7% wage rise for workers expected

7% wage rise for workers expected

Employees in South Africa can anticipate 7% salary increases in 2014, according to results from the latest Salary Trends survey by ECA International. Once predicted inflation figures for 2014 are factored in these increases are likely be approximately 1,5% in real...

Ricoh prioritises the environment

By Mark Davison at Ricoh’s Manufacturing Tour, Telford, UK – When it comes to the environment and being a green company, Ricoh says that it doesn’t just pay lip service and has put its money where its mouth is with ISO certification for its carbon calculator....

Mobile strategy is still mostly lacking

Even though 80% of large enterprises believe mobile to be the greatest factor in organisational competitiveness, 41% still lack a formal mobile strategy. This is according to the Citrix Mobility in Business report, conducted across Europe and the BRICs countries,...

Intelligent workers to spike in five years

The number of intelligent workers is set to increase sharply over the next five years, according to Coleman-Parkes research commissioned bu Ricoh. Only 4% of business leaders surveyed describe their employees as intelligent workers who are defined as reliable and...

Johannesburg worst for traffic congestion

Traffic congestion is on the rise around South Africa, with Johannesburg topping the list of the country’s worst cities for traffic. This is according the sixth edition of TomTom’s Traffic Index which reveals that, on average, commuters around South Africa are...

Raising awareness of fraud and its impact

Organisations lose an estimated 5% of their annual revenues to fraud, according to a 2012 study by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). To help shine a spotlight on this global problem, Bytes Universal Systems, as a corporate sponsor of ACFE South...