FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 Letter released during a call that also featured the results of a recent Small Business for America’s survey shows nearly three-quarters of small business owners support the For the People Act, which the Senate is considering this week Washington, D.C., June…
Small business groups: Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land in a big win for small business
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Rhett Buttle, senior advisor to Small Business for America’s Future and former Director of Private Sector Engagement in the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services and Frank Knapp…
Disadvantaged small businesses to get more opportunity in federal contracting
Press Release Contact: Frank Knapp 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Addresses 40-year low in new business startups and wealth gap Columbia, SC, June 14, 2021—Recently the Biden-Harris Administration committed to a 50% increase in federal contracts by 2026 for disadvantaged small businesses. Black, Latino, Asian, Indigenous, and other minority small business owners to…
SC’s federal jobless aid goes away soon. Why some say they’re still not working
“We’re not going to solve the rural, underserved communities’ growth economic development problem unless we promote entrepreneurship.”—Frank Knapp, CEO of the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce Knapp was disappointed in McMaster’s decision to drop federal benefits because he said it sent the wrong message to entrepreneurs, specifically citing the…
Business campaign addresses 40-year low in new startups
Jacksonville Business Journal April 26, 2021 Reform the SBA media tour starts in Jacksonville. By Logan Moore – Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal Starting a small business pre-pandemic was hard, and now it’s even harder. That’s why Columbia, South Carolina-based Reform the Small Business Administration is advocating for reform in Washington…
New survey shows small businesses support Biden’s jobs plan
WCSC-TV May 24, 2021 Watch Video By Nick Reagan CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Small business owners are expressing support for parts of the American Jobs Plan, but are hesitant to fully embrace its programs all at once. The $2.3 trillion dollar package is being billed as a once in a…
Chamber official combats low rate of new business startups
Business Observer (Sarasota, FL) May 21, 2021 by: Business Observer Staff A chamber of commerce official says the nationwide lack of new businesses startups — the U.S. is at a 40-year low — will cripple, or at least hinder, any economic recovery. And Frank Knapp, the official sounding the…
National Survey Shows Rising Costs of Healthcare including Prescription Drugs are Major Concern for Small Businesses and Have Slowed Their Growth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 Nearly half of small business owners say their healthcare costs have increased substantially over the last four years. Sixty-six percent say the prescription drug market is not working and is in need of a major overhaul, and more than a third of small…
SC’s reasoning for ending federal jobless aid stirs debate
…a substantial number of claimants, about 37,000, were receiving benefits through a program for self-employed and so-called gig economy freelance workers who don’t qualify for regular state unemployment benefits. On a national level, some have argued that those workers, specifically, shouldn’t be losing their benefits because of the way that…
Advocate campaigns to reform the SBA. Small biz startups at 40-yr low
Sun Port Charlotte May 14, 2021 By NANCY J. SEMON, Staff Writer If Frank Knapp, Jr. has his way, the Biden administration will budget more money for small businesses and give out more loans to entrepreneurs in underserved communities. “The SBA (Small Business Administration) is broken,” Knapp said when he…