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Updating Small Business Administration's Small Business Farm Definition
A new bill introduced into the House of Representatives wants to classify farms as small businesses, reports the St. Louis Post Dispatch. According to the bill’s sponsor the current Small Business Administration definitions are outdated and prevent many farms from getting SBA loans and other assistance.
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Small Business Confidence Down
March was a bad month for business confidence, reports CNBC. In March, the National Federation of Independent Business’ small business optimism index dropped to 92.6. It hasn’t been this low since February 2014.
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Digital Tools for Small Business
According to the Delaware Business Times, the Small Business Administration has new digital tools available for small businesses. The tools are available through SBA’s Small Business Tech Coalition and include e-commerce platforms, cyber security and payment processing. The coalition will also sponsor educational seminars.
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Mobility in small business [INFOGRAPHIC]
When you work alone or with few human resources, any way you can save time and work more efficiently becomes key to business success. And that's where the mobile entrepreneurs come to the fore. Mobile uptake is strong amongst Australian businesses and this infograhic, taken from our new eBook The Mobile Nation: How Youngpreneurs are Transforming Small Business gives great insight into which devices are being used, where and by whom.
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Smart Building Solution For Small & Medium Businesses
Riptide, developer of cloud-based building management solutions today announced its strategy to bring automation and control to the 7 million small to medium businesses operating in brick and mortar locations more affordably, quickly, and easily than traditional building automation systems.
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The Small Business Health Care Tax Credit: Seven Tax Tips for Employers
Do you own a small business or run a tax-exempt organization with fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees? If you do, the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit can help you provide insurance to your employees. You may be able to save on your taxes if you paid for at least half of their health insurance premiums. Here are seven tax tips about this credit:
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Google Helps Small Business Get Mobile Friendly
According to Business Insider, small businesses can use a new tool by Google to test their site to see how well it works on mobile devices. The new Test My Site goes live in May with it users will be able to see how mobile friendly their site is an get specific tips on improving it.
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Small Business Down on Washington
Small business owners are unhappy with Washington, reports Small Business Trends. The results are from the a new survey from Sage. Sage surveyed over 400 small businesses and found that 63% of them report feeling discouraged by government leaders.
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New Overtime Rules Coming Soon
According to BusinessWire, the Department of Labor will finalize its new rules pertaining to overtime this year. The annual new annual salary for exempt management will be $50,400.
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SBA Teams with Tech Heavyweights to Help American Small Businesses Go Digital
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was joined today by a group of leading technology companies to announce the formation of the Small Business Technology Coalition, a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership that will provide America's small businesses a streamlined interface to connect to innovative technology platforms as well as digital education and enterprise training.
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