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Brett van Aswegen Joins Wonga as South African CEO

Wonga’s South African arm has undergone a change in leadership, welcoming former Lewis Group credit director Brett van Aswegen as its new CEO. Following the resignation of Kevin Hurwitz in October 2014, the Wonga brand, who offer loans online via wonga.co.za underwent an extensive search for an ambitious, experienced leader who could take the brand forward, implementing a fresh set of values including a new level of transparency for customers and heightened responsibility towards borrowers. An experienced hand Van Aswegen’s curriculum vitae certainly marks the new CEO out as a prime candidate for the role, with many anticipating an entirely…

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5 User-Friendly Technology Tips to Boost your Business Productivity

Unless you’re living under a rock, the mobile revolution has already brought innumerable advances to the business world. Business technology is now coming along for the ride. As businesses look for simpler, faster ways to accomplish more with less, many employees are engaged in ways including using easy-to-use apps even when they’re outside the workplace. Your company should embrace the work versions of your employees’ technology to enhance business productivity and output. Here’s why: 1) Fewer solutions will make collaboration better IT experts believe that when users don’t want the solutions they are provided with, they’ll look to purchase or…

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The Idea is Just the Beginning

According to Entrepreneur, building a business takes three key steps: Validate, Pivot, and Grow. Basically what they’re saying is that you need to make sure that a market actually exists for your product, you need to change the product as needed to ensure it’s as profitable as possible and then you need to market and sell that product like gangbusters. It sounds relatively simple, right? Guess what. There is more to it than that. The idea is just the beginning… Step One: Defining Your Market We’re going to assume that you already know there is a market for your product…

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How remote workers could be putting your business data at risk

The UK’s army of remote workers is growing. You may have embraced the notion of working from home – but have you overlooked the data security implications of this fast-evolving way of operating? Here’s what should be on your radar… The figures: do employees take security seriously? Office for National Statistics research indicates that almost 14% of us now work remotely on a regular basis. Hassle-free access, real-time collaboration tools, instant messaging, lag-free video conferencing: advances in all of these areas (not to mention the onward march of the smartphone) help to explain why the proportion of firms with at…

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Why you need to look outside of the United States for investment opportunities

One thing the 21st century has proven so far is that when it comes to finances even the blue chip approach can’t always be relied upon. With globalization never far from the headlines, the world of commerce is now an international affair. Investment opportunities can appear in unlikely locations, and overseas industries and markets are often where smart money goes. With this in mind, many retirees look towards trusted companies such as Fisher Investments for guidance on the best investment portfolio opportunities outside of the USA. Let’s check out some prime opportunities below…  Emerging markets So called Asian tiger economies…

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Interview with Achim Neumann of A. Neumann & Associates

Today we’re lucky enough to have an interview with Achim Neumann, Owner and President of A. Neumann & Associates, LLC, a premier mergers & acquisitions firmed headquarters in New Jersey with offices and representatives all over the Northeast United States. So Achim, Where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born in 1956 in Germany, close to Hamburg in the northern part of Germany. Originating out of an entrepreneurial family in the manufacturing field, with a company of 100+ employees in post war Germany, I was very early exposed to the philosophies of creating and managing…

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How can creating an app help you to build your business?

For some time now the modern business environment has centered around the Internet; these days businesses can use the World Wide Web to communicate with clients and suppliers, to access resources that may have been previously unobtainable, to develop their business model beyond recognition, and to compete on a global stage against companies of any size. Similarly, customers now, more than ever before, are accustomed to finding out about businesses, and the services they offer, via websites and mobile apps, and so designing and maintaining a good online presence by creating an app or a website that is highly interactive…

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Could an investor help you start your own business?

Starting a small business is an attractive enterprise for many people, but it is also one that involves a lot of hard work and determination. Expanding the business can seem like an impossibility, but with the help of an investor, it is a dream that can come true. Securing funding for a small business There are a few ways you can get funding for your small business. One is to approach a bank, but banks are skeptical of giving money to a business that has not been in operation for very long. Another is to take advantage of government grants,…

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Four Frivolous Lawsuits

More often than not when people put in a claim against a business they are more than justified. Medical negligence claims are no laughing matter and often come with life-changing consequences. Therefore, compensation is more than just. However, for every legitimate claim comes a nonsensical claim. Below are some of the most frivolous lawsuits filed against businesses and select famous faces. Roller v. Blaine & Copperfield by  satguru  -David Blaine during his 44-day box stunt in London David Roller does not like magicians, as evidenced by his filing of a $2 million lawsuit against David Blaine and a $50 million lawsuit against…

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4 Ways Hospital Administration Will Shape Future Healthcare

The landscape of healthcare is changing. From the way patients interact with their physicians to the websites dedicated to transparency on pricing of common procedures such as an MRI. The power has shifted to the patient where just ten years ago, the patient was at the mercy of their physician and the administration of the medical facility. With the shift in power, new jobs and excellent opportunities are continually opening up in the healthcare field. Today, hospitals and medical facility leaders are well-educated with high-level degrees such as an executive masters in health administration, but they are also excellent communicators.…

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