Statehouse Report March 10, 2023 By Frank Knapp Jr. The S.C. Small Business Development Center and the Darla Moore School of Business recently conducted the 2022 Small Business Needs Assessment Survey. One key finding: “The single largest operational challenge that businesses report facing in 2022 is a difficulty in hiring…
Immigration changes could pave path to workforce growth
Columbia Regional Business Report September 15, 2021 By Melinda Waldrop Frank Knapp sees one straightforward solution to the labor shortage facing many industries as the nation continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic: Make more workers available. Three pieces of legislation currently before the U.S. Senate can help accomplish that goal,…
Clyburn and other Representatives joined immigration presser today
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2021 Frank Knapp, 803-600-6874, fknapp@scsbc.org Ben Roussel, 202-210-3112, ben@rousselpr.com SC Small Business Chamber CEO addresses labor shortage and introduces Rep. Clyburn Watch Video Washington, DC — U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC), and members of the House Judiciary Committee, including U.S. Reps. Zoe…
Opinion: South Carolina Dreamers, businesses share common goal for DACA recipients
The State August 8, 2021 BY TAHERA ATTARWALA AND FRANK KNAPP JR. We, the authors of this op-ed, are two very different people. One is a 21-year-old woman of color born in India. When she was only one year old her parents immigrated to the U.S. under a business visa…
Commentary: Lindsey Graham’s leadership needed on immigration reform
Post and Courier July 16, 2021 By Jonatan Guerrero-Ramirez and Frank Knapp Jr. Sen. Lindsey Graham has introduced the Dream Act of 2021 along with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois. This is the third time the South Carolina Republican has sponsored the bill that provides a path for legal status and…
Opinion: How Sen. Graham can help fix the labor shortage with commonsense immigration reform
The Hill July 21, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr., Opinion Contributor Just as they are across the country, small businesses in South Carolina are facing a labor shortage that started before the pandemic. Our senator, Lindsey Graham (R), is key to the short and long-term solution by passing commonsense, bipartisan immigration solutions…
As teens head back to school, group says young workers needed to fill workforce needs
Live 5 WCSC July 18, 2021 As teens head back to school, group says young workers needed to fill workforce needs By Logan Reigstad WANDO, S.C. (WCSC) – The start of another school year is just weeks away, meaning many teens and young adults who picked up a summer job…
CAN IMMIGRATION REFORM EASE WORKER SHORTAGE?
Lexington County Chronicle July 5, 2021 Small business, other owners think it can Small business owners want US Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott to support immigration reform. The Carolinas Chapter of the American Business Immigration Coalition, SC Small Business Chamber and other organizations urged the senators to help ease a…
Small business owners urge senators to support immigrant reform to address worker shortage
WCSC-TV June 30, 2021 Watch Video By Paola Tristan Arruda CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – South Carolina small business owners and state organizations are calling on U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott to support bipartisan immigration reform. On Wednesday, the Carolinas Chapter of the American Business Immigration Coalition along with…
3-city immigration event spreads the word for needed reform to help small businesses
Contact: Frank Knapp 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Press Release July 1, 2021 Columbia, SC—The South Carolina Small Business Chamber (SCSBCC) and the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) successfully completed press events on June 30th in Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston. Frank Knapp, president and CEO of the SCSBCC, announced that his chamber…