SCE&G SEEKS ANOTHER ELECTRIC RATE HIKE Small Business Chamber President to Intervene SCE&G is asking the Public Service Commission for an overall 5.66% increase on electric rates, which would include a 3.3% hike on small businesses. In 2002, SCE&G was granted an 8% increase on small business rates after The SC Small Business Chamber of […]
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The Small Business Chamber is supporting a $40 million budget for the Technical College Lottery Tuition Assistance program. In the fall of 2003, this highly successful, lottery funded program paid approximately 75% of the tuition for 21,097 South Carolinians attending our technical colleges to prepare them with the skills our small businesses need. That is
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This will be a hectic and confusing week for the Senate budget process. No one knows what will happen as the Senate tries to find a solution to the state’s budget mess. That is why it is so important for you to contact as many Senators as you can to make two points very clear.
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The SC General Assembly closed down on June 3rd and now it is time to assess how The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce agenda fared. For five months, the Small Business Chamber worked hard both inside and outside the State House to advance the cause of small business. Overall, the results are positive. And
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State Agencies Competing With Business Important Vote This Tuesday The House Judiciary Committee will vote Tuesday (4/20) on H.4739, which sets a state policy of state agencies not producing goods or services and offering them to the private sector in competition with businesses. The bill does not prohibit agencies from producing goods or services for
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Advanced Insurance Management (“AIM”) was commissioned by the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce to perform a study regarding the impact on the Workers’ Compensation insurance costs of small employers from the operation of the South Carolina Second Injury Fund (“SCSIF”). Accordingly, AIM researched how the South Carolina Second Injury Fund operates, and reviewed
Unregulated Telecommunication Monopolies Not Good For Small Businesses The Public Service Commission and The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce fear the return of un-regulated telecommunication monopolies if the Senate passes House Bill 4656 without amendments. The bill would allow local telephone companies to offer bundled services (i.e. business line plus voice mail, call waiting,
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Small Business Under Attack from Regulated Industries Small Business Chamber Fighting Back Look out small businesses! Telephone, electricity and workers comp insurance costs will all be going up soon. This Bulletin tells you what these regulated industries are up to and how The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce is working to keep your business
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We want to hear how much your group health insurance premiums have increased. Can you even afford group health insurance? Send your information to us at sbchamber@scsbc.org. This information will be very important to us in our efforts to push for the Legislature to debate this issue. Our bills in the Senate (S.349) and House
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State agencies are not required to receive permission from elected state officials to pursue the development of goods and services that compete with the private sector. Consequently, businesses have no protection from unfair and unjustified competition from taxpayer supported public agencies and their related organizations. The most recent egregious example of this problem is the
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