March 15, 2021 Dear Business Leader, Last week, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law. On Tuesday, March 15, the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Small Business For America’s Future, Business Forward, and other partner organizations will welcome Bharat Ramamurti, Deputy Director of the National Economic…
Restaurants, small businesses stand to benefit from federal aid
WIS-TV March 10, 2021 Watch video By Chris Joseph COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The passage of the ‘American Rescue Plan’ has national implications but could have consequences closer to home. The package sets aside $28.6 billion for restaurants in the form of grants. Each grant will provide up to $10…
Small Business Group Applauds Final Passage of American Rescue Plan, Urges Policymakers to Turn Focus to High Healthcare Costs
Statement by Renee Johnson, senior advisor to Small Business for America’s Future on today’s final passage of the American Rescue Plan Washington, D.C., March 10, 2021—Today’s final passage of the American Rescue Plan is a big win for the country’s small businesses as they try to recover from the economic…
New national survey finds small businesses support more government relief
From Feb. 13-18, 2021, Small Business for America’s Future conducted a national survey of 1,241 small business owners in its network to learn about ongoing pandemic impacts on their businesses and test their opinions about government priorities and the proposed American Rescue Plan. 69% of small business owners — including…
Briefing on the American Rescue Plan
Please join us Wednesday, February 24 at 11:00a.m. ET for a conversation with Bharat Ramamurti and Cedric Richmond. WHAT: Briefing on the American Rescue Plan WITH: Bharat Ramamurti National Economic Council Deputy Director Congressman Cedric Richmond Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public…
Press Statement February 22, 2021 Biden-Harris Administration listens to small business organizations and makes critical fix to PPP Statement of Frank Knapp Jr., president & CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. Today the Biden-Harris Administration announced needed changes to the second round of the Paycheck Protection…
100 Organizations call for fair PPP treatment for ALL microbusinesses
February 13, 2021 When the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was rolled out by Congress early last year to help “small businesses” pay employees, utilities and rent; it became very clear that many very small businesses and self-employed were shut out. One of the biggest hurdles was…
The American Rescue Plan
Dear Business Leader, The Administration has revealed a sweeping new plan to help save our economy and help small businesses: The American Rescue Plan. We need Congress to act quickly and pass it now. ADD YOUR NAME In short, the American Rescue Plan will: Provide $15 billion in grants to the…
SC set aside millions for small and minority-owned businesses. Here’s where it went
The State January 24, 2021 By Joseph Bustos COLUMBIA, S.C. In 2020 Tangie Beaty, the CEO of a minority-owned theater and film production company, couldn’t put on three planned plays and missed out on $14,000 to $20,000 in net profit for each production. To help make up for some of…
Small Business Group: Corporations Should Funnel Political Donations Diverted From Lawmakers Who Opposed Election Certification to Small Business Relief
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Frank Knapp, Jr., co-chair of Small Business for America’s Future and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2021—We applaud the corporations that have pledged to halt donations to the 147 Republican lawmakers who opposed certification of the presidential election…