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 [...]

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 [...]

Empowering Youth Entrepreneurs: Financial Tips for the Next Generation

Entrepreneurship is an exciting journey, but financial management can make or break a startup. Young [...]

Empowering Entrepreneurs: Building Resilient Businesses in 2025

South African entrepreneurs face a unique set of challenges in 2025, from navigating fluctuating economic [...]

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, [...]

Mastering Your 2025 Business Goals: A Financial Planning Checklist

Starting the year with a robust financial plan sets the stage for achieving business success. [...]

Holiday Marketing: Boost Sales Without Breaking the Bank

The festive season is a prime time to attract customers without overspending. Focus on leveraging [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Rise of Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets

Sustainability is no longer a buzzword but a key business imperative in today’s global marketplace. [...]

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Empowering Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

Blockchain technology is transforming the entrepreneurial landscape in emerging markets, particularly in regions where access [...]

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, [...]

Mastering Financial Forecasting for Small Businesses

Financial forecasting is a vital tool for any small business looking to plan for long-term [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Journey of Resilience

Owning a small business is often portrayed as the ultimate path to freedom and financial [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Cash is King for Business Sustainability

For any business, especially small ones, maintaining a positive cash balance is not just a [...]

One page plan: here’s why you need one!

One Page Plan is a simplified and concise roadmap that captures the core strategies, and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

How to Implement Effective Leadership Development in your Business

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” (John F. Kennedy) The world of work [...]

Quick Tips for Preventing Time Fraud

“Fraud and deceit are anxious for your money. Be informed and prudent” (John Andreas Widtsoe, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Freelancer vs Employee: How to Decide

“People are not your most important asset. The right people are.” (Jim Collins, author, speaker and [...]

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 [...]

Build Your Team Stronger This Year

“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team [...]

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 [...]

2024: Best Year Yet for Your Business?

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” (Peter Drucker) Facing what may [...]

How to Survive Ongoing High Interest Rates in 2024

“Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

How to Write a One-Page Business Plan

“If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.” [...]

Employee Incentives That Really Work for Small Businesses

“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” (Stephen [...]

The Hidden Costs of Starting a Business

“There are only two things in a business that make money – innovation and marketing, [...]

Tips for Pacing Business Growth for Sustainability

“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together” – [...]

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’ [...]

Don’t Fall Prey to the Most Common Cybercrimes!

“The bottom line is that cyber risks sit right alongside rising systemic risks, and is [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The True Cost of an Employee

“The value of a business is a function of how well the financial capital and [...]

Tips for Getting out of Business Debt

“Borrowing isn’t inherently bad; it depends a lot on what the debt is financing” (Stephen [...]

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 [...]

How to Prepare for a Possible Electricity Blackout

“Eskom plays a critical role in the life of South Africa, and life of South [...]

How to Use AI to Improve Your Small Business

“The amount of work we can automate with AI is vastly larger than before. As [...]

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 [...]

Affordable Ways to Reap the Benefits of Engaged Employees

“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” (Stephen [...]

Setting Up Your Finances in a New Business

“A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, [...]

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.” [...]

5 Business Plan Mistakes to Avoid

“Proper business planning demands that you focus on the self-interest of the customer at all [...]

UDZ Tax Incentive Extended: Could Your Business Benefit?

“…governments internationally have increasingly used tax measures to support efforts aimed at regenerating urban areas.” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

How To Prepare a Reliable Disaster Recovery Plan

“The time to prepare for disasters is before they happen” (Stephen Matheson, Vice President of [...]

Five Essential Bookkeeping Tips for Small Businesses

“Making good judgements when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership – [...]

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 [...]

Loadshedding: Survival Tips for Small Businesses

“We want to assure business that by the time you get back to work in [...]

Start 2023 Strong with the “Fresh Start Effect”

“We change our tools and then our tools change us.” (Jeff Bezos) Every January, individuals [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

The Why and the How of Annual Price Increases

“Pricing power is important in business. You want your business to have the ability to [...]

Simple Communication Tips to Boost Your Profitability

“Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. [...]

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” [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Don’t Let Fraud Infect and Damage Your Company

“In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism [...]

Is Your Pricing Model Killing Your Business?

“The moment you make a mistake in pricing, you’re eating into your reputation or your [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Recession on the Horizon: Here’s How to Survive

“During recession greed dies, frugality survives.” (Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words)  With yet another return [...]

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 [...]

How To Avoid Bad Customers

 “Happy customers are your biggest advocates and can become your most successful sales team.” (Lisa [...]

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 [...]

The Importance of a Good Credit Score

 “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” (Abraham Lincoln) A good [...]

Choosing Accounting Software for Your Small Business

“Creativity is great – but not in accounting.” (Charles Scott, Former governor of Kentucky) Being [...]

Keep Your Business Simple!

“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking [...]

Learning The Essential Art of Delegation

“The really expert riders of horses let the horse know immediately who is in control, [...]

How to Prepare for and Manage a Business Crisis

“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger [...]

Five Financial Reports for Informed Decision-Making

“What gets measured, gets managed.” (Peter Drucker) Financial reports, such as a balance sheet, income [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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) [...]

Six Tips for Creating a Distraction-Free Home Office

“Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies [...]