In the UK, Ministers are set to beef up apprenticeships and force firms to provide a minimum of 12 months of training so that young people can get enough work experience to clinch a permanent job.
Small Business
SA's SMEs need to embrace apprenticeship programmes
- 24 May 2012
- Prince Tholo
SMME payment hotline helps local small businesses
- 21 May 2012
The Public Sector SMME Payment Assistance Hotline, set up by government to fast-track payment for small businesses, had answered more than 25 000 calls and facilitated payments in excess of R280 million by February this year.
The Foschini Group to buy SA-made clothing: Davies
- 20 May 2012
- SME News Desk
Clothing retailer The Foschini Group has agreed to buy garments from small local manufacturers, says Trade & Industry Minister Rob Davies.
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2nd Ghana SMEs Expo launched in Accra
- 17 May 2012
The 2nd Ghana Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Expo Business Sense 2012, was officially launched in Accra on 15 May 2012 under the theme: “Growing Sustainable Enterprises through Finance and Technology.”
SA's small business development gets major boost
- 15 May 2012
ABSA and UK Trade and Investment, through the Micro Enterprise Development Organisation (MEDO) have signed a partnership agreement, today 15 May 2012, aimed at providing support to South African small and micro businesses.
