GrayDC, September 24, 2021 WIBW (Topeka, KS), September 24, 2021 WLUC (Negaunee, MI), September 24, 2021 Watch Video The COVID EIDL loan would allow business owners to borrow $2 million for recovery. But some worry about the commitment. By David Ade and Natalie Grim WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – Disaster loans are available for small business […]
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Columbia Regional Business Report September 15, 2021 By Melinda Waldrop Frank Knapp sees one straightforward solution to the labor shortage facing many industries as the nation continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic: Make more workers available. Three pieces of legislation currently before the U.S. Senate can help accomplish that goal, said Knapp, president and CEO
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Columbia Regional Business Report September 15, 2021 By Melinda Waldrop As the National Small Business Week Virtual Summit winds down, a new report reflects growing optimism among S.C. small businesses, while another study points to a continued labor shortage in the state. Following up on a February survey, Facebook’s September Global State of Small Business
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Like Fernandez and others on the call, who ranged from Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, to Frank Knapp, CEO, of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Demings pressed immigration reform as an economic issue. Florida Politics September 14, 2021 ‘It is economically important, morally right, and politically smart,’
Ex-Republican rainmaker Mike Fernandez, Val Demings join calls Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2021 Frank Knapp, 803-600-6874, fknapp@scsbc.org Ben Roussel, 202-210-3112, ben@rousselpr.com SC Small Business Chamber CEO addresses labor shortage and introduces Rep. Clyburn Watch Video Washington, DC — U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC), and members of the House Judiciary Committee, including U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chair of the
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A response to FITSNews commentary on voting rights legislation … FITSNews September 4, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr. I want to thank Will Folks for his recent commentary (8-23-2021) on the SC Small Business Chamber’s support for voting rights legislation. While we might have differences of opinion, he did include several full statements I
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Florence Morning News September 1, 2021 By Matthew Christian FLORENCE, S.C. – A local religious organization partnered with the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce to offer an information session on aid programs made available through the federal COVID-19 relief bills. The Kingdom Living Temple’s community development nonprofit, New Alpha, and the small business chamber
Lexington County Chronicle August 26, 2021 A business group wants federal unemployment benefits reinstated. SC Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty has approved the filing of a friend of the court brief challenging the legality of the state ending federal unemployment benefits. Gov. Henry McMaster and Daniel Ellzey, SC Department of Employment and Workforce head,
Lawsuit contends ending benefits hurt workers and the SC economy Read More »
Press Release Contact: Marie Claire Tran-Leung Shriver Center on Poverty Law 312-307-3467 marieclairetran@povertylaw.org Frank Knapp Jr. South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC, August 26, 2021—Today Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty for the South Carolina Supreme Court, approved the filing of an Amicus Brief supporting a challenge to a lower court
WIS-TV August 18, 2021 Watch Video By Nick Neville COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The Department for Health and Environmental Control released data Wednesday that showed one in five people tested for COVID-19 in the last week were positive. Due to data like this and the transmissibility of the delta variant, a number of local businesses –
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