
3 Tips for SMEs on filing their business taxes
Filing business taxes can be a time-consuming task. With the tax season underway, we have some advice on how you can get your information in order and get ready to file. With SMEs gearing up to recover from the economic blow brought on by Covid strains and strict...
read moreThe importance of financial planning for SMEs
A well-thought-out financial plan is crucial for the success of a small business. It's a road map, a guideline, and a reminder of what you want to accomplish in the short and long term. It sets out your potential costs and attempts to explore ways to manage them....
The Guide to 2022’s Most Important Trends for SMEs
The latest guide in our Business High Five series, The Guide to 2022’s Most Important Trends for SMEs, is an overview of trends that will likely impact businesses in 2022. Download our complete guide to 2022’s Most Important Trends for SMEs ...
4 Useful tips for planning your 2022 marketing content
Content marketing plays an important role in the business marketing mix. Major changes in consumers’ behaviour and needs for information, thanks to the pandemic, have catapulted content marketing trends and opportunities. In the past, content marketing revolved around...
5 Ways to prepare your business for festive season sales
The festive season is synonymous with an increase in shopping behaviour and the best way to leverage on all the activity is to be prepared. Even with specials and promotions from other businesses creating tough competition, you can give your business an edge...
5 Practical ways to improve customer retention
Simply put, customer retention entails keeping as many customers as possible. It begins with a client's first interaction with your business and continues throughout the lifetime of the relationship. In this article, we'll look at five effective techniques to...
The SME Guide to Sales Optimisation
The latest guide in our Business High Five series, The SME Guide to Sales Optimisation, offers practical tips on how to boost your sales by optimising your sales funnel. Download our complete guide to Sales Optimisation In this guide, your SME will...
Why your SME should consider a Customer Relationship Management platform
Investing in a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system can be one of the most effective means to increasing customer engagement and retention for an SME. A CRM solution enables a business to efficiently collect a wealth of data on its customers’ behaviours and...
The SME Guide to Digital Transformation
The latest guide in our Business High Five series, The SME Guide to Digital Transformation, offers useful guidance on how to introduce digital technology to help your business succeed. Download our complete guide to Digital Transformation Some of the...
The value of debt for business growth
Regardless of the size of your company or how great your product may be, at some point, every business will need more finance than they have immediately available. When this happens, accessing additional funding will help to give your company the fuel it needs to...
As an accountant, how do you support your business customers’ working capital needs?
The owner of MS Catarino&Co, Sergio Catarino, has been a tax advisory accountant for over 18 years and recently faced this question. He was looking for a way to assist one of his clients with accessing working capital when he came across Lulalend’s...