“Small businesses don’t have a voice in this, but we’ll probably incur the most financial harm,” Knapp told Statehouse Report on March 6. “They just don’t have the ability to absorb a massive tax increase, so they’ll have to increase prices, which most can’t, or cut employee hours and jobs.” Statehouse Report March 7, 2025 […]
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Post and Courier February 25, 2025 Why are SC residents planning to boycott Walmart, Amazon and more big businesses Feb. 28? By Teri Errico Griffis tegriffis@postandcourier.com People are using the power of their purses to rally against inflation, stagnant wages and rich corporations getting richer while the average American struggles to afford basics like food and
WIS-TV WCSC-TV Proposed program could help SC workers afford childcare Story by Mary Green COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – To strengthen South Carolina’s workforce, state lawmakers are looking into ways to improve childcare access and affordability. One idea before them could help businesses recruit and retain employees while helping those workers keep more money in their
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WBTW January 8, 2025 South Carolina agency seeking $32M in ongoing aid to support affordable childcare programs by: Adam Benson COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTW) — There’s a hidden expense weighing down thousands of South Carolina small businesses and their employees. “The lack of affordable, quality childcare is a major concern of small business owners, and it
Press Release January 7, 2025 Cost of Childcare fuels labor shortage of small business Small Business Chamber and DSS suggest possible solution Columbia, SC—National surveys have found that the cost of affordable, quality childcare is seen as a serious problem by small businesses and a key contributor to their labor shortage problem. A recent national
Testimony to the SC Special Joint Committee to Study Childcare Frank Knapp Jr. President & CEO January 7, 2025 Chairpersons Turner and Erickson; Committee members. I am Frank Knapp, President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, which I co-founded 25 years ago. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today
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OnPoint WACH-TV January 5, 2025 Watch 30-minute program OnPoint on WACH Fox: Impact of possible Trump tariffs on SC small businesses by Brian Mcconchie COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) – This week on OnPoint on WACH Fox we look at how tariffs that are expected during the Trump administration will affect small businesses. On the campaign trail,
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WLTX-TV January 2, 2025 Watch video South Carolina small businesses brace for potential tariff impact under new administration Small business owners say the increase in tariffs under a new presidential administration is concerning. Author: Shelly Garzon COLUMBIA, S.C. — With a new administration set to take office in less than three weeks, small businesses in
Live 5 WCSC January 1, 2025 Economy primed to grow in 2025, but new policies could hamper business SC small business group preparing possible lawsuit By Nick Reagan CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – As the new year rings in, business owners, economists and researchers are bracing for the unknown changes in economic policies sure to come
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SC Public Radio December 6, 2024 SC businesses, consumers bracing for potential trade tariffs By Russ McKinney President-elect Donald Trump has vowed that on his first day in office next month he’ll impose heavy tariffs targeting the United States’ three largest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China. Trade tariffs were the hallmark of then-candidate Trump’s
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