{"id":578804,"date":"2022-04-21T06:50:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T04:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=578804"},"modified":"2022-04-21T07:32:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T05:32:28","slug":"celebrate-with-cura-and-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/578804\/celebrate-with-cura-and-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate with CURA and win!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CURA Software is celebrating its 20th anniversary giving back with a #MakingAnImpact campaign.<\/p>\n<p>To kick off the campaign, CURA is running a competition where one small business in the ICT sector stands a chance to win a R10,000 cash prize and a further R10,000 worth of regulatory compliance consulting hours from CURA\u2019s legal partner, Africa NewLaw.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curasoftware.com\/20-year-competition\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=April+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to enter the CURA 20-year #MakingAnImpact competition.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This will help the winning business stay on top of the latest compliance requirements and embark on a sustainable business journey.<\/p>\n<p>To enter the competition, participants must <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curasoftware.com\/20-year-competition\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=April+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use this link<\/a><\/strong> to submit a 1 minute video that outlines the most challenging risk they face as a small business owner, as well as how the competition prize would be beneficial to their business.<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced by 30 June 2022, and you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cura-software-solutions\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=April+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow CURA on LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong> to stay on top of competition announcements.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Celebrating 20 years of excellence<\/h3>\n<p>Throughout its 20-year existence, CURA has achieved incredible growth by expanding its operations across the world \u2013 including in Australia, Europe, India, Malaysia, and the USA.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this global expansion, CURA has retained a tight-knit company culture &#8211; which has ensured the company remains incredibly agile by establishing a model of sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<p>This agility makes it easy for CURA to innovate and improve upon its Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) solutions &#8211; ultimately benefiting its customers across South Africa and the world.<\/p>\n<p>CURA is proud of its achievements, which have been recognised through 20 awards. Watch the video below to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fgc7OSxx_28\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Why Compliance matters<\/h3>\n<p>CURA has chosen to run this competition with their legal partner, Africa NewLaw, as they believe that compliance is a vital factor when it comes to surviving as a small business.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/487503\/south-africa-has-one-of-the-highest-business-failure-rates-in-the-world-analysts\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=April+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data from Cova Advisory<\/a><\/strong> shows that five out of seven South African SMMEs fail within their first year, and this highlights how challenging starting a business can be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons businesses can fail is due to the financial implications faced because of non-compliance,\u201d said CURA.<\/p>\n<p>These expenses are incurred because small businesses often overlook compliance, as they may not have the resources to access good regulatory compliance content and advisory services.<\/p>\n<p>CURA therefore believes it is crucial for emerging businesses to avoid expensive surprises by treating compliance as a key focus area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to funding and investment opportunities for business growth, compliance is a non-negotiable consideration,\u201d said CURA.<\/p>\n<p>This is why CURA is giving a small business the opportunity to gain not only a financial boost but also much needed access to world class regulatory compliance professionals at Africa NewLaw.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cura-software-solutions\/mycompany\/?viewAsMember=true&amp;utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=April+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow CURA\u2019s LinkedIn to stay on top of campaign announcements.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CURA Software is celebrating its 20th anniversary giving back with a #MakingAnImpact campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":578806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[16578],"class_list":["post-578804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-cura-software-solutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578804"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579294,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578804\/revisions\/579294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}