Small Business

November 29, 2016 

Applying for a small business loan or line of credit can be a critical step in opening or expanding a business. To ensure a successful relationship, prospective lenders will request documents and ask questions about you, your business, and your goals.

November 28, 2016 

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently reported that canceling the overtime changes would benefit consumers by avoiding price increases that would come if companies had to pay their workers more. Real family income would be $2.1 billion ...

November 28, 2016 

The first step is specifying value from the standpoint of the customer. Accounting firms have multiple customers. The easiest to identify are, of course, the clients who pay you. But as you begin to understand the core of Lean, you need to identify ...

November 22, 2016 

Through its web-based toolset, iManage Control Center makes it easier for help desk staff and system administrators to administer the iManage Work user base and information at any time, from any device — allowing them to be more responsive to their ...

November 21, 2016 

Though the opinions were generally consistent, with integrity leading the way, the research revealed differences by age. Workers 55 and older placed more emphasis on fairness than 18 to 34 year olds by a wide margin, whereas the youngest group of ...

November 20, 2016 

The survey found that 21 percent of weekend shoppers plan to shop on Thanksgiving Day, nearly the same as last year’s 22 percent. But Black Friday will remain the busiest day of the holiday weekend with 74 percent planning to shop that day, the same ...

November 16, 2016 

Millennials are now the largest living generation in the U.S.. An acute understanding of the entrepreneurial individuals in this group is growing to be a necessity for accountants and bookkeepers in order to provide services that will meet their needs ...

November 15, 2016 

As consumers use more messaging apps in their personal lives, the study suggests chat is emerging as a primary communication channel for retailers as well.

November 8, 2016 

When the average housing wealth of homeowners in a particular area falls as much as it did during the Great Recession, a chain's entry into franchising could be delayed by roughly four months and its employment growth reduced by 9 percent, say ...

November 7, 2016 

Retailers could see record web traffic this year, according to Deloitte’s 31st annual holiday survey of consumer spending intentions and trends. Among the findings from the 2016 study:

October 31, 2016 

Three businesses were recognized this month at Intuit’s QuickBooks Connect conference in San Jose, California, and each will receive a $10,000 small business marketing makeover, one free year of Avalara’s sales tax automation service, and a customer ...

October 31, 2016 

America’s 28 million small businesses are especially at risk. According to a report published earlier this year, almost half of cyber-attacks worldwide are against businesses with less than 250 workers. Every time a small business owner connects to ...