Category Archives: Business
Love Your Business: Financial Strategies for Sustainable Growth
February is the month of love, but beyond chocolates and roses, it’s the perfect time [...]
Feb
Tax Season Prep: What Small Businesses Need to Know Before the Deadline
Tax season can be overwhelming, but with the right preparation, it doesn’t have to be [...]
Feb
Empowering Youth Entrepreneurs: Financial Tips for the Next Generation
Entrepreneurship is an exciting journey, but financial management can make or break a startup. Young [...]
Feb
Empowering Entrepreneurs: Building Resilient Businesses in 2025
South African entrepreneurs face a unique set of challenges in 2025, from navigating fluctuating economic [...]
Jan
Top 5 Software Tools Every Small Business Owner Needs in 2025
Managing your busines operations effectively is critical for small business success. With the right tools, [...]
Jan
Mastering Your 2025 Business Goals: A Financial Planning Checklist
Starting the year with a robust financial plan sets the stage for achieving business success. [...]
Jan
Holiday Marketing: Boost Sales Without Breaking the Bank
The festive season is a prime time to attract customers without overspending. Focus on leveraging [...]
Dec
Festive Financial Planning: Preparing Your Business for Year-End Success
The festive season brings both opportunities and challenges for businesses. Start by reviewing your financials [...]
Dec
Revisit Deductions: How to Maximize Your Tax Savings While Staying Compliant
Year-end is a perfect time to revisit your deductible expenses and ensure your tax claims [...]
Dec
New Year, New Goals: Setting a Financial Roadmap for 2025
As 2024 wraps up, it’s time to reflect on the past year and set a [...]
Dec
Digital Nomadism and Remote Work: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
In today’s rapidly evolving global economy, digital nomadism and remote work are no longer niche [...]
Nov
The Rise of Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
Sustainability is no longer a buzzword but a key business imperative in today’s global marketplace. [...]
Nov
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Empowering Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
Blockchain technology is transforming the entrepreneurial landscape in emerging markets, particularly in regions where access [...]
Nov
Navigating the Geopolitical Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities for Emerging Market Entrepreneurs
As we move through 2024, the global business environment continues to face significant geopolitical tensions, [...]
Nov
Mastering Financial Forecasting for Small Businesses
Financial forecasting is a vital tool for any small business looking to plan for long-term [...]
Oct
Balancing the Books and the Mind: Financial Tips for Stress-Free Business Management
As an entrepreneur, managing the day-to-day operations of your business can be exciting, but it [...]
Oct
Why Being a Business Owner Is Unlike the Board Game Monopoly—and How to Win in Real Life
Being a business owner is far from the simplicity and predictability of a board game [...]
Sep
The Journey of Resilience
Owning a small business is often portrayed as the ultimate path to freedom and financial [...]
Sep
Ease the Cash Flow Strain of Tax Payments : Small Business
For small business owners, tax payments can be a significant source of cash flow strain. [...]
Sep
Tips for Cash Flow Management: A Guide to Long-Term Profitability
At Primorial, we understand that managing cash flow is one of the most critical aspects [...]
Sep
Cash is King for Business Sustainability
For any business, especially small ones, maintaining a positive cash balance is not just a [...]
Sep
One page plan: here’s why you need one!
One Page Plan is a simplified and concise roadmap that captures the core strategies, and [...]
Sep
Breaking Barriers: The Role of Advisory Services in Supporting Female-Led Startups
Women’s Month in South Africa is a time to celebrate the achievements of women and [...]
Aug
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: Building Sustainable Businesses through Strategic Financial Planning
As we celebrate Women’s Month in South Africa, we honour the strength, resilience, and contributions [...]
Aug
Youth and Women Empowerment: Preparing the Next Generation of Female Leaders
As we celebrate Women’s Month in South Africa, it’s essential to focus on empowering the [...]
Aug
Financial Literacy for Women: A Key to Economic Empowerment
As we celebrate Women’s Month in South Africa, it’s essential to focus on the economic [...]
Aug
Navigating Compliance: A Guide for New Entrepreneurs in South Africa
Starting a new business is an exciting journey filled with opportunities and challenges. As a [...]
Jun
Use This SARS Incentive to Bring Young People into Your Business
“The employment tax incentive is aimed at encouraging employers to hire young and less experienced [...]
May
How to Implement Effective Leadership Development in your Business
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” (John F. Kennedy) The world of work [...]
May
Quick Tips for Preventing Time Fraud
“Fraud and deceit are anxious for your money. Be informed and prudent” (John Andreas Widtsoe, [...]
May
Employers: Your COIDA Return of Earnings Deadline is 30 June 2024
“The Compensation Fund is mandated to provide social security to the injured-on-duty employees and those [...]
May
How and When to Save a Struggling Start-Up
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”- (Henry Ford, founder of [...]
Apr
Five Things You Need to do After the CIPC Hack
“The Internet is a worldwide platform for sharing information. It is a community of common [...]
Apr
Have Your Own Budget Shortfall? Here’s What to Do…
“The cold, harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.” (Michael Bloomberg, former [...]
Mar
Price Your Products for Profit with these Psychological Strategies
“Find the right price for an irresistible offer, which, by the way, isn’t necessarily the [...]
Mar
Freelancer vs Employee: How to Decide
“People are not your most important asset. The right people are.” (Jim Collins, author, speaker and [...]
Mar
Budget 2024: How It Affects You and Your Business
“Our bigger challenge… is that our pie is not growing fast enough and this limits [...]
Budget 2024: Your Tax Tables and Tax Calculator
Budget 2024 effectively brought an increase in personal income tax by not adjusting the tables [...]
Things to Look for When Buying a Small Business
“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price, than a fair [...]
The Five Skills Your Business Needs to Cultivate in 2024
“The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training [...]
These Invoicing Tips Could Save Your Business
“Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it’s the lifeblood of business” (Sir [...]
Jan
Build Your Team Stronger This Year
“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team [...]
Jan
Adapt or Die: How to Develop a Digital Transformation Strategy
“At least 40% of all businesses will die in the next 10 years… if they [...]
Jan
2024: Best Year Yet for Your Business?
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” (Peter Drucker) Facing what may [...]
Jan
How to Survive Ongoing High Interest Rates in 2024
“Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities [...]
Jan
Why January is the Perfect Time to Start a Business
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” (Walt Disney) Whether [...]
Jan
Corporate Gifting: How to Boost Your Business This Festive Season
“A real gift comes attached with ribbons, not strings.” (Raymond C Nolan) Most clients, suppliers [...]
Nov
How to Write a One-Page Business Plan
“If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.” [...]
Nov
Employee Incentives That Really Work for Small Businesses
“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” (Stephen [...]
Oct
The Hidden Costs of Starting a Business
“There are only two things in a business that make money – innovation and marketing, [...]
Oct
Tips for Pacing Business Growth for Sustainability
“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together” – [...]
Sep
Why the Four-Day Working Week Just Might Happen
“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to-do’ [...]
Sep
Don’t Fall Prey to the Most Common Cybercrimes!
“The bottom line is that cyber risks sit right alongside rising systemic risks, and is [...]
Sep
Using a “Risk Matrix” to Risk-Proof Your Business
“Don’t be fearful of risks. Understand them, and manage and minimize them to an acceptable [...]
Aug
Quiet Quitting and How to Prevent It
“Quiet quitting” isn’t laziness…When they don’t feel cared about, people eventually stop caring. If you [...]
Aug
The True Cost of an Employee
“The value of a business is a function of how well the financial capital and [...]
Jul
Tips for Getting out of Business Debt
“Borrowing isn’t inherently bad; it depends a lot on what the debt is financing” (Stephen [...]
Jul
Ten Often-Overlooked Ways Your Accountant Can Help Your Business
“If you talk to a top accountant about his field of expertise, it’s mind-boggling.” (Vincent [...]
Jun
How to Prepare for a Possible Electricity Blackout
“Eskom plays a critical role in the life of South Africa, and life of South [...]
Jun
How to Use AI to Improve Your Small Business
“The amount of work we can automate with AI is vastly larger than before. As [...]
May
When to Say No to an Opportunity (or a “Barnacle”)
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say [...]
May
Affordable Ways to Reap the Benefits of Engaged Employees
“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” (Stephen [...]
Apr
Setting Up Your Finances in a New Business
“A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, [...]
Apr
Why (and How) to Submit Skills Development Reports by 30 April
“We need to give importance to skill development because this way we can end unemployment.” [...]
Mar
5 Business Plan Mistakes to Avoid
“Proper business planning demands that you focus on the self-interest of the customer at all [...]
Mar
UDZ Tax Incentive Extended: Could Your Business Benefit?
“…governments internationally have increasingly used tax measures to support efforts aimed at regenerating urban areas.” [...]
Mar
Tips for Generating Customer Trust as a Start Up
“Consumers don’t just buy products and services anymore; they buy experiences. This demands a new [...]
Mar
Budget 2023: How It Affects You and Your Business
“This is not an austerity budget. It is a budget that makes tough trade-offs in [...]
Mar
How To Prepare a Reliable Disaster Recovery Plan
“The time to prepare for disasters is before they happen” (Stephen Matheson, Vice President of [...]
Mar
Five Essential Bookkeeping Tips for Small Businesses
“Making good judgements when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership – [...]
Mar
Ignoring an Online Review Could be Catastrophic for Your Business!
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning” (Bill Gates) If you have [...]
Mar
Loadshedding: Survival Tips for Small Businesses
“We want to assure business that by the time you get back to work in [...]
Mar
Start 2023 Strong with the “Fresh Start Effect”
“We change our tools and then our tools change us.” (Jeff Bezos) Every January, individuals [...]
Mar
The Financial Steps You Need to Take Before You Open Your New Business
“Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets planning,” – Thomas Edison You have your [...]
Mar
How to Know if You Need an Office for Your Business (and How to Make the Most of a Lease if You Do)
“In business, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate,” Chester Karrass, [...]
Mar
The Why and the How of Annual Price Increases
“Pricing power is important in business. You want your business to have the ability to [...]
Mar
Simple Communication Tips to Boost Your Profitability
“Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. [...]
Mar
What is the Metaverse and How Will It Impact Your Business?
“Metaverse isn’t a thing a company builds. It’s the next chapter of the internet overall” [...]
Mar
Selling Your Business – Plan Well, with a Tax Benefit When You Retire
“A diligent buyer will want up to five years’ worth of profit and loss statements, [...]
Oct
Business Loan or a Credit Facility – Which Is Right for Your Business?
“I would borrow money all day long, if the cost of borrowing is less than [...]
Oct
Don’t Let Fraud Infect and Damage Your Company
“In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism [...]
Oct
Is Your Pricing Model Killing Your Business?
“The moment you make a mistake in pricing, you’re eating into your reputation or your [...]
Sep
9 Key Metrics Every Business Should Track
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” (Peter Drucker) Metrics are defined as a [...]
Sep
How The Gig Economy Is Changing Traditional Businesses
“If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to [...]
Sep
Recession on the Horizon: Here’s How to Survive
“During recession greed dies, frugality survives.” (Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words) With yet another return [...]
Aug
Are You Ready for a COIDA Employer Site Visit and Audit?
“The main objective… is to provide compensation for disablement caused by occupational injuries or diseases [...]
Aug
How To Avoid Bad Customers
“Happy customers are your biggest advocates and can become your most successful sales team.” (Lisa [...]
Aug
Top Ten Tips for Maintaining a Strong Cash Flow
“Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it’s the lifeblood of business.” (Sir [...]
Jul
The Importance of a Good Credit Score
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” (Abraham Lincoln) A good [...]
Jul
Choosing Accounting Software for Your Small Business
“Creativity is great – but not in accounting.” (Charles Scott, Former governor of Kentucky) Being [...]
Jul
Keep Your Business Simple!
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking [...]
Jun
Learning The Essential Art of Delegation
“The really expert riders of horses let the horse know immediately who is in control, [...]
Jun
How to Prepare for and Manage a Business Crisis
“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger [...]
May
Five Financial Reports for Informed Decision-Making
“What gets measured, gets managed.” (Peter Drucker) Financial reports, such as a balance sheet, income [...]
May
The 7 Signs It’s Time to Move Your Business Out of The Garage
“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, [...]
Apr
When, Why and Whose Jobs You Should Be Outsourcing
“If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you’re putting yourself out [...]
Mar
A Guide to Accessing Funds That Can Help Your Small Business
“All company bosses want a policy on corporate social responsibility. The positive effect is hard [...]
Mar
Budget 2022: Your Share of Billions in Tax Relief and Business Support
“Now is not the time to increase taxes and put the recovery at risk! Accordingly, [...]
Feb
Financial Year End Reporting: Challenges to Manage, Opportunities for Benefit
“Any remedy is going to depend on having financial statements that are reliable” (Tom Foley) [...]
Jan
Six Tips for Creating a Distraction-Free Home Office
“Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies [...]
Jan
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