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Opinion: Failure Would Cement ‘Victory for Small Business’

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Morning Consult June 21, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr. Starting next year, for the first time, businesses will be allowed to give workers money specifically to purchase individual health insurance policies. This revised federal rule for tax-exempt health reimbursement arrangements was finalized last week. President Donald Trump called the changes a “monumental victory for small business.” Ironically, […]

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FREE SHOP Information Sessions, Chester and Lancaster Counties

By / Healthcare, Small Business, Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) /

Small businesses in Chester and Lancaster counties have a special opportunity on January 7, 2015 to hear from an expert on health insurance options available to them and their employees through the federal health insurance marketplace. The sessions are scheduled for: 12:00 p.m. – Native American Studies Center 5:30 p.m. – Chester Downtown Development Association Catherine

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ACTION ALERT!! Save an Open and Free Internet

By / Regulations, Small Business, Small Business Advocacy Blog /

This week a Federal Circuit Court made a ruling that will turn the Internet into cable TV—for sale to the highest bidder. Internet providers like Verizon, Time Warner Cable and AT&T will now be able to extort fees from any business that wants to speed up access to its website versus their competitor’s or even

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Main Street Isn’t Investing Much in Post-Sandy Upgrades

By / Economy, Small Business /

Bloomberg October 30, 2013 By: Patrick Clark   When the owners of Brooklyn Crab hired structural engineer Andrew Goodrich to work on their restaurant, they asked him to build the structure on wooden stilts that extended 10 feet above the ground. The idea was to evoke the feel of Southern crab shacks, and to protect

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New online portal opens for SC small businesses to access capital “SCcrowdfund.com”

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South Carolina entrepreneurs and small business owners looking for capital to start or grow a business have a new opportunity.  The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce begins taking business applications today for its new donation crowdfunding and private placement investment portal. “There is a growing demand for small business loans that our financial

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SEC to throw open the doors to everyman investing

By / Access to Capital, Small Business, Small Business Advocacy Blog /

On the heels of our launch last week of SCcrowdfund.com, which will allow businesses and non-profits to post their business ideas and projects on a public online portal to encourage people to donate (donation crowdfunding) or invest (private placement investment for those with high incomes), more good news is expected tomorrow. At 10 am, the

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New website is like Kickstarter for SC businesses

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WCIV-TV October 16, 2013 COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) – A new website is helping small businesses in South Carolina raise capital through crowdfunding and investments. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday began taking applications for its two new web portals. “There is a growing demand for small business loans that our financial

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Nation’s small business owners split on whether the government should shut down

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By J.D. Harrison, The Washington Post Published: September 27 | Updated: Monday, September 30, 6:00 AM Down to the final days of the nation’s current spending plan, with negotiations over a new one at a standstill, nearly half of small business owners are in favor of shutting the government down, according to a new poll. Researchers at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School

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Climate costs rise like sea levels with delayed action on climate change

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September 18, 2013 By Sandra Bridges | The Hill’s Congress Blog Many of the readers have visited Charleston’s Market, just a couple blocks from the harbor, where my business is located.  Tourism is our lifeblood as it is for our city.  So when our low-lying area of Charleston is flooded from heavy rain and tourists

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Health care changes chill businesses’ expansion plans

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September 1, 2013 By JEFF WILKINSON, The State jwilkinson@thestate.com  It’s the lunch rush at the Lizard’s Thicket restaurant on Garner’s Ferry Road and the wait staff is hauling out arm loads of Southern home cookin’ – salmon patties and mac and cheese, fried chicken and greens, country fried steak and mashed potatoes   and gravy.All

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