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Press release: Small Business Institute #SMEIndaba scheduled as business rankings slip
29 October 2019 Small Business Institute #SMEIndaba scheduled as business rankings slip Dysfunctional municipalities and the "biggest elephants in the room" (red tape and late payments) holding back an enabling environment for SMEs will be discussion topics at the...
SBI COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO THE NATIONAL TREASURY: Economic transformation, inclusive growth and competitiveness: Towards an Economic Strategy for South Africa
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Business Day: SIPHO NKOSI: Cut red tape to prevent small business staying informal
Initiatives in Rwanda, Mexico and the UK show that making
Press release: SBI launches SBI Index Tracker scorecard
June 17 2019 Embargo: none The Small Business Institute announces today that it is launching a new scorecard – SBI Index Tracker – that will measure South Africa’s performance relative to other countries on the ease of doing business and other metrics of success in...
Press release: SBI is disappointed SMEs remained in Departmental Silo, pledges to work with new DSBD
Press release: SBI is disappointed SMEs remained in Departmental Silo, pledges to work with new DSBD May 30 2019 The Small Business Institute is disappointed that the Small Business Development Department (DSBD) has been retained as part of the sixth administration....
Press Release: SBI steps up campaign against late payment of SMEs
Small businesses are called the ‘lifeblood’ and the ‘backbone’ of
OPED: Sunday Times – Cabinet Consultation
Recently the Small Business Institute was part of a business delegation consulted by the government about a reconfigured cabinet. Our approach to the question centred on two tenets:
SBI hosts its first Small Business Indaba
The Small Business Institute will be holding its first of
SBI expresses concern over ongoing strike at SARS
March 31 2019 The Small Business Institute appeals to workers’ representatives and leadership at the SA Revenue Service (SARS) to urgently resolve their wage dispute which is threatening small businesses in SA. “The strike, entering its second week, is the latest blow...
Press release: SBI calls on government to stop Eskom’s slaughter of small businesses
The Small Business Institute calls on government to redouble efforts
SBI in the news
Business Day: Entrepreneurial class should be recognised for what it has to offer
Hundreds of people turned up at Hyde Park Corner mall
Enigeering News: South Africa has fewer small business than 25 years ago – Institute
Not-for-profit organisation Small Business Institute (SBI) executive director
Engineering News: SME Indaba to seek tangible ideas to overcome barriers
The Small Business Institute (SBI) will host discussions on dysfunctional
Moneyweb: Gaan Mboweni se MTBPS-boodskap enige goeie nuus bevat?
Bernard Swanepoel, direkteur van die Kleinsake-Instituut & Maarten Ackerman
City Press: Minister finally acts on small business council
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who was appointed as the minister of small
News24: Challenges SMEs face scrutinised
Challenges hampering Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) prosperity will be
Business Day: More discipline for grocery and e-commerce bullies
The Competition Commission has fleshed out the details of how
EWN: SBI Criticises Eskom For Not Being Honest About Its Future
With load shedding expected to last at least a week,
eNCA: Government owes suppliers billions
Government’s failure to pay its suppliers is damaging the economy.
SAfm: Minister of Small Business Development will appoint the national Business Council
Guest: John Dludlu Executive: Strategy & Public Affairs SBI – The
News For and About SMEs
The Mercury: Tips for smalls businesses to get their customers to pay promptly
Durban – Small companies write-off as much as 40% of late payments
MEDIA RELEASE: Golden Triangle Chamber of Commerce (GTCoC)
MEDIA RELEASE: Golden Triangle Chamber of Commerce (GTCoC)
Business Day: Upward trend in liquidations shows an economy heading deeper into trouble
Clothing retailer Edcon narrowly avoided liquidation early in 2019 when
Bizcommunity: The job-generating, economy-boosting benefits of franchising
South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP) expresses an important aspiration:
Business Maverick: Budding entrepreneurs: Business schools must pinpoint the few who will succeed
There can be no doubt that start-ups can regenerate economies
SMP Member Newsletter 12
On 01 August, the President of the Republic His Excellency
Business Day: JOHN DLUDLU: The sad story of small business and the National Development Plan
In his much-criticised postinauguration state of the nation address, President Cyril
The Fix | Stories making headlines in the Sunday papers | 23 June 2019
Karima sifted through the stories making headlines in the Sunday
The Africa Report: Ramaphosa’s promise to SMEs falls flat
Despite president Cyril Ramaphosa reaffirming government’s commitment to promote small
City Press- The gold mine on the corner: How to grow a township business
The so-called township economy is a potential gold mine and