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Project Management: A Necessity In Any Industry?

by Staff Reporter on 16/05/12 at 9:36 am | No comments


Project Management: A Necessity In Any Industry?

In today’s tough market conditions, ensuring that a company’s resources are utilised in a way that maximises efficiency is critical to its success and profitability. The increasing complexity of the modern manufacturing and service industries has meant that a specialised approach to project planning, resource allocation and cost management is necessary to avoid waste and [...]

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1 Min. With A Superhero: Peter Fleck On New Super Luxury E-Commerce Shop

by Fred Roed on 15/05/12 at 9:51 am | No comments


1 Min. With A Superhero: Peter Fleck On New Super Luxury E-Commerce Shop

Peter Fleck, founder of  The Last Word group of  boutique hotels, once again joins us at Ideate to give us some insight into his new super luxury e-commerce shop Have The Last Word. Ultra-luxury, yet never pretentious, Peter and his team have gone out of their way to boost the level of customer experience in [...]

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ZiNG Partners With AVUSA To Launch The Sowetan Live

by Staff Reporter on 14/05/12 at 8:22 am | No comments


ZiNG Partners With AVUSA To Launch The Sowetan Live

ZiNG, the new multi-messaging platform created by Blazingchilli has partnered with AVUSA to deliver ten new content Zones. The Zones deliver live news feeds from ten of the most popular AVUSA online news and information sources, including the massively popular Sowetan Live. Readers are able to share news stories with one another in real-time to [...]

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Why We Need To Care About Future Growth

by Jason Stewart on 14/05/12 at 8:09 am | No comments


Why We Need To Care About Future Growth

The Net Promoter Score is somewhat like Juan Smith in rugby, Banyana Banyana, or nurses in general… Highly effective, potentially very powerfully, yet highly underrated. It was developed by the renowned measurement guru, Fred Reichheld, in conjunction with Satmetrix, with the initial goal being to identify a loyalty metric with the strongest possible link to [...]

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Book Review: The VAT Handbook, Geoff Hull & Clive Gibson

by Mike Perk on 13/05/12 at 10:28 pm | 2 comments


Book Review: The VAT Handbook, Geoff Hull & Clive Gibson

New to VAT? This book is a perfect “Dummies guide” to the VAT system in South Africa. Whether you are a financial novice or experienced bookkeeper it is worthwhile having a copy of this on your desk.
“The VAT Handbook”, by Geoff Hull and Clive Gibson, starts by explaining the administration side of VAT; how to [...]

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Strategy That Works: A Practical Guide For Entrepreneurs, Executives And Managers

by Staff Reporter on 11/05/12 at 2:02 pm | 2 comments


Strategy That Works: A Practical Guide For Entrepreneurs, Executives And Managers

Say goodbye to boring annual strategy retreats and pointless strategy documents that fail to grasp the uniqueness of your organisation. With the help of Strategy that Works, your strategy will become your organisation’s culture – applicable, accessible and implementable by all.
In an ideal world, an organisation would be able to predict the future so [...]

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Three Specific Ways To Keep Employees Happy And Loyal

by Staff Reporter on 11/05/12 at 9:21 am | No comments


Three Specific Ways To Keep Employees Happy And Loyal

In her recently published article entitled Three Innovative Ways to Reduce Staff Turnover, Amy-Jane Louw offered some great general ideas for reducing employee turnover rates for small businesses in South Africa these days.  Especially poignant were her assessments of the manger’s role within a business, as well as the importance of opening lines of communication [...]

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Raizcorp Set To Fast Forward The Growth Of Entrepreneurs

by Staff Reporter on 10/05/12 at 3:06 pm | No comments


Raizcorp Set To Fast Forward The Growth Of Entrepreneurs

Only 10 entrepreneurs have been selected out of an incredibly strong field of 276 applicants for the chance to have their businesses’ growth increased dramatically by Raizcorp’s unique Fast Forward programme. The field was sifted through Raizcorp’s rigorous and gruelling eight-step selection process, but the final candidates hung in there for good reason: the two-year [...]

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Heineken® Challenges SA Football Fans With Innovative New App

by Staff Reporter on 10/05/12 at 9:26 am | No comments


Heineken® Challenges SA Football Fans With Innovative New App

Heineken®, worldwide sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, has challenged South African football fans to a virtual shootout, using a bespoke Facebook app. The app will test the true extent of their dedication to the ‘beautiful game’ and the ultimate victor each week will be treated to a VIP experience at the Heineken Star Final. [...]

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