Morning Consult August 13, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr While the Department of Labor has reported job increases over the past three months, businesses with fewer than 20 employees have lost jobs each of those same months according to the ADP National Employment Report. A total of 105,000 jobs have…
Small businesses nationally shed 105,000 jobs in past 3 months
Hartsville Messenger August 5, 2019 From staff reports COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Department of Labor released its national jobs report last week indicating that the nation added 164,000 jobs in July. The ADP National Employment Report also released a report saying that 156,000 new jobs were added last month. However,…
Nationwide, the smallest businesses shed jobs. Here’s what that might mean in SC
Post and Courier August 8, 2019 By Emily Williams Nationally, businesses with fewer than 20 employees have shed 105,000 jobs since May. File/Staff The smallest businesses in the country have been shedding jobs this summer, and some experts say the drops could be early signs of a slowdown. Businesses with…
SC communities ask state to reconsider decisions that cleared way for oil exploration
Hilton Head Island Packet August 7, 2019 By Stephen Fastenau We asked these Lowcountry residents for their opinion on offshore drilling at a forum on the subject sponsored by the League of Women Voters and Coastal Conservation League at the Hilton Head Library on Feb. 1. Here’s what they had…
SC anti-drilling group calls on DHEC to pull back seismic permit approvals
Post and Courier August 6, 2019 By Bo Petersen Don’t allow three companies to conduct seismic blast testing offshore, an environmental group is telling state regulators. The South Carolina Environmental Law Project urged the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control to work with federal regulators to reconsider approvals given…
SC Rejected Seismic Testing Permit In July. Approvals in 2015 Should Be Reviewed.
Media contact: Amy Armstrong, Esquire Executive Director South Carolina Environmental Law Project amy@scelp.org (843) 527-0078 SCDHEC Asked to Revisit 2015 Decisions to Approve Seismic Testing Permits 16 South Carolina coastal communities and the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce ask state agency to coordinate with BOEM to review prior state…
How will the Bipartisan Budget Act affect businesses, government?
MultiBriefs August 5, 2019 Seth Sandronsky Now that President Trump has inked the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, what does it mean for businesses and the federal government? For one thing, the BBA suspends the national debt limit until after the 2020 election and hikes spending by $324 billion over…
Small businesses nationally shed 105,000 jobs in past 3 months
PRESS RELEASE Date: August 5, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Small businesses nationally shed 105,000 jobs in past 3 months Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733, 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Small businesses nationally shed 105,000 jobs in past 3 months (Columbia, SC) The Department of Labor released…
Commentary: Navigating utility crisis is key to SC’s energy future
Charleston Post and Courier August 1, 2019 BY FRANK KNAPP JR. Two years ago, South Carolina received the worst financial news in its history. Santee Cooper and its partner SCE&G were abandoning construction of two nuclear reactors in Fairfield County, leaving the utilities $4 billion and $5 billion in debt,…
Op-ed: Celebrate Fairfield Co., Midlands Tech plan for free technical college tuition
The State July 25, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr. July 8, 2019 will be recognized as the day a 21-year old promise was finally achieved, at least for one South Carolina county. On this date Midlands Technical College and the Fairfield County School District formed a partnership that would give…