Senate Bill 106 would have forced employers to garnish the wages of their workers who have incurred commercial debt for their personal side businesses. The employer would then have to forward the money collected to the other business owed the debt. The Small Business Chamber believes that a small business should not be forced to become a […]
Process still biased toward big business On January 14, 2003, the SC Public Service Commission voted 6 to 1 for an increase in electric rates for SCE&G customers that will cost small businesses 8% more starting in February. The company had requested a 14% rate increase on small businesses. Other rate increases were 5% for
Three years ago this month with few resources, a handful of supporters and lofty goals, The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce was founded. Through dogged determination and hard work, the Small Business Chamber has grown to over 8500 members with the support of ten trade associations and hundreds of independent small businesses. This dramatic increase in
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By JOE GUY COLLIER, Staff Writer Electricity bills will be going up in South Carolina but not as much as SCE&G wanted. The state Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved a 5 percent increase in the base rate for South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.’s residential customers. The increase, which is expected to go into
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Business groups will lobby state legislators this session on bills that involve issues ranging from worker injuries to the sex lives of fleas. Here’s a look at some other smaller issues relating to business in South Carolina: TECHNICAL COLLEGE TUITION The issue: The Small Business Chamber of Commerce will seek full funding for technical college tuition from
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By R. Kevin Dietrich, Staff Writer, The State South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. wants to create a new rate category for medium-size businesses such as supermarkets. SCE&G, seeking to increase what it charges for electricity, has applied to the S.C. Public Service Commission to develop an “experimental rate” based on the amount of power
Published in the The Lexington County Chronicle and The-Dispatch News The state Public Service Commission may vote next Tuesday on SCE&G’s request to hike small business electric rates by 14%. “Even if S.C. Electric & Gas does not provide your electricity”, said Tim Wilkes, president of the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce, “you should be concerned because
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Letter to the Editor, Published in The State In the Dec. 22 Impact section, The State implied that Gov. Jim Hodges broke a campaign promise to use lottery money for free technical college tuition for South Carolinians. The anonymous author also mocked the governor’s statement that technical college enrollment would increase because free tuition would
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Since the legislative session ended, The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has been very busy on some key issues—small group health insurance, workforce training and SCE&G’s electric rate increase. Just recently another issue has surfaced that will increase costs next year for small businesses–an unemployment insurance surcharge. Below are summaries of our activities on these issues. In
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Since the legislative session ended, The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has been very busy on some key issues—small group health insurance, workforce training and SCE&G’s electric rate increase. Just recently another issue has surfaced that will increase costs next year for small businesses–an unemployment insurance surcharge. Below are summaries of our activities on these issues. In
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