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BLEGSCOPE is the brand name representing all BLEGSCOPE business and other initiatives that operate under BLEGSCOPE Capital Ltd (BCL). BCL is an investment holding company based in Uganda that was set up to provide a valuable and unparalleled platform for like-minded entrepreneurs to exploit the numerous business and investment opportunities in the Great Lakes region.

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  2. An analysis of the 2016/17 Uganda Budget — 5 comments
  3. Value for Money – Hard to analyse? Or is it? — 2 comments
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  5. 6 ways to instill initiative in your team — 2 comments

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Oct 16

Business_Tip: Change Management

Running any business is a constant game of trial and error, and this is worse for SMEs and therefore they must be quick to adapt to change if they want to survive and thrive. This confirms the old adage that the only constant thing in the world is change. So, businesses must not protect the …

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Oct 12

6 Tips to building a successful business

As you planned to start your first business, you probably did a lot of research, sought help from advisors, useful mentors, and got information from books, Google and other readily available sources. You could have invested a lot-in terms of money, time and sweat equity-to get your business off the ground to the stage at …

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Oct 10

Managing the Increasing Business Risks in the Digital Age

In May of 2014, our company website was hacked and my colleague, Edmund our Engagement Director, shared key lessons from that experience that you can read here. This experience totally altered my thinking towards risk management in organisations today. Risk management in organisations requires forecasting and evaluation of potential risks and devising strategies to avoid …

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Sep 25

BUSINESS TIP – Market Intelligence

“Marketing is becoming a battle based more on information than sales power – Philips Kotler”. The rising competitiveness in the business environment today has forced several businesses to keep alert and see what’s constantly happening in their environment so as to keep ahead of their competitors. This is precisely what Market Intelligence is all about. …

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Aug 31

Handling unsatisfied customers: Turning a bad experience into a good one

A few weeks ago while visiting  friend’s store that does online delivery of clothes, a customer came in cursing and complaining about a dress she had recently purchased.  She was complaining about the different kind of dress she had ordered for and wanted to return. My friend, Cathy realized it was out of frustration so …

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Aug 30

Tips on improving your own levels of accountability

Personal accountability in the things you do at work can encompass everything from employees being accountable to and making themselves indispensable, to managers and people in leadership roles showing personal accountability in order to foster an environment of accountability in the office with their employees. If you are not in a management role, demonstrating accountability …

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Aug 17

Responsibility in the workplace: Part 1

When you hear the word responsibility, you will not be shocked to think of words like care, safekeeping, custody and obligation. This should not really surprise you as being responsible requires a certain level of maturity across various different levels. Growing up as a boy, I was always bored by my elder sister’s refusal to …

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Aug 07

Business Tip – Managing Growth

Every business desires to grow and achieve its goals. This growth may be in terms of sales growth, number of customers served or even quality of service among others. Like it is with any change, the changes that enterprises face as they grow are often times very challenging. It is therefore important for businesses to …

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Jul 11

Making Your Business More Attractive To Financiers

Society is diverse and therefore made up of diverse needs. Business enable diverse needs to be met, although among others they in turn create an uneven wealth and income distribution among members of society. Aside from meeting societal needs, business are key drivers of economic growth in world over. Micro, small, medium and even large …

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Jun 19

BUSINESS_TIP Why Every Business Needs To Know About Its Business Environment

Talk to any business owner of executive today and ask them about their challenges. Whereas some will talk about internal aspects like (Human Resource constraints) of the business and to what extent they are inhibiting their growth, many will actually talk about those external factors (out of their control) like high interest rates, volatile exchange …

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