Import Export, Shipping, Trading

How to Grow Your Business as an Exporter

Accessing international markets
On the one hand, Lorraine still can’t understand why South Africans don’t support local products. “I know 35 other small cosmetics brands that will tell you the same story,” she says. “If you do manage to get into a big retailer, you often wait 90 days for payment, which many small businesses can’t afford.”

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Construction, Real Estate

Roof Mounted Solar Panels: Lower Your Risk of Fire

As the federal government, individual states, businesses and consumers take steps to address climate change, the use of renewable energy – including roof-mounted solar panels – has steadily increased. Over the past decade, the use of solar energy solutions has grown by 33% annually. This is driven by tax-based incentives for clean energy, combined with installation costs that are down more than 50% from 10 years ago.1

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Construction, Real Estate

3 Ways To Protect Buildings From Climate Change

After nine months, 2021 is already one of the most active and costliest years for weather events causing extensive damages – a trajectory that can overcome records set in 2020.

There have been 18 weather and climate disaster events through September 2021, each causing over $1 billion in losses.1 These events include:

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