The Small Business Administration has initiated its Dealer Floor Plan (DFP) financing program, which will make it easier for auto, RV and other dealerships to borrow against their inventory and increase their cash flow.
Tags: small business, sba, dealer floor plan financing, loans, 7(a) program, dfp loans
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Posted: 7/6/2009 | Comments (0)
July of 2010 will mark the full implementation of the PCI Data Security Standards for online payment card transactions. That gives you a year to get ready for it. Here is what you need to know.
Tags: small business, pci, compliance, credit cards, debit cards, payment cards
Posted: 7/2/2009 | Comments (2)
In an era where retaining customers is as important—or more important—than finding news ones, the big questions you have to answer are these: How loyal are your customers to your brand and what are you doing to keep them loyal?
Tags: small business, brands, brand loyalty, customer service
Posted: 6/25/2009 | Comments (0)
The SBA recognized two of its Emerging 200 initiative participants as being among the winners of the 2009 Inner City 100 competition. Chosen from a pool of nearly 6,500 applicants, the winners are Sacred Power corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico and FutureNet Group of Detroit Michigan, both of them Native-American owned and operated businesses.
Tags: small business, native american, inner city 100, sba, emerging 200, sacred power corporation, futurenet group
Posted: 6/24/2009 | Comments (0)
Now we have some tax legislation coming out of Washington that makes sense, thanks to Rep. James Himes (D-CT), which would make it easier for companies to employ telecommuters from out of state by removing the tax penalties these employees currently face.
Tags: small business, telecommuting, taxes
Posted: 6/22/2009 | Comments (0)
The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy has released the findings of it Small Business & Micro Business Lending in the United States for Data Years 2007-2008, which offers information useful to any small business owner looking for a small business loan.
Tags: small business, sba, office of advocacy, small business loans
Posted: 6/19/2009 | Comments (0)
Do you know whether you are liable for overtime for your employees? Just because you pay them a salary doesn’t mean you are off the hook for time-and-a-half. Here is what you need to know.
Tags: small business, employment, hourly, salary, overtime
Posted: 6/18/2009 | Comments (0)
The SBA is accepting loan applications for a temporary new program called America’s Recovery Capital. These “ARC” loans, which go up to $35,000, help viable small businesses with immediate financial hardship to keep their doors open until they get back on track.
Tags: sba, small business, financing, arc, arc loans
Posted: 6/17/2009 | Comments (0)
Kim Fenolio will be leading a Twitter chat that answers questions about how to use Twitter the right way for business. She’ll cover DOs and DON’Ts on how to get and keep followers, get attention, make some money in the process and anything guests may want to talk about.
Tags: twitter, marketing, right, small business, social media
Posted: 6/9/2009 | Comments (1)
According to the IRS, any business that is planning to claim the newly-expanded work opportunity tax credit for eligible unemployed veterans and unskilled younger workers hired during the first part of 2009 has until August 17th to request the necessary certification required to be able to take the tax credits that come with hiring these workers.
Tags: small business, work opportunity tax credit, unemployed veterans, disconnected youth, hiring, employment, wotc, irs, american recovery and reinvestment act
Posted: 5/29/2009 | Comments (1)
A small business owner from Oklahoma City who battled a brain tumor and overcame challenges generated by 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina to lead her environmental remediation firm to success was today named National Small Business Person of the Year. State winners from Massachusetts and Hawaii are Runners-Up
Tags: small business, sba, national small business person of the year award
Posted: 5/21/2009 | Comments (1)
Every year the Small Business Administration issues special awards to outstanding small businesses and entrepreneurs. This year, the agency honored outstanding disaster recovery efforts with their coveted Phoenix Award.
Tags: small business, sba, phoenix award
Posted: 5/20/2009 | Comments (0)
When it comes to workers’ comp, obesity has always been a kind of taboo subject, but that is changing and both employers and underwriters are starting to take a close look at the costs associated with obesity.
Tags: small business, workers’ comp, health insurance, obesity
Posted: 5/18/2009 | Comments (1)
When it comes to firing an employee, it’s a bit easier if that employee did something wrong. The tough part is, you better be able to prove your allegations so they stand up in court.
Tags: small business, employment, termination, accusations, defamation
Posted: 5/15/2009 | Comments (1)
The question of healthcare reform is a hot one these days, and the administration’s solution to it—taxes on all sorts of things including employer-paid benefits and soda pop—seems to be the odds-on favorite to win. Still, is sinking even more money, trillions of dollars, into healthcare really the only option? Perhaps it is really a matter of priorities instead.
Tags: small business, healthcare, health insurance, healthcare reform, taxes
Posted: 5/14/2009 | Comments (0)
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