Can you believe it? 2010 is almost done and dusted, and what a year it has been, a year of truth being stranger than fiction! In what has turned out to be a bumper last newsletter of the year - far more so than I ever expected - Bizcommunity.com columnists take a trip down memory lane with various retrospectives, as well as some forecasts for the year to come - but if you really want to find out about upcoming trends, tune back in from Monday, 10 January 2011, when we resume newsletters and commence with our annual Biz Trends Reports series. In the meantime, news (albeit on a much smaller scale) will still continue to be posted on Bizcommunity and its various portals during the festive season, except for when our offices are completely shut between Christmas and New Year's Day. My heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the entire biz team - editorial, support, admin, design, production, IT, sales and HR - and to the entire biz community of readers, columnists, journalists, contributors, bloggers, media partners, content partners, PROs (or PRs, if you insist), clients, newsmakers, commentators (James Blond, whoever and wherever you are, you get my vote for the funniest comments), photographers, videographers and anyone else who's contributed in any way: without you all, there is no Bizcommunity. Take care over the festive season and we look forward to an exciting 2011, in which we celebrate our 10th birthday of growing from strength to strength! With love from the biz team Geseënde Geesfees! Simone Puterman (@SimoneBiz) Managing editor PS This week's Ornico Ad Showcase features TV ads for Nando's, brandhouse, SABC, Bluebean.com and Bluebean.com, and radio ads for Stay Awake Energy, Tiger Wheel 'n Tyre, Radio 702, Nelson Mandela Square and Wetherly's.
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