Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced the 2014 budget last week, and those with vices will, as usual, be paying more for their sins. The wine industry, however, didn't take as hard a knock as spirits in the liquor trade. Consumers and SMEs can also look forward to getting a little break.
The Clothing Bank (TCB), founded in February 2010 in Cape Town, has opened a Gauteng branch in Halfway House, Midrand. It has received a R1.5 million start-up loan from Woolworths and is joined by Edcon as clothing supply partner.
The Design Indaba 2014 Expo was once again a feast for the eyes and mind, while providing creatives from all walks of life the opportunity to showcase their crafts on an internationally-attended playing field.
Jan de Beer has been appointed as the new managing executive of The Fish & Chip Co., building on his valuable experience gained within the retail industry over the past 20 years.
London- and JSE-listed insurer Old Mutual grew the number of customers in its operations in the rest of Africa by 590,000 in 2013 as it continues to focus on emerging markets to achieve growth. Read more >>
Coffee can be an art form, a food group, or according to actor Jackie Chan, "...a language in itself" but however it is viewed, the Western Cape Regional Finals of the 2014 Barista Championship, held at Hostex Cape, 21-23 May 2014, will redefine the art of coffee making. Read more >>
Food companies may not like the news, but a new survey by youth marketing research company Student Village has found that students view their smartphones as more important than laptops, TV or food. Read more >>
Grindrod continued to make "meaningful progress" last year in improving and expanding its integrated logistics supply chains along key commodity corridors. Read more >>
Cigarette brands conglomerate British American Tobacco (BAT) showed its pricing power prowess‚ managing a 4% hike in revenue to £15.3bn (around R273bn) in the year to end December despite a decline in volumes. Read more >>
Following the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan's annual National Budget Speech on 26 February 2014, both FNB and VinPro have praised aspects of the budgets that relate to small businesses and the wine industry. Read more >>
TOKYO, JAPAN: Sony will sell properties at a prestigious Tokyo site where it had its headquarters for six decades, as the once-world beating firm struggles to improve its bottom line. Read more >>
Controversial Department of Fisheries acting deputy director-general Desmond Stevens has been removed from his position following the bungled allocation of fishing rights. Read more >>
KwaZulu-Natal has joined Gauteng and the Western Cape in allowing liquor to be sold on Sundays, only a few months after the central government's Department of Health said it would intensify its efforts to curb alcohol abuse by banning advertising. Read more >>
In just two years, the Granfield Chicken Farm Abattoir has increased its capacity from 9,000 chickens a day in 2012 to its current level of 130,000 chickens being slaughtered daily. Read more >>
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