THE Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the Government decision to review the way in which the basic fuel price is calculated. Go to: Business Welcomes Government Review … [Read more...]

The 25th annual International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) conference will be hosted on African soil for the first time by the University of Stellenbosch Business School's (USB) Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement (ACDS). Go to: Stellenbosch Hosts Conflict Conference … [Read more...]

Digital Depot, believed to be the first online electronics store catering to the film and media industry, has opened its first retail outlet in Cape Town - at the Northgate Estate business park near Paarden Island. Go to: Digital Depot Opens In Cape Town … [Read more...]

There are early indications that the grade-A office market might be staging a recovery. The rally is being led by bellwether Sandton CBD, which showed phenomenal rental growth of 16% in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the latest Rode Report. Go to: Recovery In Office Market … [Read more...]

The recent fuel and electricity price increases, and the planned levy on petrol and diesel, may force business owners back to the drawing board Go to: Fuel And Electricity Hikes Dampen Business … [Read more...]

CAPE TOWN looks set to get another locally focused property company following a restructuring exercise at JSE listed property services company Colliers SA. Go to: Cape Town's Real Estate Shifts … [Read more...]

IMS Cape, supplier of electrical equipment to mining, manufacturing and municipal entities and a division of Zest Electric Motors, recently manufactured, installed and commissioned three standby generator sets in various sections of Unilever's manufacturing facility on the East Rand. Go to: IMS Cape's Gensets For Unilever … [Read more...]

WORCESTER-based GRW Engineering, known best locally and overseas for quality custom-made tankers, has diversified into the market for rail tankers Go to: GRW Rolls On Rail … [Read more...]

The average inflation expectation for 2012 remained unchanged at 6.1% during 2012Q1. This marks the second consecutive quarter that inflation for 2012 is forecast to average above the 6% upper target limit, according to the latest survey by Stellenbosch's BER. Go to: Inflation Expectations Unchanged … [Read more...]

JSE-listed infrastructure conglomerate Buildmax has practically given away Columbia DBL, the largest masonry product manufacturer in the Western Cape. Go to: Columbia DBL Sold For R1 … [Read more...]

ENGEN's pursuit of a 'greener' bulk transport fleet and operation was boosted recently with the purchase of two environmentally friendly vehicles from Scania. Go to: Engen's Green Effort … [Read more...]

Immediate reactions to the new draft labour amendment Bills has been negative - from both business and labour, says Chris Todd, a director of corporate law firm Bowman Gilfillan. Go to: Business, Labour Critical Of New Bills … [Read more...]

Not only does the building-construction sector remain in the doldrums, it is now apparently also entering a period of accelerated inflation, according to Bellville-based research group Rode & Ass. Go to: Industry In The Throes Of Stagflation … [Read more...]

AIR PRODUCTS says it has made important strides in food safety technology in the last five years. Go to: MAP Increasingly To The Fore … [Read more...]

Business think tank and leadership network facilitator Accelerate Cape Town has appointed Chris Whelan, former associate director of Ernst & Young, as its new CEO with effect from 1 July 2012. Go to: Accelerate Cape Town To Get A New CEO … [Read more...]

ENQUIRIES for industrial space to let in the Cape Town area have increased, to the extent that there is a great deal of movement in the upper segment of the market, from 1 500-10 000 sq m in size, reports JHI Properties leasing and sales broker Johan Store. Go to: Large Industrial Space Shows Growing Demand … [Read more...]