Women key to SME success

A small business owned by a women has a better chance of being profitable than one run by a man. That is one of the startling findings of SME Survey 2014, the annual study of factors behind the success of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa. Equally...

Govt support improves for SMEs

Government support programmes for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are finding resonance with many organisations in their target audience. According to SME Survey 2014, more than half of the SMEs polled expressed satisfaction with the quality of these services. SME...

SMEs brace for change

SMEs in South Africa face a dramatic shift in technology use as the triple impact of social media, Cloud computing and the “bring your own device” trend transforms the competitive landscape.   Are they ready for the coming change? That is a key question that will...