Blog by Frank Knapp, President & CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce January 25, 2021 Past Administrations have always promoted the idea of the U.S. government buying more American made products. That sounds easy. But if American manufacturers don’t know what the federal government is buying…
Biden keeps word on offshore oil drilling
Blog by Frank Knapp, Jr., President & CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce January 23, 2021 President Joe Biden has taken quick action on climate change including his commitment to ban all new oil drilling on public lands and waters on his first day in office.…
SC Small Business Chamber’s 2020 Successes and 2021 Issues
Newsletter January 16, 2021 2020 Successes and 2021 Issues 2020 Successes Federal and State COVID stimulus programs The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce promoted PPP loan opportunity to the state’s small businesses. We successfully advocated for $40 million in state small business grants using CARES Act funds to…
Are You Ready for PPP Round 2?
Are You Ready for Round 2? Topics: Rules & Regulations Tax Implications & How to Get Ready Bank Application Process & Pitfalls to Avoid that Delay Processing Presenters: R. Gregg White | SBA District Director Ronny H. Burkett, Daniel Crowson | Burkett, Burkett & Burkett CPAs Dominik Mjartan | OPTUS Bank…
THE POWER OF CAPITAL: HOW TO FUEL THE GROWTH OF YOUR BUSINESS
THURS. 1/14/21, 4P.M. EST Chase for Business and Advancing Black Pathways have come together to offer Advancing Black Entrepreneurs — a collection of practical resources tailored to help Black business owners grow and scale their business. In partnership with Black Enterprise, the National Urban League, the U.S. Black Chambers and…
Small Business For America’s Future Informational Session on PPP Rules and Guidelines
January 12, 2021 Join us for an informational session regarding the new rules and guidelines to the Paycheck Protection Plan on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 5:00pm ET. REGISTER HERE Featured Speakers: Anne Zimmerman Ms. Zimmerman is the founder and owner of Zimmerman & Co CPAs Inc., a public accounting…
December’s job losses not good news for women
Small businesses with fewer than 20 workers lost 16,000 jobs in December according to the ADP National Employment Report. The Labor Department says that a total of 140,000 jobs were lost during December. That shouldn’t have been a surprise given COVID’s surge since Thanksgiving. But check out this shocking headline…
Remarks Announcing Labor, Commerce, and SBA Nominations as Prepared for Delivery by President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware
January 8, 2021 Good afternoon. Today, I am pleased to announce the latest members of our economic team. And with their announcements, I am proud to announce that we have finished naming our Cabinet. Twenty-four outstanding women and men who will get our country moving again, who will restore trust…
“Respond in writing”: Committee Chair calls for response from Santee Cooper
Representative Kirkman Finlay, Chairman of the SC House Santee Cooper Ad Hoc Committee, called on the utility to refute any of the information contained in the two documents released by the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce and the Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce. The Committee met this morning…
15 Falsehoods: Separating Facts from Fiction in Selling Santee Cooper
January 5, 2021 Just three months ago, the South Carolina Small Business Chamber and the Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce published “No Longer An Asset: How Santee Cooper is Failing South Carolina,” a paper that lays out the state-owned utility’s many failures in recent years. This…