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Kuseni Dlamini – Chairman Massmart and Walmart Mike Miller, Director Business Hub SACC; David White, Chairman BusinessFit and CEO DRG Outsourcing; Professor Tony Granger
Consultant Sulnox Group; Tamara de Jong, Director The Lucky Moon; Tania Verdonk, Director Spirus Marketing
HELPING BUSINESSES TO ENTER THE

UK SPACE

KZN Business Sense Interview with Commerce to attend the black- David and Mike at the Institute of and I attended several other frustrated that were contemplating
David White and Mike Miller tie Gala Dinner hosted by Lord Directors in London just before meetings during the week which moving their film making to East
Peter Hain at the prestigious and Mike took David to London all helped to move the Chamber Africa. We were able to explain
historic House of Lords. David Heathrow to catch his flight back Business Hub and BusinessFit how the B-BBEE structure and its
avid White, CEO of was hosted for the week by UK to Durban at the end of the trip. International project forward. flow through has been designed,
DRG Outsourcing and business partner Mike Miller, and to show how BusinessFit is
DChairman of BusinessFit one of the founders of the South David, it’s a long way to come White: I found the one-on- available to help them strategise
in South Africa, visited the UK African Chamber and Director of to attend a dinner. Has it been a one discussions with various and manage their B-BBEE
in March 2019 at the invitation the Chamber Business Hub. KZN worthwhile trip? Chamber members at the three Scorecard process for optimum
of the South African Chamber of Business Sense caught up with events invaluable in helping me efficiency and outcomes. This will
White: The outcome of this trip to understand the needs of UK be to the benefit of their quality
exceeded my expectations in businesses wanting to enter South film making and resultant boost to
that it made possible many great Africa and to see how this may be the local South African economy
meetings that will progress our achieved through our Business Fit and creation of business and
new BusinessFit International International business assessment employment opportunities.
project… helping South African process. I met several passionate
businesses to successfully enter people who all pledged to help Did you meet with Sharon
the UK market place and UK and support us. Constancon, the CEO of the
based businesses to successfully Miller: There was a conference South African Chamber?
enter the SA market place.
call with the Chamber’s Business Miller: We had a meeting with
Hub team of consultants all Sharon after the Freshfields
So the Gala Dinner wasn’t over the UK, all of whom had
the only reason for coming to different skills and experiences breakfast which was very
London? productive wouldn’t you agree
designed to help South African David?
Miller: In fact, there were three businesses enter the UK space
formal events for us to attend, and to create a business platform White: Extremely useful
a business dinner on Monday in the complicated UK business and productive. In particular
evening at the Hogan Lovell environment. The call was we talked about DRG’s and
offices in Holborn, the black-tie initiated to introduce David, and BusinessFit’s role in South Africa
Gala Dinner at the House of to enable the Business Hub Team as Platinum members of the
Lords on Tuesday evening, and a to better understand our unique Chamber. There are a number of
initiatives in the pipeline, all of
business breakfast at Freshfields Business Assessment approach. which will help to raise the profile
in Fleet Street on Wednesday White: Mike Miller also of BusinessFit International
morning. The guest speaker at all introduced me to the managing and the Chamber Business Hub
three events was Kuseni Dlamini, director of a major US film maker resulting in a multitude of new
Chairman of Massmart who gave based in the UK and his financial employment opportunities in
his take on the current political director. The company is in the South Africa.
and economic situation in South process of making a series of major
Africa which was very interesting. films and TV shows in South Sounds like it was a very useful
He even managed to make Africa, and were having difficulty and productive trip.
the focus of each presentation understanding the intention and
different and was happy to practical application of B-BBEE in Miller & White: Definitely!
participate in an honest and the South African workplace. The A profound networking
forthright Q&A afterwards. David company leaders were in fact so opportunity. n

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