Government shutdown puts SBA loans on hold

The Small Business Administration paid out more than $45 billion in loans to 85,000 small businesses in fiscal 2025. Michele Sandiford October 28, 2025 11:25 am < a min read The government shutdown is putting loans from the Small Business...

Small businesses face shock penalties after HMRC site closes

HMRC is shutting down its online filing service from 31 March 2026, but business owners need to download paperwork first Small business owners are being warned not to get caught out by the taxman after it closes down its online portal for filing...

Small business spotlight: Jake Zettel keeps things clear with mobile glass service

Jake Zettel of Glass FX Mobile Glass Service replaces a windshield on a Dodge truck at Schultz Automotive in Tavistock last week. Zettel’s mobile service is available by calling 519-274-5144. Gary West photo When political leaders talk about the...

SmarterBrands.ai Officially Available for Acquisition

Fully Developed $2M AI Business Platform Poised to Transform Small Business Automation LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / October 28, 2025 / SmarterBrands.ai, the advanced artificial intelligence platform built to help small and mid-sized...

Ohio Judge Extends Pause On Governor’s Hemp Product Ban

Ohio has more than 4,000 small businesses and family-owned businesses that sell hemp products, according to the lawsuit. By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Ohio stores and restaurants can continue to sell intoxicating hemp products through at...

Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition urges province to scrap recycling changes

'We support producer responsibility, but the policy can't abandon small businesses, religious or non-profit users in the process,' says official NEWS RELEASE RESCUE LAKE SIMCOE COALITION ************************* The Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition...

USDA announces plan to beef up the cattle industry

by Troy Walz October 22, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr., and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced a suite of actions...

Jordan Ahli Bank Celebrates the Winners of the 2025 “Anty Women in Business Program for SMEs’

Jordan Ahli Bank has hosted an award ceremony to celebrate the winners of the “Anty – Small and Medium Enterprises Program” Saturday, October 25, 2025. The event took place at the Sheraton Amman Hotel, in the presence of a distinguished group of...

SMALL BUSINESS WEEK: Farrell's Landscaping and Plowing take pride in their hard work

Farrell's equipment on display at the 2025 myFM Home Cottage & Leisure Show in May | Photo Credit: Farrell's Landscaping and Plowing The Farrell brothers, Patrick and Joe, have curated a landscaping company enveloped in local connection and...

ACO’s Heritage Awards include two Amherstburg recipients

79-81 Murray St. captured the Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse in the Small-Scale/Individual/Small Business category. The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) handed out its 2025 Heritage Awards earlier this month and there are two...

Ojukwu urges South-East SMEs to embrace ECOWAS trade initiatives 

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Ojukwu, has urged Southeast Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to embrace ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme By Alex Enebeli The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Ojukwu, has...

E-recycling event scheduled for Nov. 8

The Municipality of Bethel Park will host a free TV and Electronics Recycling event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Allegheny County South Park Wave Pool parking lot. The event is open to households and small businesses and is...

Makera to Launch Its Z1 Desktop CNC Machine On Kickstarter

MIDDLETOWN, Del. - Makera is set to launch the Z1 Desktop CNC Machine on Kickstarter on October 28, bringing compact, high-precision manufacturing to makers, educators, and small businesses. Early backers can claim a 24-Hour Launch Giveaway — a...

Find out more as FG invites small business owners to apply for N20m funding opportunity

The federal government, through SMEDAN, has launched a N20 million pitch competition to empower Nigerian entrepreneurs The competition will reward five outstanding entrepreneurs with grants and sponsor ten finalists on an all-expenses-paid trip...

October celebrates women-owned small businesses making big impact

Growth in MSME book to drive TMB’s loan growth, says MD

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) aims to clock 14% loan growth by the end of the current financial year, led by expansion in its micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) portfolio, managing director and chief executive officer Salee S. Nair told...

Cambodia to Unlock the European Market for Small/Medium Enterprises in Cashew, Pepper Industries

Commerce Minister Cham Nimul and EU Ambassador Igor Driesmans attend the Cashew and Pepper Trade Forum 2025 on Oct 23. Photo provided. PHNOM PENH — Cashew nut and pepper businesses are setting their sights on the European market, a gateway to more...

Applications now open for Accelerate 606 business growth program in EKy

LONDON, Ky. — Entrepreneurs across Appalachian Kentucky can now apply for Accelerate 606, a 10-week business accelerator designed to help growth-stage small businesses scale sustainably. The program, which runs Jan. 15 through March 26, combines...

Here's how waste collection in Simcoe County will change in 2026

Simcoe County says residential recycling collection will shift to Circular Materials management next year. It all starts on January 1st, as part of Ontario’s new producer-responsibility framework. However, Industrial, Commercial and Institutional...

Growing from the bottom up

There are a number of challenges to starting one's own small business and different business owners may find different aspects of getting started the toughest challenge of all. For Harry Towtongie of Rankin Inlet, bookkeeping was his toughest...