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Tips and Resources to Scale Your Small Business

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“Every business has different startup costs, but they all have one thing in common: having a financial cushion,” says Bob Marshall, the business growth and strategy executive for the Small Business Development Group at Wells Fargo Bank. You need to know what your costs will be and whether your business is scalable.”

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5 Common Problems with Small Business Retirement Plans

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Not surprisingly, age, marriage and education level affect the probability that an employee will participate in their company’s retirement plan, according to the Small Business Administration’s 2009 Small Business Retirement Plan Availability and Worker Participation survey. In 2009, only 19.5

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Hello Alice Co-founders Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore Are Fueling the Small Business Ecosystem

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A journey filled with unexpected events is an apt comparison for what many small business owners encounter in entrepreneurship. During a conference in 2015, the future co-founders started talking about a mutual passion to address the problem of equity in the small business space. What is Hello Alice?

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Small business owners continue to struggle with mental health

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Two out of five (40 percent) small business owners believe that their emotional recovery from the pandemic will take much longer than that of the financial disruption. The increasing pressure of the pandemic made it difficult for small business owners to prioritise their own wellbeing. percent growth in employee numbers.

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How Health Care Reform Helps People and Small Businesses Pay for Coverage

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Those eligible for the credit can get it one of two ways: They can (1) choose to have the government pay it in advance to their insurance company to lower monthly premium payments or (2) get it all when filing their tax return. Small businesses can also catch a break. There’s also the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit.

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): What you need to know

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Other employees are unable to work because: They’ve been exposed to, show symptoms of, or test positive for COVID-19 and are thus under a quarantine or isolation order from local/state/federal government – or have been advised to quarantine or self-isolate from a health-care provider. Small Business Exemption.

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Reactions to the UK’s new Employment Rights Bill

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The legislation represents what the government claims is a significant overhaul of workers’ rights, offering more protections and benefits and helping to promote practices like flexible working. The government deserves credit for its willingness to engage with businesses and unions on how to make a success of the Plan to Make Work Pay.