Enterprise Development & Mentorship

Through a focussed sector by sector Enterprise Development and mentorship approach, Palcard facilitates growth and competitiveness of small and medium enterprises.

Palcard uses a sector cluster approach, putting together sector clusters that combine Big and Small business players. Each cluster is structured to be mutually beneficial and value driven.

The cluster presents an excellent learning platform for the small enterprises involved, whilst they benefit from linkages with big business, thus developing skills and improving afficiencies and processes.

Large companies gain access to quality suppliers, sub contracts and service providers that will add value to their operations. The winner is growth, profitability, and compititiveness of South Africa industries.

Distribution

Manufacturers seeking new distribution for their products in Africa Africa are assisted.  The Group has a subsidiary company - NuLine Distributors Africa.

The company works with hundreds of small and medium enterprises accross the African continent who act as Distributors of varioous products.  Visit www.nuline.co.za for more information.

Education, Training and Development

With a strong focus on Enterprise Development, the company focuses on training programmes aimed at improving the performance of small and medium enterprises.  Courses are designed to suit client needs.  Some of the courses facilitated include:

• Quality Management
• Project Management
• Construction Site Management
• Bookkeeping and Financial Management
• Packaging and Merchandising
• Production management
• Export Management
• Leadership and People Management
• Marketing ad Sales Management

Technical skills are also offered via the Skills Academy.  These include: Artisan training on: carpentry, bricklaying, electrical, boilermaking, painting, plumbing.

The company operates National Olympiads for Mathematics, Science and Technology for high school learners.  This programme is facilitated in partnership with the National Department of Education and corporate companies.  The objective is to identify and nurture talent for future engineers, scientists, software developers, medical and financial careers.