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26
Aug
2015
FNB PCB Women in Business Luncheon
Posted On 26th August 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

One of the highlights on the Pietermaritzburg & Midlands Chamber of Business calendar is the annual FNB PCB Women in Business luncheon. The recent iteration was no exception according to reports from guests who reveled in the proceedings, from the inspirational address by Impression Management Specialist, Haydee […]

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20
Aug
2015
KZN Lean Congress
Posted On 20th August 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

Melanie Veness:  PCB CEO I am convinced that industrializing our economy is the only way that we will be able to make a significant dent in our unemployment figures, and in order to do that, we’re going to have to make some pretty serious changes to […]

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13
Aug
2015
Local Industry
Posted On 13th August 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

Melanie Veness:  PCB CEO Some time back I wrote an article highlighting the challenges faced by my members in the chicken industry with regard to what could be considered to be unfair trade practices in other countries. What was in essence happening, was that the chicken […]

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06
Aug
2015
Property Development & Tenants
Posted On 6th August 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

Melanie Veness:  PCB CEO Earlier this week, I had a call from a very frustrated local property development manager, requesting some assistance with a matter, and after listening to what he had to say, I can appreciate his fuming. I would be, in his shoes. He […]

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03
Aug
2015
OTT (Over The Top) PCB Enterprise Relay sponsored by CHC Catering
Posted On 3rd August 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

Participants in the 2015 edition of the annual OTT (Over The Top) PCB Enterprise Relay sponsored by CHC Catering had plenty of fun on Friday 24 July at the Royal Showgrounds, the wet and cold notwithstanding.  Words cannot do justice to the fun and frivolity, which is […]

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30
Jul
2015
Load Shedding Mitigation Trial
Posted On 30th July 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

Melanie Veness:  PCB CEO I just recently gave members some feedback on the analysis of the data from the load shedding mitigation trial that we ran at the end of May. The trial was successful in that we managed to meet the demand requirements for Stage […]

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23
Jul
2015
Business Advocacy
Posted On 23rd July 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

Melanie Veness:  PCB CEO One of the themes that came through very strongly at the recent World Chambers Congress was that Organised Business needs to stop following Government and start driving their own agenda and that we need to start actively defending the rights of entrepreneurs, […]

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16
Jul
2015
Collusion and Corruption?
Posted On 16th July 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

Melanie Veness:  PCB CEO It is said that wise men learn from their mistakes, but wiser men learn from the mistakes of others. With this in mind, I would like to share a recent experience that one of our local businesses had, in the hope that […]

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09
Jul
2015
Migration & Development in the SADC Region
Posted On 9th July 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

On Monday I attended a parliamentary round-table discussion on migration and development in the SADC region, which turned out to be more presentation than discussion, and more about xenophobia than economic development. I must admit to having been quite disheartened by some of the politicians need […]

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30
Jun
2015
World Chambers Congress
Posted On 30th June 2015  By Candice  And has No Comment

I have recently returned from the World Chambers Congress in Torino, Italy, and am feeling thoroughly inspired. The congress is held every second year, and it is an absolute “must” for chamber management to attend. The World Chambers Congress brings chamber leadership from around the world […]

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