After participating in every National Energy Barometer Survey since its inception, Exxaro is for the second consecutive year's runner-up in the Head Office and Corporate Offices category, with winners Central Energy Fund House, and in third place Anglo Gold Ashanti.

These tips were brought to you from Mr Power, South African energy-saving solution specialists. Mr Power is headed up by Roger Bulgin, who has an aeronautical engineering background and has a range of energy-saving products for both the home and business use.

With future electricity tariff increases and ongoing energy insecurity, experts urge South Africans – businesses and private individuals – to look at renewable energy (such as solar) as an solution. Wind energy has great potential, too, but the sun’s power seems to be greater. To make solar mainstream, however, the government needs a more strategic programme.

Port Elizabeth was recently host to the Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP) training course and certification examination, presented by the Energy Training Foundation. The value of CMVP in South Africa gives a credible qualification to evaluate energy management projects of government-driven projects and/or financial incentive institutions.

The Business Partners Limited SME Index has revealed that owners of small and medium enterprises who were surveyed displayed average confidence levels of 71% that their businesses would grow in the next 12 months.