Small Business

New federal rule.  New way to reduce group health insurance premiums.

Free Webinar March 29th, 3PM Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1n_ZBUZi5Vwm7vI9LfTAldTnA949zf19NTAFRuP5FjUc/edit  Join our 30-minute webinar for small businesses offering group health insurance to employees. This March 29th webinar at 3PM will explain a new federal rule that can save businesses money on the group health insurance already in place. This is a new health…

OPINION: Here’s how to fix the labor shortage 

Statehouse Report March 10, 2023 By Frank Knapp Jr.  The S.C. Small Business Development Center and the Darla Moore School of Business recently conducted the 2022 Small Business Needs Assessment Survey. One key finding:  “The single largest operational challenge that businesses report facing in 2022 is a difficulty in hiring…

Chamber notches 9th successful opposition to utility rate hikes

Press Release February 13, 29203 Duke Energy Progress request cut by 41% Columbia, SC—The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has successfully intervened in a proposed electric rate increase by Duke Energy Progress (DEP) that would have yielded the company over $89 million in new revenue.  The SC…

Free webinar: Do you qualify for subsidized private health insurance?

February 3, 2023 Over 383,000 South Carolinians have affordable health insurance thanks to premium assistance from the federal government Do you qualify? Ever-rising health insurance premiums have resulted in most small businesses not offering group health insurance.  It is simply unaffordable. Many small business owners have turned to the federal…

Special Enrollment Period for Affordable Health Insurance Marketplace Plans


January 23, 2023 Don’t wait for Open Enrollment in November to get premium assistance for quality health insurance The federal Health Insurance Marketplace Special Enrollment Period allows you to purchase a private health insurance Marketplace plan or make changes to an existing one after Open Enrollment ended on January 15,…