Saturday 15 March 2014

Business Engage is hosting a Business Engage/Cherie Blair Mentorship programme networking/information session sponsored by EY.

Business Engage is hosting a Business Engage/Cherie Blair Mentorship programme networking/information session sponsored by EY.
Through a partnership with the Cherie Blair Foundation, we nominate outstanding women entrepreneurs for their distinctive Mentoring Programme each year.
Date : 19th March 2014
Venue : EY, Rivonia Road, Sandton
Time : 17h30-19h30 (Snacks will be served)

Power Hour in March and April 2014

Sandton – 10 April 2014
Using ETFs for local and global investing

Passive investing is a strategy in which an investor invests in accordance with a pre-determined strategy that doesn't entail any forecasting. The idea is to minimize investing fees and to avoid the adverse consequences of failing to correctly anticipate the future, and with that, reduce the pitfalls associated with fear and greed.

Power Hour in March and April 2014

Sdton - 20 March 2014
Local and global economic and financial outlook

Our first 2014 Power Hour event in Sandton will be presented by Ian Cruickshanks, Chief Economist at the SA Institute of Race Relations.

The presentation will be a broad economic outlook and will cover the major global and local economic drivers as he looks not only at currencies, GDP and key indicators but also, for example, what can the oil price tell us about commodity prices in the year ahead?

Friday 14 March 2014

Google Maps Day - Stellenbosch

Event Details

Google Maps Day - Stellenbosch

Time: March 27, 2014 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Location: Protea Hotel Stellenbosch
Street: Techno Avenue, Techno Park
City/Town: Stellenbosch

Wednesday 12 March 2014

Cape Business Connect - Constantia-Tokai

Upcoming networking breakfast details:
Date: 18 March 2014
Venue: The Range, Orphen Road, Tokai
Start time: 7h30 for 8h00 til 9h30

PRESENTING:

Naushad Khan - The Next 48HOURS

Monday 10 March 2014

Network Breakfast

Wednesday, March 12, 2014
8:15 AM

Pastis Brasserie
High Constantia Centre, Main Road, Constantia, Cape Town (map)



GUEST SPEAKER: GRAHAM GREATHEAD

CYPRESS CONSULTING cc

“Challenges facing Small Businesses today”

There are many challenges facing small business today which have a real impact on the way Entrepreneurs approach the setting up and development of a small business

These include areas such as:

Ownership and legal structures

Financial management including budgeting, cash flow management and monthly reporting

·  Staffing and HR

·  Taxation

·  BEE certification

Each of these can play a key role in ensuring that a small business can be sustainable and provide the owners with a long term future.

A discussion on these and other relevant topics will be held on Wednesday 12th March

NO CHARGE TO ATTEND THIS BREAKFAST MEETING

Discuss "Million Dollar Habits" and how they influence your success

FREE SARS TAX WORKSHOPS



Business Engage has arranged free workshops for SMMEs with SARS on tax issues. Only two more sessions left - 14 March and 21 March. The same topics are addressed at each event.

The topics to be discussed are : Provisional Tax, Turnover Tax, Small Business Corporation tax incentive, Value Added Tax, Pay As You Earn and ITR14 Submission.

Numbers are limited to 40 per session. Time 09h00-11h30 with a question and answer session.

Bookings are on a first come first served basis and we will give preference to SMMEs who already have businesses. Should you not be able to attend for any reason after a booking has been made, please do let us know as you will be excluding someone else that could have attended.

Please note as these workshops are being offered free of charge, no catering will be provided by SARS and will be carried out at their Randburg office, 2nd floor training room.

RSVP by registering on the Business Engage website www.businessengage.co.za and selecting the date you would like to attend.

GUEST SPEAKER : REG LASCARIS : LESSONS FROM THE BOOT OF A CAR - For Entrepreneurship and Life

When: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Time: 7:30am until 10:30am
Where: TBA depending on numbers

Description
Reg Lascaris, one of South Africa’s most celebrated marketers, literally started out from the boot of an old car. The road leading from the one point to the other has been long, uneven and often difficult, but in one respect it never failed: there was always a lesson to be learnt. Lascaris, together with his partner John Hunt, sparked not only some of the most iconic ad campaigns in the world, but the transformation of the South Africa advertising industry into a twenty-first century powerhouse.

This is where the famous Nando’s campaign was born, these were the men the ANC turned to for their first election campaign. They were the first to inject human emotion into financial services in Standard bank, and who can forget the BMW mouse?

Lessons from the Boot of a Car, Reg’s latest book, traces an extraordinary journey by an extraordinarily successful entrepreneur, reciting at each point the lessons learnt – career and business lessons as much as they are lessons for life.

“The book’s underlying message could not be more positive. We have it in us to build the new businesses that will generate new jobs”... Cyril Ramaphosa

Seats are limited and are only guaranteed once payment has been received.

Cost: R350,00 members; R475,00 non-members.
Date: 8th April 2014
Time: 07h30-10h30
Venue: TBA, Gauteng North


RSVP: colleen@businessengage.co.za. Numbers are limited.