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#SustainabilityMonth: Turning an invasive plant into an eco-friendly opportunity
#SustainabilityMonth: Turning an invasive plant into an eco-friendly opportunity

Sindy Peters

Nigeria-based green entrepreneur Achenyo Idachaba is helping change the story in the riverine community of Bayeku in Ikorodu, Lagos by turning an invasive water plant that chokes Nigeria's waterways into a source of income... read
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Banking & Finance
Johann Rupert.
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BAT's Reynolds offer seen as a smart growth move

Colleen Goko

Local analysts have welcomed British American Tobacco's (BAT's) $47bn bid to buy out the minority shareholders in US tobacco group Reynolds, which would increase BAT's exposure to the US market and to higher-growth emerging markets in the Middle East, Asia and Africa... read

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Fashion, Clothing & Textiles
RUB Salon wins at Professional Beauty Awards
RUB Salon wins at Professional Beauty Awards
The Professional Beauty Awards, which recognises the beauty, spa, nails and aesthetics markets has awarded RUB salon with the Nail Salon of the Year award for 2016. There were over 250 entries for 2016... read
Franchising
Famous Brands CEO Darren Hele.
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Famous Brands sees sharp rise in half-year profit

Robert Laing

Famous Brands, whose franchises include Debonairs Pizza, Wimpy and Steers, reported a 62% jump in interim aftertax profit to R411m on 23% growth in revenue to R2.45bn for the six months to end-August... read
Green Sustainability
Nedbank Green Wine Awards reward Earthbound wines
Nedbank Green Wine Awards reward Earthbound wines
At the recent Nedbank Green Wine awards, Earthbound received two awards for its Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 - Organically Grown Overall Winner and Organically Grown Best Red Wine... read
Packaging
New labeller triples productivity
New labeller triples productivity

Issued by Pyrotec

When SC Johnson's production team began experiencing downtime issues because of an old labeller, the company's director, Zenele Sangweni, considered a refurbished machine and called Pyrotec PackMark... read
Regulatory
Computicket fails to get anti-competitive behaviour complaint dismissed
Computicket fails to get anti-competitive behaviour complaint dismissed

Robert Laing

Shoprite subsidiary Computicket's attempt to have anti-competitive behaviour complaints against it dismissed "because it was made by the commission not the commissioner" was dismissed by the Competition Tribunal on Friday... read
Retailers
Johan Enslin.
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Lewis fall gains momentum

Ann Crotty

The Lewis share price slumped to its lowest level in seven years on Friday after a trading update revealed that the soon-to-be released interim results would show earnings down by as much as a staggering 45% on the financial 2016 interims. The share fell 8% to R38 in morning trade before recovering to close at R40.27, a fall of 3.3% on the day... read
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ATF Trade Exhibition
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Professional sales
The Peer Training Group - 7 Dec 2016, Johannesburg


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Professional Selling Skills Workshop
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