Shocking Electricity Tarrif Hike Could Put Many Out Of Business
• Unified Communications To Help SME’s
• Taking Your Payroll Admin Online - A New Boost for SME's
• Where Has Business Confidence Gone?
• CIPRO's e-Focus to Benefit Businesses
• A Sure Way for SME’s To Save On Debit and Credit Card Rates
• A Debit Order System That Allows Companies To Zap the Money Off The Minute It Comes In
• Funding Discipline is the Key When Credit is Tight
• Facilitating Cost-effective Access To Ready Cash
• Something New - A Chamber Of Commerce for Small Businesses
• Will policymakers succeed in rescuing the economy?
• Is the Rate Cut Enough?
• Research set to simplify SMEs financial reports
• SMEs finally able to afford expert advice
• Data Sharing Will Make Lending To SMEs Easier
• Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Indicates Rougher Road Ahead forJob Seekers
• A New Companies Act in 2010
• SME’s Successfully Developed Through Due-Diligence

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BEE

• Empowering Individuals To Grow SME’s Can Impact The Economy Positively
• Reinstatement of Accreditation Process for B-BBEE Verification Agencies
• BBBEE Codes Simplified in Light of New Legislation
• UCT Runs BEE Course with Empowerdex Director
• BEE IT Firm goes National
• What to Expect from the BEE Verification Process
• Ten Most Frequently Asked Questions About Broad-Based BEE
• A Chance for Unemployed Graduates
• BEE Verification Questions to be Answered
• It’s Business As Usual for BEE Verification Agencies
• Updates on SANAS Accreditation Process
• New BEE rules not welcomed by SMEs
• R300 million for BEE entrepreneurs in Transport
• Creating the blueprint for successful BEE entrepreneurship
• Companies help aid small players
• Some of the most common misunderstandings around BEE
• Wrong approach to BEE hampers growth
• The BEE Verification process - a business imperative.
• BEE is a new incentive
• White-owned enterprises can now also benefit from BEE.

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Management & Leadership

• Google Appoints Stephen Newton to Head Google Office in South Africa
• What Is The Current Business Confidence Index Showing?
• Know Your Way to Wealth Creation Success
• Rescuing Your Business When The Chips Are Down – part 1 of 2
• Survive and Thrive in 2009
• No Good News for SA SME’s as Confidence Index Rapidly Declines
• Criticism can be Springboard to Success
• Strategic Edge Needed to Address South Africa’s Challenges
• Providing SME’s with Affordable Legal Advice
• Small Businesses to Showcase Products at the Khayelitsha Festival
• Budding Entrepreneurs to be Mentored by Top Executives
• Entrepreneurs Guide to Surviving Tough Times
• Dan Gillmor Talks on Media and the Effects on Business
• Global Start-Up Workshop Reaches Out To Young Entrepreneurs
• Young Entrepreneurs Win Big at SAB KickStart Awards
• Cape Town Outshines the Rest of SA in Entrepreneurship
• SA Hosts Global Start-Up Workshop
• Take command of your business with Internet Banking
• The Advantages and Disadvantages of Outsourcing
• How to Create a Workplace Where Employees Want to Be

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Skills Development

• Organizational Change Demystified
• Artists are Developing as Entrepreneurs
• SME Supporting Agencies To Get Training from the Italian Government
• Why Executive Coaching Makes Sense for Business Owners
• A Talent Management Solution for SME’s
• UCT launches South Africa’s first postgraduate CSI qualification
• An Exciting New Development for Coaching in South Africa
• Most Renowned Conference in Entrepreneurial Development Arena
• Growing Your Business Amidst Turbulence
• UCT business school sees increase in African students
• Creating Sustainability Through Entrepreneurship
• Seda Mpumalanga hosts Small Business Week
• KPMG and Absa Develop Medium Black Businesses in SA
• Butterfly Blu Small Business Program: For Women Only
• Urgent Need to Revitalise Rural Economies by Increased Investment
• SA’s Retail Giant Assisted by SME’s
• Pietermaritzburg Business Support Centre Grows Thousands of Entrepreneurs
• Online Job Seekers Must do Their Best for Exposure
• Enterprise Risk Management in a Skills-short Economy
• Softline Pastel launches dedicated seminars division to tackle SME business skills shortage

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Human Resource Solutions

• Can a Staff Member Retain Copyright After Quitting?
• Downsizing is a Risky Business; Retrench Responsibly
• Incentives Lead to Business Success
• SMEs Bring Investment and Jobs to the Garden Route
• SA Labour Relations Act Discourages Company Takeovers By Prohibiting Dismissals
• Managing Job Cuts in Your Business
• Improving company effectiveness through performance leadership
• Check New Employees Qualifications for Authenticity
• SME’s Not Planning to Hire Extra Staff in 2009
• No More 13th Cheque
• Big Brother Governed by Stricter Rules
• Pastel Evolution Upgrade Adds Functionality, Flexibility
• Axing the Weakest Link
• How to Turn your Organisation into an Empowered Workplace
• Beware of Loopholes in Labour
• HR Should Be the Cornerstone of Every Organisation
• Modern HR Management Must Cover a Broad Field

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Dodgy SA Business Practices

• Why Ponzi Schemes Exist - and Not Just in South Africa
• Entrepreneurs Need To Be Careful About Signing Suretyships
• Small Business Owners Fight Corporates in Competitions Court