Added-Asset is assisting a number of UK companies with research and market intelligence for the upcoming trade mission to Johannesburg and Cape Town. Full details are available in PDF format.

9 February 2007

Madam Speaker of the National Assembly;
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces;
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP;
Deputy President of the Republic;
Honourable leaders of our political parties and Honourable Members of Parliament;
Ministers and Deputy Ministers;
Our esteemed Chief Justice and members of the Judiciary;
Heads of our Security Services;
Governor of the Reserve Bank;
President Nelson Mandela and Madame Graca Machel;
President F.W. de Klerk and Madame Elita de Klerk;
Distinguished Premiers and Speakers of our Provinces;
Mayors and leaders in our system of local government;
Our honoured traditional leaders;
Heads of the state organs supporting our constitutional democracy;
Directors-General and other leaders of the public service;
Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and High Commissioners;
Distinguished guests, friends and comrades;
People of South Africa:

When she died, we knew that Mama Adelaide Tambo had been recently discharged from hospital. But because we also knew that she had the tenacity of spirit and strength of will to soldier on among the living, we had intended to welcome her and other members of her family as our guests on this august occasion. But that was not to be.

Peter Hurst (Added-Asset) met with David Millet of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and was given enthusiastic support to introduce South African clients to the RBS to meet their UK or international banking needs through the London head office. Added-Asset will be pleased to offer assistance and information on how to open a business account in the UK supported by the RBS team.

You only have between 5-10 seconds at the most to impress and be short-listed. In those 5-10 seconds, it is not necessarily the most qualified person who will be put in the shortlist pile, but it is the one who is the best at being able to get noticed by his or her CV. This requires a combination of good content and attractive appearance.

It is an established fact that recruiters look for any reason to dismiss CVs as the first stage of processing the hundreds of CVs they often receive. If a CV does not impress at first glance, it's going to get trashed.

Published in Cape Business News 02 June 2006

LARGE blue chip companies with their geographical spread, business diversity and deep investment pockets can weather the peaks and troughs of a changing world but what of the Small and Medium Size Enterprises and the challenges to their sustainability and growth?

Peter Hurst - managing director of Added-Asset & Associates, now based in Cape Town, has been immersed in bringing international success to UK SMEs for the past years working with and then managing the London International Trade Team for UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).