State Spends $1.3 Billion with Out-Of-State Businesses South Carolina state agencies purchase over $1.3 billion a year in goods and services from out-of-state businesses according to information recently obtained by The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce. The Office of Comptroller General conducted the research to generate the data at the request 9000-member statewide advocacy […]
Small Business Bulletin 7/8/2003 Read More »
The South Carolina legislative session, which ended last week, was a success for The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce and its 9000 members. While not everything on our legislative agenda was achieved, there were some victories and progress. Tech Tuition At the top of the Small Business Chamber’s legislative agenda was renewing last year’s
Legislative Update–2003 Session a Success Read More »
In January, the Public Service Commission voted to increase the electric rate by 8% on small businesses served by SCE&G. The Small Business Chamber intervened in the process to fight the 14% rate hike sought by the Company on small businesses. The process opened our eyes to the cozy relationship between the PSC Commissioners/staff and
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Senate Bill 106 would have forced employers to garnish the wages of their workers who have incurred commercial debt for their personal side businesses. The employer would then have to forward the money collected to the other business owed the debt. The Small Business Chamber believes that a small business should not be forced to become a
Process still biased toward big business On January 14, 2003, the SC Public Service Commission voted 6 to 1 for an increase in electric rates for SCE&G customers that will cost small businesses 8% more starting in February. The company had requested a 14% rate increase on small businesses. Other rate increases were 5% for
Three years ago this month with few resources, a handful of supporters and lofty goals, The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce was founded.  Through dogged determination and hard work, the Small Business Chamber has grown to over 8500 members with the support of ten trade associations and hundreds of independent small businesses.  This dramatic increase in
Small Business Chamber Celebrates Anniversary with Strong Growth Read More »
Since the legislative session ended, The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has been very busy on some key issues—small group health insurance, workforce training and SCE&G’s electric rate increase.  Just recently another issue has surfaced that will increase costs next year for small businesses–an unemployment insurance surcharge.  Below are summaries of our activities on these issues.  In
Official Newsletter of The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce 12/5/02 Read More »
Since the legislative session ended, The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has been very busy on some key issues—small group health insurance, workforce training and SCE&G’s electric rate increase.  Just recently another issue has surfaced that will increase costs next year for small businesses–an unemployment insurance surcharge.  Below are summaries of our activities on these issues.  In
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State Agency Competition Senators Reese, Knotts, Drummond, Kuhn and Ravenel have introduce Senate Bill 1039, a companion bill to H.4739 introduced last month in the House. These bills would require that any state agency or its foundations obtain permission from the Budget and Control Board in order to produce goods and services to be offered
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The 2002 legislative session has ended.  We are happy to report that The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce did very well on our legislative agenda.  This e-newsletter gives you the scorecard.  While not every bill we supported was passed, we can say that no initiative we opposed was enacted.  Not a bad record for only our second full
2002 Legislative Wrap-Up Read More »
