Dec
09
Customers’ loyalty a ‘major positive’ Heavy downpours with a strong glimmer of sunshine. This is the description of 2022 and the outlook for next year from the Dolphin Bay sales and business development team. “We’re optimists by nature, but economic conditions have made this a tough year for our industry,”...
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Nov
16
Dolphin Bay and The New Forests Company (NFC) have built a relationship of trust over many years. This relationship has been built on our adding value to the NFC business and recently led to the renewal of our supply agreement with them, which is of benefit to both companies. NFC...
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Nov
16
Dolphin Bay’s forward planning protected us from the shipping delays that affected many companies when Transnet workers in South Africa went on a two-week strike last month. However, Transnet remains a red flag for South African businesses and the economy after years of neglect and underinvestment in its infrastructure, along...
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Nov
16
How do we structure a business that remains strong in the context of fast-rising international inflation and increasing costs, and how can we prepare for growth when economic conditions improve? Dolphin Bay gives substantial thought to this issue, as the sustainability of our own business and that of our industry...
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Nov
16
A few African countries have seen strong economic growth in recent years, bucking the trend of economic hardships world-wide. What are these countries doing right, and can we learn from their example? The Dolphin Bay Brief pursued the answers to these thorny questions. We hope our readers will find the...
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Nov
16
Kevin Williams was fed up. An active sportsman, he would wake up early on Saturdays to go spearfishing, only to get home and find his sons playing video games. “They were getting more and more into PlayStation, and less and less willing to go out on weekends,” he says. He...
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Oct
05
Are you sure that your timber treatment plant complies with the Regulations to the Occupational Health and Safety Act in South Africa? Companies need to guard against the false sense of security that comes with assuming that they understand the regulations, which require a range of specific aspects of compliance...
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Oct
05
What is the GHS and what impact does it have on the South African wood preservative industry? GHS stands for Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, which is outlined in the United Nations GHS Purple Book on chemical classification. The World Summit on Sustainable Development has encouraged...
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Oct
05
In Kenya, people use the term ‘Jua Kali’ to describe the enterprising entrepreneurs who – often while working in the equatorial heat – can fix or build almost anything. Directly translated from Kiswahili it means “fierce sun”, but its more common meaning is, simply, “get it done”. “It means improvising,”...
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Oct
05
In Kenya, people use the term ‘Jua Kali’ to describe the enterprising entrepreneurs who – often while working in the equatorial heat – can fix or build almost anything. Directly translated from Kiswahili it means “fierce sun”, but its more common meaning is, simply, “get it done”. “It means improvising,”...
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