By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – BARCLAYS Bank Zambia (BBZ) has launched a salary retrenchment insurance policy aimed at providing financial cover to its customers in an event that  they lose employment. BBZ and Barclays Life Zambia...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Government is looking for ways of reducing risks associated with small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Deputy Commerce, Trade and Industry minister Raymond Mpundu has said. Mr Mpundu said that SMEs...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has reduced its proposed fees on veterinary medicines by 50 per cent. This comes after the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) and other players in...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) will procure mobile testing laboratories at a cost US$150,000 to be used for testing of products in Muchinga Province. ZABS director Manuel Mutale said the...

IN looking at record keeping of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), today we tackle what the accountants call the main book of accounts called the cash book. One of the challenges faced by most SMEs...

IN THE recent past some sectors in the country have seen stiff competition, with most of the firms in these sectors appearing to be aggressively competing on price. There are short-term positive effects of firms...

AS WE wind down the year I thought of revisiting what transpired at the African Insurance Organisation (AIO) event earlier in the year so that players can plan for next year’s and hopefully increase the...

WHAT an eventful week the foregoing one was! YES the week ended November 27, 2015, was an action-packed one with some unprecedented development in form of the first-ever Presidential Press Conference since the Patriotic Front...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia Honey Partnership (ZHP) has called on government to develop a beekeeping policy that will guide the development of the honey sector. ZHP chairperson Mushimbwe Chitalu said there was need...

By JOSEPH SIMUMBA – SINCE 2013, the Kwacha has lost more than 40 per cent of its value on the back of falling metal prices and other factors. As it is well known, Zambia’s exports...