BRIEFCASE wonders why the concerned authorities keep turning a blind eye on the patch of road at Kafulafuta police check point on Kapiri Road. It is unbelievable that the terribly bad patch has been left...

TALKING Shop has observed that some small retail outlets in Ndola are in the habit of buying goods on promotion in large quantities from chain stores for resale. When the well-meaning chain stores announce any...

THE effect of the Kwacha depreciation on the prices of local products has been blown out of proportion by some traders. The rate at which the prices of some of the essential commodities are increasing...

TODAY, we look at the commonest problem that prevails in most of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in as far as managing their businesses are concerned. The notion that prevails in the minds of...

ON BUSINESS Trends today, we will take a glimpse at why this is the right time for businesses to thrive in Zambia, and how our economy presents more businesses with prospects for industrial growth than...

A few months ago the kwacha was trading under K6 to a dollar but today it has risen to about K10 representing some considerable depreciation in value. Zambia being a predominantly importing country, this depreciation...

MOST observers have described President Edgar Lungu’s speech to Parliament as an aspiration of what the Zambian Government would love to see. This is good because before one does anything, especially positive, one has to...

BRIEFCASE continues to notice challenges at most Automated Teller Machines (ATM) at some banks in Kabwe. Yesterday’s experience left one resident frustrated that although the ATM, which was the only one workng at the time,...

LAST week we embarked on this two-article series which is looking at the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry manufacturing sector report of 2011 to 2012. We considered the constraints to the manufacturing sector but...

I WAS called by one of my clients to fetch for the company funds to enforce the work in progress in the workshop. This was so after the company was awarded a contract to work...