Leave Your Comment on Your 2020 in Retrospect By Sasha-Lee de Bod Reflecting on the past year, we now, in retrospect see things more clearly. The term business un(usual) and the new normal were words we invented to comfort ourselves in challenging and uncertain times...
All franchisors and entrepreneurs need to be agile, adaptive, and resilient in the current economic environment to survive and thrive. Nedbank hosted a panel discussion aired on CNBC Africa on franchising, focusing on the evolution of the franchising industry. ...
by Sasha-Lee de Bod In view of franchising’s growth in popularity, new concepts appear in the market all the time, and those that have at least one unit operational, profitable, and running for a reasonable period of time are considering franchising as a...
By Natalie Veli and Sasha-Lee de Bod With the majority of the Protection of Personal Information Act of 2013 (“POPI”), coming into effect in July 2020, businesses will now have a year to comply with the laws, the deadline for compliance would then be the 1st of July...
By Sasha-Lee de Bod Since the implementation of the stringent COVID-19 measures and standards, all businesses have been under tremendous pressure to survive even though most of the industries have been unable to trade. Those that have been fortunate enough to...