On August 22, 2022, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) implements one last rule That offers two new methods for small businesses to earn past performance credits when competing for federal primary contracts. First, the rule allows certain small business providers to rely on the past performance of joint ventures (JV) of which they have … Read more
The best-performing community banks this year were linked by two common threads: specialization and expansion. Banks that specialize in specific lines of business and have expanded those units beyond their geographic footprint have been among the best-performing publicly traded banks, with less than $2 billion in assets on an annual basis, according to Claude Hanley, … Read more
Through Luke LaHaie, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of novelty The salvation for American small businesses is rooted in access to capital Small businesses are America’s lifeblood, accounting for 44% of the national GDP, creating 62% of new jobs and representing 99.9% of all US businesses. Despite the government’s recent efforts to support entrepreneurs, small businesses cannot … Read more
Keith King, Founder and CEO, National Veteran Business Development Council (NVBDC) Brigadier General (Ret.) Dick Miller, President, NVBDC NVBDC and SBA sign strategic alliance memorandum NVBDC continues to work with the SBA to support experienced businesses with opportunities made available to them directly! The NVBDC views entrepreneurship as a different form of employment and believes … Read more
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) sent a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman asking the SBA to release $180 million in uncommitted funds from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) release. There are over 58,000 small businesses in New York’s 12th congressional district, many of them restaurants, which … Read more
The declaration covers Holmes County and adjacent Attala, Carroll, Humphreys, Leflore, Madison and Yazoo counties in Mississippi. On Tuesday, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) announced that businesses and residents affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes of March 22, 2022 can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the US Small Business Administration … Read more
Izzy Ruffin sells merchandise made from wild Maine blueberries for the Lost & Found Farm at the Brunswick Farmers Market. Maria Skillings / The Times Record With National Farmers Market Week approaching, officials from the US Small Business Administration visited the Braunschweig market on Tuesday to discuss the role of farmers in the local economy … Read more
The Small Business Administration intends to bring another wave of employees back into the office for at least a portion of each two-week pay period starting next month. SBA told employees in an email obtained by the Federal News Network on July 13 that it would be bringing wage unit employees back to the office … Read more
Happy August! Or as many of my neighbors like to say: Happy Fog. San Francisco sits on a peninsula surrounded by cool water. So when warm summer air rushes in, dense fog shrouds the landscape. On some days the ceiling is so thick that visibility is only a few hundred meters. It’s an apt metaphor … Read more
Happy August! Or as many of my neighbors like to say: Happy Fog. San Francisco sits on a peninsula surrounded by cool water. So when warm summer air rushes in, dense fog shrouds the landscape. On some days the ceiling is so thick that visibility is only a few hundred meters. It’s an apt metaphor … Read more