Welcome to the first e-newsletter of The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce. By allowing us to communicate with you via the Internet, we save our organization money in terms of printing and postage. Plus, because you have e-mail, we can keep you better informed as to what is happening at the State House in […]
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April 11, 2001 By Dave L’Heureux, The State By Dave L’Heureux, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 11–Starting Oct. 1, South Carolina consumers will have to pay a new 1.4 percent surcharge on their monthly phone bills. The S.C. Public Service Commission, responding to a 1996 legislative directive, Tuesday voted 7-0 in
Surcharge on phone bills approved Read More »
April 10, 2001 Columbia, SC– On Tuesday, the Public Service Commission voted to create a $36-$40 million universal service fund for the purpose of formally subsidizing telephone service to rural areas of the state. Another purpose of this fund was to promote the competition for local telephone service. The S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce
$340 Million Fund Rejected by PSC Read More »
Published in The State The S.C. Chamber of Commerce won’t have the only formal business agenda next year. A major tax reform bill that would cut state taxes on small business by almost 30 percent was introduced at the end of the current session by Rep. Tim Wilkes, D-Fairfield. The bill, to be reintroduced next
Small-business chamber raising its voice Read More »
Published April 20, 2000 By Maurice Thomas, The State Small-business owners will get a chance to tell South Carolina legislators what’s on their minds in a series of eight forums to be held around the state. Gov. Jim Hodges and members of the Legislature Wednesday joined representatives from the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of
Forums to put focus on small businesses Read More »
After a successful eight and a half month effort to get the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau restructured, the Greater Columbia Hotel/Motel Association is calling on its members to rejoin the CBV. On April 1 of this year, the hotel association launched a very strong lobbying and public relations effort to revamp the local CBV.
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