SA penthouses attracting sky-high prices

Just goes to show – their is very little debt in real wealth!

Elma Kloppers

Prices in the luxury penthouse bracket have seen doubt-digit growth in Cape Town, SA’s most expensive real estate area.

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How a Professional Accountant (SA) Can Help You Grow Your Business

Hi All – Please read the following off the SAIPA website.

Regards

Graeme Scott

The SA Institute for Professional Accountants (SAIPA), is calling on small business owners to actively involve their accountants in their company growth plans. SAIPA says this is one of the easiest and most effective things business owners can do now to help grow their operations.

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Green – Baby steps

Hi All

I have recently come across a company full of very talented people, but what I want to show all our readers today is how they contribute towards being green in an easy, small and cost effective way.  Please follow this link and be pleasantly surprised!

http://flatartstudios.wordpress.com/

Have a great long weekend!

Graeme Scott

Business Registrations

12 April 2010

Open letter by Graeme Scott – Member of BACH Accountants and Management Consultants CC

SMALL BUSINESSES, REGULATIONS AND BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS

Dear Business Owner or Potential Business Owner,

A business starts with a hope, a dream and an idea.  Then the hard work starts.

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Does my broker have to get a cut?

Dear Clients and Readers – this scenario below is an everyday happening.  The Middleman (person?) is a very important part of everyday life as they do the jobs that you do not want to or can not do.  BUT if they do not add value and do what you need then they do not deserve to be paid!!

Happy hunting for good service – Graeme Scott

AN investor is irritated that he has to keep paying fees to an intermediary who didn’t give him advice. How can he get out of it? A Fin24 user writes: When I left my job about 10 years ago, I moved my pension into a preservation fund via a broker. I didn’t really receive advice from the broker at the time as I had my own ideas on where to invest the money. I receive regular statements from the company managing my preservation fund and there are always two sets of fees: intermediary or advisory fees and a platform service charge.

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