There is a lot of talk about "Green" issues. For some the theory of climate change is a myth, for others it's the central theme to their lives. Regardless of which side of the fence you sit when it comes to this debate, Going Green has some very attractive business...

Responsible Tourism, one of those phrases often heard and thrown about, but seldom understood and effectively practiced in a South African context. What is responsible tourism? The South African White Paper on Development and Promotion of Tourism describes responsible tourism as: "Tourism that promotes responsibility to the environment through its sustainable...

If 2012 is the year you plan to start your own business, best be sure you have a good business plan in place before you get started. A comprehensive business plan can mean the difference between seeing your new business flourish and having it fail before it’s even really started. A...

I was more than a little annoyed to discover that a friend  of mine recently paid a “web developer” R600.00 ($75 or £45) to register his business’s domain – that’s EXCLUDING the hosting company’s domain registration fee. Ludicrous! R600.00 for something that probably took said developer about 5 minutes to...

Make 2012 the year that counts. Take charge of your personal finances. Begin your financial planning, by taking stock and working out your budget. Cut down on all the unnecessary expenses, and start working on a plan to settle all the expensive credit card loans etc. Review current portfolio and retirement plans....

We often hear the cliché, “Just be yourself.” What does it really mean to be “your authentic self” and why is it so important? Everyone, at some point in their lifetime, looks in the mirror and does not recognise the reflection. We realise that we are strangers to ourselves and begin...

South Africa has a highly sophisticated and economically critical hospitality industry, first-world levels of mobile phone penetration and world-beating cell phone services such as for banking and social media. And yet very few businesses have websites that work properly on a cell phone or even maps that show their location,...

“Just let me close off and finish everything before year end and I will get back to you next year” echoes through the phone lines around the world. This got me thinking that we live in increments of 12, further divided into smaller, bite size increments which assist us cope with stresses though-out our lives – we are well conditioned that January arrives like a knight in shining armor with a clean slate in hand and a plethora of new beginnings! So lets do exactly that, unwrap the New Year box and allow a fresh start and new look at how we can do things better in 2012!

“Cloud computing” is a technical term for something that most internet users are already familiar with and using on a daily basis. Basically, it means computing services and tools are housed on the internet (in the cloud) rather than locally on physical hardware. It’s a revolutionary idea because everything is stored...

Most businesses are created, at least in part, to make money, and financial achievement is an important way to measure the success of a business. An important part of the process is constantly re-evaluating and redefining your financial goals – and it’s not as simple as just trying to make more...