Youre not alone. I walk the city and see for lease signs dotting retail windows, 50 per cent off ads all over the shopping malls, and small businesses struggling because they cant get access to credit. I see the ads on TV for banks deposit rates, but little mention of their small business loans.
To be fair, the banks arent at fault when it comes to lending to SMEs; its simply that residential mortgages are more profitable and less risky than a small business loan. Gone are the days when a travel agent, butcher or local bookshop owner could walk into their bank branch, have a meeting with the manager and arrange for a line of credit. Nowadays, the banks have centralised their lending...
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Posted at 08:56 PM ET, 05/06/2012
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How do you use LinkedIn for business?
By Olga Khazan
On Small Business has a new feature in which young entrepreneurs will answer common questions about small business owners’ social media needs. The following answers...
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lt;span class=subheadgt;Small-business grouplt;/pgt;lt;pgt;lt;/spangt;The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce has formed the Small, Diverse and Emerging Business Committee to focus on needs specific to high-growth businesses, minority-owned businesses and companies that employ one to 250 workers.lt;/pgt;lt;pgt;More than 80 percent of chamber members are small businesses, and the chamber has one of the largest small-business celebrations in the country. lt;/pgt;lt;pgt;Matt Cohen, owner of the Athletic amp; Rehabilitation Center and a former chamber top 10 small-business award winner, is chair of the new committee.lt;/pgt;lt;pgt;lt;span class=subheadgt;Out of prisonlt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;lt;pgt;Former...
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2012-05-03
Bandera County 4H salutes volunteers
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Bandera County 4-H, in celebration of National Volunteer Month, thanks the volunteers who help make their program a success. The Horse, Shotgun, Rifle, Photography, Food and Nutrition, Clothing, Beef, Goat, Lamb, Swine, Rabbit, Poultry, Range Science, and Small Pets are just some of the projects in which Bandera County youth benefit from the timeless efforts of adult leaders.
The new value of volunteer time for the US is $21.79 per hour. The price is never worth the value of the time and hours the 4-H volunteers have worked. And all of their work is done free of charge by these individuals.
Adult volunteers...
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The Government will be going ahead with a recommendation from its Business Tax Working Group to introduce loss carry-backs for business – where a company applies operating losses to a preceding years income to reduce tax liabilities.
From July 1, 2012 businesses will be able to carry back up to $1 million of losses to get a refund of tax paid in the previous year.
From July 1, 2013, companies will be able to carry back losses against tax paid up up to two years earlier.
It will give businesses greater access to their legitimate tax reductions when they are making losses, Mr Swan said in a joint statement with Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury and Small Business...
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Last week a black bear roamed La Crescenta until it was tranqulizied and transported back to Angeles National Forest. This week, a mountain lion made its debut.
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A resident reported seeing a mountain lion Sunday in the 5400 block of Pineridge Drive about 8 pm Sunday, Sheriffs Sgt. Brett Hanson of the Crescenta Valley Station told Patch.
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Deputies went out and checked the entire area, but were unable to locate the mountain lion, Hanson said.
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Mountain lions are solitary animals found where deer ususually graze, according to the California Department of Fish amp; Game. These animals can also eat small pets, too.
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One of the most important problems raised by recent news of the General Services Administrations (GSA) trip to Las Vegas on the taxpayers dime is the abuse of federal small business contracting programs.
The GSA Inspector Generals (IG) report on over $800,000 of taxpayer money that was spent on a GSA Las Vegas conference in 2010 found that the GSA was guilty of awarding a $58,000 contract to a large business in violation of small-business set-asides.
Current federal law states that 23 percent of all federal contracts must be awarded to small businesses. This is extremely important for the national economy because small businesses create 90 percent of net news jobs, according...
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A bobcat waits for breakfast to pop up near Carriage Drive on Wednesday. Bobcats love rodents, but will take small pets if they get the chance. (Walt Hester)
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Its probably not a picture of a wild canine slipping almost unseen through a city neighborhood, stealing trash from unsecured containers and dog or cat food from residents back porches.
But theyre doing that, in Mount Vernon and other places. Theyre found in all 88 counties in Ohio and the population is considered stable or increasing. Coyotes are similar in appearance to a medium-sized dog and have a distinctive bushy tail, usually tipped with black. Most are gray, but some have some rusty, brown or off-white coloration.
Theyre generally not a threat to people, said Knox County Wildlife Officer Mike Miller, but you might want to keep an eye on small pets. Coyotes have been known...
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Americas small businesses are the economic engines of our communities. They create two-thirds of net new jobs in the US, and more than half of all working Americans either own or work for a small business.
To recognize the enormous contributions of these businesses, each year the US Small Business Administration conducts National Small Business Week. It is an opportunity to pause and pay tribute to the men and women who are starting and growing companies that are transforming their industries.
As part of this recognition, the SBA announces a Small Business Person of the Year from each state, small business champions, successful government contracting firms and disaster...
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