SMEs typically run at around half the productivity of large firms — not because they work less hard, but because of a structural gap: most small businesses have invested in...
South African SMEs invest roughly 30% less in formal training than their global counterparts, yet organisations that keep investing in their people's development consistently outperform peers by up to 17%...
When times get tight, the instinct for most South African business owners is the same: drop the price, win the job, worry about margin later. It feels like the safe...
Late payments are quietly becoming one of the biggest threats to small business survival in South Africa. By Q2 of the most recent reporting period, unpaid invoices older than 30...
Scaling a business is often more a function of structure than profitability. A profitable business built around the founder's personal relationships, tacit knowledge, and ad-hoc processes can struggle to grow...
South African companies spend heavily on B-BBEE compliance — an estimated R26 billion a year on enterprise and supplier development alone, alongside roughly R15 billion on skills development. Yet by...
Most conversations about Enterprise and Supplier Development focus on getting SMEs into a programme — selection, onboarding, the first funding tranche. Far less attention goes to the other end: what...
Compliance Hub Consulting's review of why South African businesses lose B-BBEE scorecard points puts it plainly: most point losses come from small compliance gaps accumulated over a year, not one...
We built the free ESD Programme Scorecard so corporates could get an honest, structured read on their own programme without waiting for the annual verification cycle to surface the gaps....
Most ESD programmes don't fall apart because the money wasn't spent well. They fall apart at reporting time, when a funder asks "show me the impact" and the answer is...