Got Group Health Insurance? Learn how to lower your premiums.

Free Webinar March 29th, 3PM Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkceqgpjMjG9dPpHp1w74Jh7WLNMq7ZQAF   Join our 30-minute webinar for small businesses offering group health insurance to employees. This March 29th webinar at 3PM will explain a new federal rule that can save businesses money on the group health insurance already in place. This is a new health…

Advocacy organization supports Dominion Energy plan for EV charging stations

Live 5 News March 8, 2023 With a big demand in the state, the South Carolina Small Business Chamber says it’s critical to increase the number of electric vehicles, to reduce transportation costs and promote a healthier environment.(Live 5) By Emilie Zuhowski CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – After Dominion Energy’s proposed…

Dominion offers model for accelerating EV charging stations

  Press Release March 8, 2023 Contact: Frank Knapp 803-600-6874 Protects Dominion customer rates and competition SC Small Business Chamber supports settlement Columbia, SC—The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has submitted a letter to the SC Public Service Commission supporting a settlement in Dominion Energy South Carolina’s (DESC)…

OPINION: Here’s how to fix the labor shortage 

Statehouse Report March 10, 2023 By Frank Knapp Jr.  The S.C. Small Business Development Center and the Darla Moore School of Business recently conducted the 2022 Small Business Needs Assessment Survey. One key finding:  “The single largest operational challenge that businesses report facing in 2022 is a difficulty in hiring…

SC Small Business Chamber opposes 30% federal sales tax. Letters to SC Congressmen Duncan and Norman

February 21, 2023 The Honorable Jeff Duncan The Honorable Ralph Norman Washington, DC 20515 Re: FairTax Dear Representatives Duncan and Norman, The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce requests that you withdraw as co-sponsors of the “FairTax Act of 2023”, H.R. 25, filed by Representative Buddy Carter. The “FairTax”…

Chamber notches 9th successful opposition to utility rate hikes

Press Release February 13, 29203 Duke Energy Progress request cut by 41% Columbia, SC—The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has successfully intervened in a proposed electric rate increase by Duke Energy Progress (DEP) that would have yielded the company over $89 million in new revenue.  The SC…