{pp}Cape Town based company, Combustion Technology, has been awarded a multi-million Rand tender to upgrade the coal fired boiler house at the Johannesburg Hospital in Gauteng.

This follows their Pioneering leadership in their field of expertise, which started with the Coal Conversion to Sasol Natural Gas in 2003.

{pp} PIC Solutions, the leading specialist credit risk solutions company in the EMEA region, has formed an alliance with Transform Media to provide Boomerang, an innovative communications tool, to its South African clients.

{pp}PIC Solutions, the leading specialist credit risk management consultancy in the Africa Middle East region, will present at the 4th Biennial Micro Finance South Africa Summit.

Hosted by Trade Conferences International (TCI), more than 150 people - all role players in the micro finance industry in South Africa - are expected to attend this Summit.

This round of the biennial Summit is to be held 19-20 March this year at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways, Johannesburg.

{pp}CASH-STRAPPED consumers could save money by ‘shopping-around’ for the latest special deals offered by banks and credit card companies to woo new customers, according to research by www.justmoney.co.za, South Africa’s guide to money.

The blueprint for a successful SME SME owners draw closer – the results of SME Survey 2007, backed by Standard Bank and Fujitsu Siemens Computers are in and key findings reveal advantages which can be put to good use to help your company survive and prosper.

Ranked among these are the smart applications of available tools such as those from the technology and financial services sectors - but be aware that you must add a certain X-factor for business success. That’s according to principal researcher Arthur Goldstuck. “There is no clear set of rules for success and the specifics of what will work and what doesn’t will change from business to business,” he says.

{pp}As people are encouraged to live healthier and more active lifestyles well into their advanced years, many people are expected to retire from active employment prematurely - at a time when they still have much to offer society in terms of their skills, talents and experience.

It is with this in mind, that Senior Solutions is being launched - a company specialising in sourcing temporary and part-time employment for professional and skilled senior citizens who wish to extend their working experience or supplement their income. 

 

{pp}SOUTH Africans can avoid a cash crisis in 2008 by taking control of their finances and ‘shopping around’ for better deals on everything from bank accounts, credit cards and insurance, to medical aids, cellphones and even internet connection.

As South Africa’s economy has grown dramatically, so too has the threat of a looming local skills crisis, characterised by insufficient education and training. Is the country’s educational supply being critically dampened at the very moment when the economy is showing improvement and renewal? And if so, what will be the effect – economically, educationally and socially – on future progress?

MARINE DIAMOND MINER DIVERSIFIES INTO OIL AND GAS ENGINEERING

{pp}The Hillcrest KZN based Company - Edwafin Limited - announced that its audited net profit for the 2006/07 financial year, was just over R 5 million. This is despite the tough year that the group faced in relocating its motor assembly plant from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg.