Fourways Chamber:Tough times forge tough businesses

It is said that when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. There is no doubting the tough decade that South African business entrepreneurs have endured, with another tough five years being forecast by economists. Says Trevor Nel – CEO: Fourways Community Chamber of Commerce: ‘Just as the toughest of steel is forged in the hottest of fires, so the toughest of business operators are forged in tough times.’ ‘Despite tough economic conditions, pockets of excellence and unique x-factors have seen the toughest of business leaders survive and thrive to emerge stronger, leaner, meaner and more serious about their businesses.’ ‘For those with positive mind-sets, we live in the greatest time in history to be alive, with an abundance of new, innovative technologies appearing almost daily to create new opportunities for exponential business growth.’ ‘FOURWAYS Chamber brings together quality, committed business-owners, operators, and organization-leaders to connect, converse and collaborate to leverage their business x-factors and grow their businesses,’ comments Nel. ‘The Chamber is a forum where savvy entrepreneurs gather to brainstorm ideas, explore business opportunities, discuss projects, pursue joint ventures and form strategic alliances.’ FOURWAYS Chamber is recognised for having innovated and perfected the no-rules, no-regulations, no-restrictions, 90-minute business ideas & opportunities business networking meeting format. Every Friday – 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – first-timers (prospective members) are invited to attend a complimentary Chamber introduction presentation and business networking session at. FOURWAYS Chamber – located at Eagles Nest Lodge & Convention Centre, Trevor Nel can be contacted on: T: 084 332-4421 E: trevor@fourwayscommunitychamber.co.za   www.facebook.com/fourwayschamber Tough times forge tough businesses 373 Leslie Ave, cnr. William Nicol & Leslie, Fourways. Register on www. fourwayscommunitychamber.co.za Every Tuesday, the Chamber provides workshops to guide businessentrepreneurs at a pace to suit their varying levels of experience, from Start-up, to Stability, to Success, to Significance. FOURWAYS Chamber targets over 20 000 business-owners, operators and entrepreneurs via its own direct newsletter contact database & regular Facebook followers, and shares its members stories and business profiles via member and collaboration partner – Northern Business Review – a Trevor Nel CEO: FOURWAYS Chamber free business publication with local distribution of +-16000 to businesses and consumers. The Chamber invites all local media houses, personalities, social media specialists, businesses, radio stations, communication portals, et al to collaborate in joint business-outreach promotion programs for mutual benefit

About Us

The Northern Business Review is a business community newspaper that provides a platform for businesses to market their products and services, as well as build their brand, but equally important the publication provides information, advice and topics of interest, including business, entrepreneurial, economic reviews and simple ideas to grow your business. The publication has a primary objective to “uniquely” represent businesses to a wide audience across the community as well as provide a media platform of business articles and information that affect, influence and uplift the business environment within our defined geographical and cultural community.

@NsabasiNBR

Designed by Nsabasi Publishing©2020

Blue Chip

Blue-chips head north Within just 3 to 5 kilometres of FOURWAYS Community Chamber of Commerce is a rapidly-growing blue-chip executive business wedge being dubbed ‘South Africa’s very own Silicon Valley’.   Situated to the north of Bryanston, bounded by William Nicol, Main Road & Sloane Street, some of the country’s leading technology, communications and other blue-chip companies have laid down their roots for future growth.   These companies include Dimension Data (The Campus); Internet Solutions; Microsoft; Google SA; Software AG; Tiger Brands; Samsung; Shell South Africa; Omnia Holdings; SacOil; Nozala Investments; Reed Exhibitions; GlaxoSmithKline; Nestle; Ogilvy; AVI; MWEB Connect; KFC SA; Adcorp Holdings; Fortress Fund; BBE Group – Bluhm Burton Engineering; Emira Property Fund; to name some of the interesting large business brands in the area.   Blue-chip companies have a critical role to play in their local communities, not only for their contribution to the national and local fiscus, and the creation of job and career opportunities, but also for the upliftment and upkeep of the aesthetics of their local surrounds.   Blue-chips are important role models for what can become of good, honest entrepreneurial endeavour (many having begun as small entrepreneurial concepts themselves), and most have immaculate training resources, capacity, and social responsibility spend that can be applied to mentoring and making a difference to the next generation of significant entrepreneurs in their community – and most do! They need to be welcomed, celebrated & lauded in our communities.      

About Us

The Northern Business Review is a business community newspaper that provides a platform for businesses to market their products and services, as well as build their brand, but equally important the publication provides information, advice and topics of interest, including business, entrepreneurial, economic reviews and simple ideas to grow your business. The publication has a primary objective to “uniquely” represent businesses to a wide audience across the community as well as provide a media platform of business articles and information that affect, influence and uplift the business environment within our defined geographical and cultural community.

@NsabasiNBR

Designed by Nsabasi Publishing©2020

A new dawn in Credit management

Are you a credit manager, accountant for financial manager with credit management credentials? Many companies do not have a real or true insight into credit, which leaves them at a disadvantage and may be running their businesses ‘blind’ when it comes to understanding the world of credit and the impact this lack of understanding and insight could have on their business. There is now a solution that gives businesses the ability to have a true credit management view and understanding. The solution is called Credit Network.Biz (CBN) which is a proprietary software solution providing clients with access to a vast network of qualified specialist credit service providers which spans over the full credit lifecycle. Credit Network.Biz is looking for “accredited credit managers” to partner with CNB and form part of the solution to present their skills, knowledge and services as part of this programme to businesses across South Africa. WHAT DOES CREDIT NETWORK.BIZ OFFER TO THESE PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS? CNB offers to its client’s online access to a vast network of specialist credit services which services are rendered by diverse entities who all focus on different aspects of credit. When looking at credit in its entirety you can say that there are many pieces to the puzzle, each piece is made up by a different specialist service, so the question we asked ourselves is why not put all these pieces onto a single platform to formulate and complete the picture. By signing up with CNB our clients immediately have access to our credit ecosystem made up of two of South Africa’s leading credit bureau’s, credit insurance assistance, electronic credit applications, debt collection services, pre-legal assessments, overseeing attorneys, tracing facilities, blacklisting facilities, business monitoring facilities, scoring facilities, forensic auditors, and legal services. Our achievement is that specialist credit service providers can now push and pull information between one another to allow for much faster process, aligned action plans, correct and accurate data, national footprint, true transparency but most of all cost effective credit management. In our pursuit to complete the puzzle and provide a holistic full credit ecosystem, CNB is currently aligning its software to create a new and exciting slot “Credit Manager In A Cloud” We are now offering to 100 “Accredited Credit Managers” the opportunity to join in and not only START YOUR OWN BUSINESS but to also become one of the most important pieces of the puzzle and form part of this great new credit management system and programme. These 100 accredited credit managers will get access to free software and solutions that exceeds R3 million, putting them in the position to start their own “CREDIT MANAGER IN A CLOUD” business under our brand. Credit manager in a cloud, powered by Compuscan data and Centrepiece technologies. CBN is a member of The Fourways Community Chamber of Commerce, who they have found to be a perfect fit for their business.  This is due to their values being aligned in developing entrepreneurs and establishing beneficial partnerships amongst businesses in the community. The Fourways Community Chamber is a platform to profile businesses with the express interest of sustainable and collaborative development. CBN supports The Fourways Chamber Of Commerce`s endorsement, of the work done by Rotary clubs and supports, and in particular the Fourways Main Reef Rotary Club with their projects To apply and register for the CREDIT MANAGER IN A CLOUD START MY OWN BUSINNESS SOLUTION please contact GERHARD STEYN (T) 086 110 6500 (F) 086 689 6593 (C) 082 498 3341

About Us

The Northern Business Review is a business community newspaper that provides a platform for businesses to market their products and services, as well as build their brand, but equally important the publication provides information, advice and topics of interest, including business, entrepreneurial, economic reviews and simple ideas to grow your business. The publication has a primary objective to “uniquely” represent businesses to a wide audience across the community as well as provide a media platform of business articles and information that affect, influence and uplift the business environment within our defined geographical and cultural community.

@NsabasiNBR

Designed by Nsabasi Publishing©2020