moving from freelancer to employer the complete guide
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Moving from Freelancer to Employer: The Complete Guide

Whatever your line of work, moving from solo-business or freelancer to taking on staff is a big choice usually prompted by steady demand you can’t handle on your own. Taking on staff is about much more than finding an extra pair of hands, though. It also means committing to monthly salaries, tax deductions, UIF payments, and legal paperwork. So when should you take the plunge, and just how do you go about doing it? Our guide will help.
r&r for better business performance here’s how…
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R&R for Better Business Performance? Here’s how…

Finding time to relax is difficult in today’s fast-paced business world. Taking leave over the holidays may seem like a luxury, a weakness, or even an impossibility. In actual fact, rest and relaxation (R&R) over the holiday season is crucial to enhancing your team’s productivity, creativity, and decision-making in the new year. Find out here why R&R boosts business performance and how to encourage your team to make the most of their annual leave.
npo ngo npc pbo what’s the difference anyway
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NPO? NGO? NPC? PBO? What’s the Difference Anyway?

Helping others should be the simplest thing in the world, but the truth is there’s a lot more red tape than you might expect. You’re just trying to run a community project, but then you’re told you need to register as an NPO, but everyone’s calling you an NGO, your accountant says it might help to become an NPC and your donors are asking if you’re a PBO. So, what’s the difference? And what’s the right choice for your philanthropic endeavours?
time is money 8 timesaving tips every business leader should utilise
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Time Is Money: 8 Timesaving Tips Every Business Leader Should Utilise

Leading a business is time-consuming. There are myriad distractions vying to take your attention away from your core role of growing the business. If you aren’t decisive and effective, you’ll soon be lumped with productivity bottlenecks that drain both personal energy and company momentum. Thankfully, we’ve got some time-saving strategies that can help you reclaim control of your schedule and focus on what matters most.
adapt or suffer how to keep your business afloat in a changing climate
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Adapt or Suffer: How to Keep Your Business Afloat in a Changing Climate

Climate change is real, and failing to prepare is guaranteed to have devastating consequences. According to the World Economic Forum, climate-related risks are now ranked among the most severe global threats to business stability, and every business will need to take steps to minimise the impact. So, how can you prepare your business to not just survive, but thrive, in an increasingly unpredictable climate? Here are five practical approaches.
salary sacrifice why founders should always pay themselves
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Salary Sacrifice: Why Founders Should Always Pay Themselves

Many founders believe that sacrificing their own salary is a noble way to keep the lights on. In the early days, it can feel like a badge of honour: every cent goes back into the business, while you personally make do with less. Noble it may appear, but research suggests this approach often creates more problems than it solves.
management accounts a strategic tool for business success
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Management Accounts: A Strategic Tool for Business Success

Up-to-date management accounts can track performance, reveal trends and highlight opportunities, ultimately enabling better decisions and stronger growth. Read on to find out what management accounts can tell you about your business and how you can use these insights to plan ahead, stay in control and ultimately improve your bottom line.
the emotion based money decisions that could be costing your business
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The Emotion-Based Money Decisions That Could Be Costing Your Business

Many entrepreneurs assume business finance is all about pure logic. But behavioural research tells us a completely different story. Entrepreneurs often pick up gut-level rules and emotional shortcuts that, over time, can distort reality, mask cashflow problems and result in delayed decision making. These are the emotion-based decisions you should be looking out for – and avoiding.
the difference between a bookkeeper and an accountant (1)
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What’s the Difference Between a Bookkeeper and an Accountant?

If you want to scale your business, you need to know the numbers. But many entrepreneurs still treat financial roles like interchangeable parts. “I’ve got a bookkeeper, so I’m covered,” they say. Worse still: “My accountant only helps me with my taxes”. Understanding the difference between a bookkeeper and an accountant is essential for the smooth operations of your business. Each plays a distinct role in keeping your financial house in order – and mistaking one for the other can cost you time, clarity, and opportunities to grow.
company directors take note complying with your duties is a big deal
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Company Directors: Complying with Your Duties is a Big Deal

Directors who are not compliant with their legislated duties (which were amended again recently) face serious consequences, including civil liability and criminal liability that could result in fines and even prison time – or both. Find out here what director duties entail, and how we can help you to understand and comply with these increasingly onerous obligations.