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
By Bob Keener | Business for Shared Prosperity Washington, October 11, 2011 – As big American companies step up calls for another tax holiday on money they’ve parked offshore, Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has today released a study showing that a similar 2004 “one-time” tax holiday did not
When the federal government was bailing out big banks, Wall Street’s corporate America, Fannie and Freddie; one important federal financial program stayed solvent—the Small Business Administration. The SBA’s primary job is simply to encourage private financial institutions to make small business loans that they might otherwise not do. The SBA accomplishes this by guaranteeing up
This is a follow-up to last Friday’s blog on the ranking of South Carolina on entrepreneurship. The ranking was less than flattering but I said that someone needed to dig into exactly how the rankings were made. Friday afternoon I interviewed Michelle Abraham, Director of the South Carolina Small Business Development Center. She had talked
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