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Bloom SA
Jan 6, 20216 min read
What Should You Do If a Creditor Tries to Liquidate Your Business?
Due to the recession, there are a rising number of local companies in financial distress and facing threats or applications from...
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Bloom SA
Jan 6, 20212 min read
The Way Forward: More Virtual Meetings?
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" (Arthur C. Clarke, English science writer and inventor) Virtual...
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Bloom SA
Oct 29, 20203 min read
Leaving a Legacy: Ensure Your Business Survival with a Succession Plan
“A leader’s lasting value is measured by succession.” (John C. Maxwell) Succession planning is preparing for the future of your business,...
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Bloom SA
Oct 29, 20204 min read
Six Tips for More Effective Online Meetings
“Meetings should be like salt – a spice sprinkled carefully to enhance a dish, not poured recklessly over every forkful. Too much salt...
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Bloom SA
Oct 29, 20204 min read
SMMEs: Preparing for the Second Wave
“Forewarned is forearmed” (Samuel Shellabarger, Prince of Foxes) The daily Covid-19 infection rate has decreased considerably over the...
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Bloom SA
Sep 29, 20204 min read
Your SME and the Economy – Prepare for the Long Way Back
The South African economy could take as long as seven years to get back to the size of R5.1 trillion it was at the end of 2019 before...
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Bloom SA
Sep 29, 20203 min read
Employee Health and Wellbeing: A Strategic Priority for COVID-19 and Beyond
“It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission...
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Bloom SA
Sep 29, 20203 min read
How to Protect Yourself and Your Company after the Experian Data Leak
“Cyber-Security is much more than a matter of IT.” (Stéphane Nappo, 2018 Global Chief Information Security Officer of the year) According...
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Bloom SA
Sep 29, 20204 min read
The Feasibility of a Freelancing Business in Uncertain Times
Business start-up planning has been extensively covered over the past twenty years and longer, and without understating its importance or...
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Bloom SA
Jan 6, 20203 min read
How To Detect and Dodge Financial Scams
“If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is” (wise old adage) In the USA, $40 billion is lost every year to scammers. When you...
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Bloomsa
Nov 27, 20192 min read
Sometimes the Best Management Is To Take a Back Seat
“When the best leader’s work is done the people say ‘We did it ourselves’” (Lao Tzu) Management is probably more of an art than a science...
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Bloomsa
Nov 27, 20192 min read
How to Prepare Your Business Plan
How to Prepare Your Business Plan “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” (Benjamin Franklin) Previously we discussed why a...
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Bloomsa
Nov 27, 20192 min read
Important: SA’s Rankings on the Ease of Doing Business Index, and an Exciting New Business Registrat
In his recent State of the Nation Addresses, President Ramaphosa vowed to speed up economic growth. He has set several key milestones to...
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Bloomsa
Oct 31, 20192 min read
Businesses: Think Strategically When Cost Cutting
We all know times are tough and many companies are embarking on cost cutting exercises. Unfortunately, this is a necessary procedure but...
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Bloomsa
Oct 31, 20192 min read
Cut Your Electricity Bills!
Electricity has become a bane in our lives – not only does it increase in price by double digits each year, but we also face the ongoing...
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Bloomsa
Oct 31, 20192 min read
5 Reasons To Never Overlook Your Business Plan
“How can I be so stupid?” (John Cleese recalling when he pitched the BBC to start the Monty Python’s Flying Circus show without a...
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Bloomsa
Sep 30, 20192 min read
Businesses: Let’s All Practice Corporate Sustainability to Remain Competitive and Successful
“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to...
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Bloomsa
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Communicate with Candour – the “Oracle of Omaha” Speaks
“The CEO who misleads others in public may eventually mislead himself in private” (Warren Buffett) Companies that are sustainable in the...
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Bloomsa
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Spying On Employees Is Becoming A Big Industry
Note: As always, our employment laws being complex and the penalties for getting them wrong severe, take specific professional advice in...
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Bloomsa
Jul 30, 20192 min read
Don’t Let a Death or Disablement Destroy Your Business
The greatest need in many small businesses is for cash flow. Picture this scenario: Three people start a business and after a few years...
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