It’s not just your identity that might be stolen If your business has paid your payroll taxes, sales taxes, or income tax to the S.C. Department of Revenue either electronically or by check anytime since 1998, your business checking account is at risk of being raided by international hacker thieves. This problem is a result […]
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A membership in the South Carolina Small Business Chamber just got more rewarding thanks to a partnership with Liberty National Life. All memberships—even the basic membership which is free—now include $3000 accidental death insurance policies for the small-business owner, employees and spouses. Plus, every child of the owner and employee is covered with a $1000
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University of South Carolina Workshops & Conferences Minority Business Forum Date: June 5, 2012 Register Now Download Brochure Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Location: 8th floor, Darla Moore School of Business Cost: $95 Driving Growth in Challenging Times This conference is designed for small- to medium-sized businesses that have made it through the start-up
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Here’s a startling statistic. One in three small-business owners aren’t prepared for retirement. USA TODAY reported last week that the American College surveyed small-business owners and found that about a third of the owners “do not have a personal or business-sponsored retirement plan such as a 401(k), a SEP IRA or deferred annuity. We might
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The crocodile tears were flowing at yesterday’s South Carolina Senate Banking and Insurance Subcommittee that was hearing two bills supported by the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC). One bill, S.31, would simply require all proposed workers’ compensation loss cost rate adjustments (increases and decreases) to be subject to a hearing before a
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Put small business development on State’s agenda The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce has been a leading advocate of the state putting more emphasis on small business economic development. Senate Bill 1089 has been introduced to do just that. It would create the Division of Small Business and Entrepreneurial Development in the S.C.
It would be nice to believe that with Rick Perry dropping out of the GOP primary last week that the idea he floated earlier this month in South Carolina of killing off the Small Business Administration would itself be killed off. But that’s not going to happen. There are still too many politicians willing to
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By Licia Jackson ljackson@scbiznews.com Jan. 13, 2012 The S.C. Women’s Business Center is being launched this month to provide free business counseling, technical assistance and education for women who have established businesses or who are thinking about starting a business. The Center for Women in Charleston has received a five-year, $750,000 Small Business Administration grant
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The South Carolina Small BusinessChamber of CommerceAnnual Policy SummitDecember 13, 2011 6 to 8 p.m. Join SCSBCC President Frank Knapp, Jr.and members of the SCSBCC Board of Directorsdiscuss current policies and upcoming issues related to small business Key Note: Curtis Loftis, S.C. Treasurer Enjoy gourmet catering and beverages including beer and wine Sponsord by Spotted Salamander
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I had the opportunity to visit Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan last Thursday. No, I didn’t see Jackson Brown play for the Occupy Wall Street protestors and on-lookers. But I did meet Jesse La Greca who has become a media voice for the movement. This marks my fourth visit to an Occupy site including ours
