Bruce Whitfield's Business WeekThu 12 Nov, 15:38
Ackermans called Me and B: no snacks, but a mommy-and-me deal
Mother-daughter label Me and B tells Business Week how a retail giant approached them and proposed a matching mom-and-daughter range.
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Bruce Whitfield's Business Week
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Bestselling author and broadcast legend Bruce Whitfield returns with a bold new News24 podcast. Bruce Whitfield’s Business Week won’t waste your time. Instead, each episode will focus on the one business news story that will change your world. Listeners will also get investment and personal finance advice from top experts, and the inside track on SA’s most successful hustles. Join us every Thursday at 17:00.
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Bruce Whitfield's Business WeekThu 12 Nov, 15:51
Bird droppings on US monuments traced back to the floodlights
Author Ben Muir tells how asking 'why' five times found the root cause of erosion at Washington's Lincoln and Jefferson memorials.
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Bruce Whitfield's Business WeekThu 12 Nov, 15:25
Virgin Active's upmarket push loses members as it bets R2.5bn on Germany
Business Week hosts discuss Virgin Active's membership falling 4% to 605,000 and its R2.5bn purchase of 13 German high-end clubs.
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Bruce Whitfield's Business WeekThu 5 Nov, 15:57
Naughty Water founders: start with one store, not 500
Naughty Water co-founder Michael Tones explains how they won shelf space by running one store, then 50, as if it were everything.
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Bruce Whitfield's Business WeekThu 5 Nov, 15:41
BER economist: failing municipalities cost business twice, and election may restore confidence
BER chief economist Lisette Eisel de Schiepe says municipal dysfunction raises business costs and deters investment, but stable coalitions could restore confidence.
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Bruce Whitfield's Business WeekThu 5 Nov, 15:59
Two women bought a failing Cape Town biscuit firm for R1
Bruce Whitfield reveals the quiz answer: Kylicha Cookies was bought in 2013 for one rand with R2m debt, and still supplies British Airways.
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Bruce Whitfield's Business WeekThu 29 Oct, 16:39
Gas power tender flops after 11 years as bidders can't secure gas
News24's business editor says the latest government gas-to-power tender found no bidders able to guarantee gas supply or secure financing.
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Bruce Whitfield's Business WeekThu 29 Oct, 16:35
SAA misses senior staff pay again as liquidity squeeze bites
News24's business editor says SAA failed to pay senior staff on time for a second month, with R900m stuck in Zimbabwe and fuel costs rising.
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