March 11, 2013
Financing group expands small business lending to 25 states
World Business Lenders, a lender to small businesses, has expanded lending to 25 from seven states, the company announced on Monday.
March 11, 2013
Employee fraud can cripple a small business: How to limit damages
How much does can a thieving employee cost a business? According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the average financial loss for one instance of employee fraud is $140,000, and 40 to 50 percent of victimized companies don't recover any of their losses.
March 11, 2013
What small business owners want: Simpler taxes, decreased federal spending and no national sales tax
Small businesses want a simpler income tax code with decreased federal spending, and oppose a national sales tax.
March 9, 2013
Report: Better small business financing and mortgage lending helping economy
Investors Alliance has released a collection of new research reports highlighting JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Company, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., KeyCorp and Credicorp Ltd.
March 9, 2013
Small Business Employment Index: Slight growth remains consistent with past years
The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index (SBEI), a barometer for hiring trends for more than 3,500 companies with 300 or fewer employees, increased by 0.20 percent during February, following a decrease of 2.37 percent in January.
March 8, 2013
Small business disaster loans also available to private nonprofits in North Carolina
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that some private non-profit organizations in North Carolina that do not provide critical services of a governmental nature may be eligible to apply for low interest rate disaster loans.
March 8, 2013
President of national small business association urges politicians to act on federal deficit
The president and CEO of the National Small Business Association, NSBA President, Todd McCracken, wants Congress to set aside partisan differences and get back to the work they were elected to do: Addressing the national debt.
March 6, 2013
Private U.S. companies growing, expanding sales and profits
Private companies in the United States continued to grow sales and expand their net profit margins in the period ending in January 2013, according to financial analysis firm Sageworks.
March 4, 2013
Mobile Payment Solutions: Are they Right for Small Businesses?
Our society seems to be taking the “paperless” movement in all directions, including to our wallets. The mobile payment phenomenon is a part of this continuing shift, but one that has different pros and cons than traditional online payment or e-invoicing utilities.
March 4, 2013
Employment numbers up for small businesses, Construction playing central role in recovery
U.S. small business employment increased slightly in February, with employees earning more money and working more hours. Small business revenues continue to drop, with the retail industry seeing the largest decline.
March 4, 2013
Does Ohio owe millions to small businesses? Workers’ Comp system overcharged many
The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation knowingly created an inequitable system of setting premiums for workers' comp insurance that resulted in overcharges to hundreds of thousands of Ohio businesses between 2001 and 2008, according to a judge's ruling in a class-action lawsuit.
February 28, 2013
PaySimple offers promotional pricing to help new small businesses grow and manage operations
For a limited time only, the leading cloud-based small business platform adds new product tier to give early stage businesses the tools they need to streamline operations from Day 1.