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Two small business advisers were saying on radio the other day that many small businesses had cut their expenses “down to the bone”.
Economic times are so hard that small business owners are looking for every opportunity to cut their costs.
These business advisers felt that costs had been cut so close to the bone that there was hardly any more room to cut costs further. Continue reading “Is “bare bones” enough to keep your small business alive?”
At the crack of dawn, the cock crows. I look at my watch and it is 6 AM precisely. We are staying on a citrus farm in the Gamtoos Valley in the Eastern Cape.
Outside in the rain the ducks and Egyptian geese are gliding around in the pond. All around the farm are rows and rows of citrus fruit trees including Satsuma (easy-peelers), Midnight and Naval orange trees. The long rows of trees stretch up the hillside, dark green with with clumps of orange fruit. Continue reading “Could you make money growing oranges?”
