At the outset choose the best legal structure for operating your business a sole proprietorship, partnership, or company. Each one carries a different personal risk and liability for the owner/s. Some accounting, registration, trading and other legal formalities are applicable to all businesses. Where you personally lack the relevant expertise consult professionals, such as a […]

The QSE (a business with a turnover of between R5 million and R35 million) is assessed on its choice of any four of the seven elements on the BEE scorecard each with a 25-point weighting. This form lists the details related to each element that the QSE must submit in order to obtain BEE-compliance. See […]

This table will assist you in assessing your competitive advantages and disadvantages vis-?-vis (in relation to) the competition and help you define your unique corner of the market. It will also provide a useful reference for your marketing strategy.

This is a useful document to accompany a presentation, proposal or letter of introduction, or in response to a request from a client or prospective client to provide background information about your organisation. It would also be appropriate to include similar details about your organisation on your website.

Such a letter may be sent to any client who has used your products / services in the past. Again, address the appropriate person by name if possible. Produce the letter on your organisation’s letterhead. This form letter indicates the items you might enclose, but do not clutter your letter with unnecessary or irrelevant additions.

Checklist to help ensure your advertisement is effective.

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An established business may need a business plan to set new objectives and strategies, streamline management, expand or explore franchise opportunities, etc. It should focus on the company’s past successes and the contributing factors and provide financial documents in support of expansion or new business ideas and opportunities. Once again, the headings can be shuffled […]

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This is drawn up at a time when the parties are at a planning stage and where they may or may not wish to commit to one another loosely before final details are agreed upon in a contract. It outlines the mutual understanding of the negotiators about their intention for the subsequent agreement without finally […]

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Partnerships are businesses that consist of between 2 and 20 partners, who jointly own a business. A partnership agreement deals with issues relating to the assets

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The format used for a resolution of a meeting of a Board of Directors. In terms of the new Companies Act a notice convening a meeting of shareholders to consider a proposal either by ordinary or special resolution must be expressed with sufficient clarity and be specific and must be accompanied by sufficient information to […]

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The DTI’s generic scorecard and the BEE-Status and Procurement Recognition Levels

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