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The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce is very concerned about the issue of public bodies producing goods and services and offering them to the private sector in competition with business. It is absolutely unfair for a taxpayer-supported agency to take market share and jobs away from the very small business entrepreneurs and their employees […]

The Small Business Chamber is a strong defender of property rights. It has encouraged local government to use incentives instead of restrictive zoning to address development issues. The Small Business Chamber has also supported legislation to protect private property, assure fair market compensation for private property, and restrain local governments from enacting regulations that exceed

For members of the public, homeowners, green congregations, earth stewardship groups, environmentalists, businesses, and local governments wanting to reduce pollution and waste, save energy, and save money there are anumber of free resources available on the Internet. The following list can provide a good starting place for solving energy problems. If you have a web

Legislature Back in Session The South Carolina General Assembly returned to the State House on Tuesday to begin the second year of a two-year session. The current South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) state legislative agenda includes bills on health insurance, workers’ compensation, solar energy, recycling, community safety as well as support for

By Liv Osby, The Greenville News Published September 17, 2011 Small businesses in the Upstate will have a chance to learn about the Affordable Care Act and a new health insurance plan at a meeting hosted by the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce and The Small Business Majority this month. The meeting is

A House/Senate Conference Committee will meet at 12:30 this Tuesday (6/3) to again try to work out differences on S.208, Public Service Commission Reform. The specific issue up for debate on Tuesday is ex parte communication, communication with a commissioner or advisory staff member on a matter that may become an issue in an upcoming

April 05, 2011 Action Alert Take control of your health-care options! Legislation to establish a competitive, state-based health-insurance marketplace that would offer individuals, families and small businesses more control, more transparency, better prices and better protections when purchasing health insurance is stuck in a State House committee. If South Carolina fails to take action, by

Small business owners with eligible commercial real estate mortgages maturing after Dec. 31, 2012, will be able to secure more stable, long-term financing through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s temporary 504 refinancing program as a result of a change that will be published in The Federal Register by April 6. In February, SBA implemented a temporary refinancing