Small Business Administration opens Roseburg center for storm recovery assistance

ROSEBURG, Ore. - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened a Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Roseburg to assist those impacted by severe storms and flooding in March. The center, located at the Roseburg Public Safety Center, will...

Small Businesses Turn to Tax Relief as Economic Pressures Mount

As tax season approaches, small business owners are bracing for what is often a dizzying array of complexities that go far beyond the average taxpayer’s experience. While individuals may face a straightforward W-2 or 1099, small business owners...

Asialink offers new loan product for women-led small businesses

ASIALINK FINANCE Corp. has launched a loan product to provide financing to women-led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The Women’s Access to Inclusive Support (WAIS) Loan has been launched to mark Asialink’s 28th anniversary, it said in...

Marketing Online Can Be Overwhelming For Small Businesses — But It Doesn't Have to Be With These 6 Strategies

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Small business owners often feel overwhelmed by the prospect of engaging with digital marketing techniques. The ever-growing range of expensive tools, platforms and agencies can be...

The Long Covid for Small Businesses

The long Covid for small businesses has gone on too long. It is past time to prime the pump and restart the economic engines of small business. Delay only makes recovery harder, and takes us to the brink of collapse It has been five years since...

Bank retreat from small businesses offers adviser opportunity

The lending landscape has always been tough for small businesses, but it has not been getting any better. Recent data analysis from interest.co.nz revealed that business lending from banks has been slowing substantially over the last 12 years –...

Ottawa to Make Carbon Rebates for Small Businesses Non-Taxable

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne speaks to the media prior to the G7 Finance Ministers meeting in Banff, Alta., on May 20, 2025. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh The federal government has issued draft legislation ensuring all Canada...

How small businesses are looking to grow

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Small businesses play a crucial role in boosting the economy and strengthening community life, employing 59-million Americans and accounting for nearly half of the national workforce. Despite economic pressure and...

More 'sue-and-settle' website lawsuits hit Missouri small business owners

"Within two weeks of opening this location, I get hit with this demand letter." Standing before a colorful "Chip Wall" and among clean tables awaiting the lunch rush, Fetterman's Deli owner Scott Fetterman said his stomach dropped upon reading a...

Why a Managed Security Service Provider Is Essential for Small Businesses

“We’re too small for cyberattackers to worry about.” I hear that line often from business leaders at small organizations. And it worries me, because the truth is the exact opposite. Cybercriminals may find big fish tempting, but they also know...

Nigeria Overhauls Tax System: What It Means for Households and Small Businesses

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law a series of tax reforms aimed at modernising Nigeria’s tax system, simplifying compliance, and improving revenue generation without placing an extra burden on vulnerable citizens. Signed on Thursday...

Why Small Businesses Should Embrace the Bot

“Before asking for more headcount and resources, teams must demonstrate why they cannot get what they want done using AI.” That’s what Tobias Lütke, CEO of retail technology company Shopify, told his employees in a recent memo. That directive — to...

Building a Cyber-Aware Culture: A Small Business Guide for IT Leaders

All Employees Should Know Their Cyber Roles Keep your audience’s attention by focusing on their areas of responsibility. These can include the company’s reputation, regulatory compliance and ROI. Help everyone understand how their actions...

Governor’s Small Business Summit coming to Waxahachie

Eye on Small Business: Hardened Network Solutions Inc., Fairfield

A Hardened Network Solutions Inc.’s BESS (battery energy storage system). Courtesy HNSI. Along with the slew of new CBD shops, macramé candle “concept” stores and alternative yoga studios that seem to proliferate in our region, it’s sometimes easy...

SBA Relief Still Available to New York Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding

ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in New York of the Aug. 1 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses due to...

Community Futures Peterborough marks four decades of financing, supporting small business entrepreneurs

Photo Courtesy of Devon Girard Community Futures Peterborough had plenty to celebrate at its recent annual general meeting as the entrepreneur-empowering organization marked 40 years. Local business leaders, past Community Futures clients and...

Henrico Small Business Spotlight: Veggies and Herbs

Shireese Borden, 33, wants nutritional health and fitness to be “accessible, achievable and affordable.” Veggies and Herbs is the platform she created to make it happen. Veggies and Herbs acts as a resource center where customers can take...

The Digital Evolution of Small Business Financing

Getting a loan for a small business has been a difficult thing. Traditional financing was all about paperwork, many bank visits, and other credit checks to be performed before approval. Most developing leasing firms faced challenges such as...

Small Businesses Face Slight Rise in Electricity Costs

As summer approaches, small business owners across the United States are gearing up for a season of potential increases in electricity costs. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), average monthly residential electricity...