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Arsenal Hitting The High Notes But Not Necessarily Meaning Profit

source Arsenal secured the Premiership title last week and guarantees them a massive financial windfall that should see them surpass Manchester City's record breaking

English Premier League Only 5 Clubs Recorded Profit Last Season

source The trend across Europe is football clubs are heading towards a break even point which still may be 5 or 10 years away. The revenue is up, but then so are

Only Two Of The Three Premium German Car Manufacturers Are Losing Market Share Globally

The three main premium German car manufacturers namely Mercedes, BMW and Audi are having a tough time economically of late. We can all see the decline in sales in

Premier League Has Seen 13 Managerial Firings This Season Which Is Becoming The New Normal

source Today Chelsea Football Club unsurprisingly sacked their latest manager after being in charge for only 3 months and a few days. 106 days to be precise after

What Is It Worth?

source This week I have a business meeting with a close friend so it is a social-business meeting where we can talk openly and try and find the sweet spot for the

SAFAIR Forced Sale Becomes SOE Company

source Really Bad News SAFAIR the private airline operating in South Africa had a 60% market share and I would say the reality it was closer to 90%. South African

Cutting Back

The above photo is before we actually split the warehouse up and there is roughly another 20m of warehousing behind me. The space we agreed to take in 2024 was from

The profitability of space conquest.

The profitability of space conquest. I believe that one day I can see a space station on the moon, and even more so on Mars, but humanity's permanence in those places

Nothing Is For Free

This week we will close the punch bag business on Wednesday at lunch time knowing we are ahead of the orders. This is the first time in 16 months since starting

South African Rugby Bucking The Trend And Turning A Profit

source South African Rugby Is The Only Real Thing That Works In South Africa And Why The People Are Proud Of The Team. South African rugby is the one of only two

2026 On Track To Be Seriously Great

Sand bags checked and weighed ready to be heat sealed. This morning I spent a few hours in the warehouse making sure we are doing the punch bags correctly and that

Madness As New Shopping Center Opens

The above photograph is of the old shopping center taken from the car park of the new center. The old center has one destination shop left besides the restaurants

700 Jobs Going At Coca Cola South Africa Is This An Indicator Of the Economy?

source When global giants are restructuring in order to remain competitive you have to pay attention. This gives an indication of where the economy is and is the

When You Know You Were Too Cheap

Today I have been busy with a prospective client quoting to supply their company with packaging materials. They are a decent sized company and use enough packaging

Patience Paying Off

I have helped friends out in the past and these days I am more hesitant as all the friends I hired I also fired. Business is different from friendships and there

Some People Have No Idea

Last week I had some punch bags screen printed as a sample test run and to confirm and negotiate a price. The buyers were happy with the finished product and finally

UBER Rental Vehicles More Lucrative Than The App?

source For an unemployed person having no deposit and back ground checks makes it easy with the only downside this type of financing is very expensive. For UBER

Supplier Given A Reality Check

This morning I had a meeting with one of our scrap material suppliers to try and give him the bad news we don't really want or need his business unless the price

Getting Back On The Horse

This week Friday I noticed that for the first time in a while I had more energy and a definite bounce in my step. The good news from the day before landing a new

At These Prices, It Is More Profitable to Mine SPS Than to Sell Midnight Potions

Ok... I've got the numbers after switching one of my Aura producing plots back to SPS mining. Since I made the switch, the price of Midnight potions continued to