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Cloud Based Accounting: Ideal For Your Small Business?
One of the advantages of the technological revolution is that advances move swiftly down the cost curve. Accounting software for small...
Bloomsa
Oct 31, 20182 min read
Get the Most Out of Your Audit While Saving Cost
With careful planning and good implementation, you can help your auditors give you not only a cost-effective audit but one that gives you...
Bloomsa
Sep 27, 20182 min read
Importing From Amazon: You Could Be Forced to Register as an Importer
“Forewarned is forearmed” (Wise old proverb) Picture this: Gavin brings in books and DVDs from Amazon (to take just one example – this...
Bloomsa
Sep 27, 20182 min read
Directors Beware! You Could Be Held Personally Liable For Data Breaches
Hacking into computers has become common place. In the United States it grew by 45% in 2017. Yahoo, one of America’s largest Internet...
Bloomsa
Sep 27, 20182 min read
Surviving a Business Crisis: Consider Your Turnaround Options
“Turnarounds seldom turn” (Warren Buffett) In the life cycle of any business, it will almost inevitably experience a crisis. This is...
Bloomsa
Sep 27, 20182 min read
Will the 21st Century Really Be Africa’s Time to Flourish?
“We really need to have a third wave, and it needs to happen in sub-Saharan Africa” (Bill Gates) Two factors often cited as to why...
Bloomsa
Sep 27, 20183 min read
Beware: Employee Misrepresentation on CVs is Getting Worse
Not surprisingly, considering what we hear every day in the news, employers are finding that candidate employees are more and more...
Bloomsa
Aug 31, 20182 min read
Employers Take Note – We Can Still Learn From the Peter Principle
“Leadership is nature’s way of removing morons from the productive flow” (Dilbert) The ‘Peter Principle’ has been around for nearly fifty...
Bloomsa
Aug 31, 20182 min read
Corporate Governance in a Time of Complexity and Crisis
Events have moved swiftly in recent years. One of the largest South African conglomerates, Steinhoff, has virtually collapsed amidst...
Bloomsa
Aug 31, 20182 min read
Good Staff Relationships Are Just As Important As Pay
There are strikes seemingly now all the time and usually the dispute is over wage increases and benefits. On the other side of the coin,...
Bloomsa
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Will Cash Disappear From Society?
“Forewarned is forearmed” (Wise old proverb) In the last decade we have witnessed the slow death of the cheque. Today we have Bitcoin,...
Bloomsa
Jun 28, 20183 min read
Have You Been Hacked? Check Now!
In May this year data the ViewFines website was hacked, exposing a database containing the passwords, cell phone numbers, email addresses...
Bloomsa
Jun 28, 20182 min read
Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: How to Stay Healthy and Profitable
Today getting an SME going is incredibly difficult as they face enormous red tape (FICA, getting loans, VAT registration and so on) and...
Bloomsa
Jun 28, 20182 min read
Lessons for Your Business: How Does the World’s Most Successful Company Keep Growing?
Amazon is now regarded as the best company in the world – its market capitalisation is approaching R800 billion and its founder Jeff...
Bloomsa
May 31, 20183 min read
Risk Management for Your SME
“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but in calculating risk and acting decisively”...
Bloomsa
May 31, 20182 min read
The European Union has Implemented GDPR – It May Affect You
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable on the 25th of May. It is regarded as the world’s most...
Bloomsa
May 31, 20181 min read
Companies: “XBRL” is Coming Soon. What is it and Are You Affected?
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) will from 1 July 2018 require that all Annual Financial Statements (AFS)...
Bloomsa
May 31, 20182 min read
Practical Tips on Cash Flow
“Never take your eyes off cash flow because it’s the life-blood of business” (Richard Branson) The Companies Act is underpinned by the...
Bloomsa
May 2, 20182 min read
Here’s what You Should Know About “YES” (our Youth Employment Service) and the Opportunity for SMEs
One of the most intractable problems facing South Africa is high unemployment, particularly (and this is a global problem) among the...
Bloomsa
May 2, 20183 min read
A Tank of Petrol – Where Does Your Money Go?
Are you aware that less than 40% of the petrol price is made up of actual petrol cost? Most of it goes to pay tax (Fuel Levy), the Road...
Bloomsa
May 2, 20181 min read
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