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The SBA Promotes Loan Options at Credit Unions
According to The Business Journals, the Small Business Association (SBA) wants to make it easier for small businesses to obtain loans so they have partnered with the National Credit Union Administration. The three year agreement provides credit unions with training and promotional materials on the SBA’s loan programs.
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Sedentary Small Businesses
Small businesses promote sedentary work environments, reports the Insurance Journal. According to a new poll by Employers, a worker’s compensation carrier, finds that over 75% of small business employers fail to offer non-traditional seating options for employees, such as balance balls and treadmill desks. In addition, small business employees take less breaks and vacations.
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Twitter Debuts New Promotion Feature
According to Mashable, Twitter has rolled out an new way for small businesses to promote their services. The new quick promote feature,which lets small businesses promote tweets directly from their analytical dashboard, is a simplified version of their promoted tweets feature.
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Keeping the Burden Off Small Businesses
According to the Washington Post, the House Judiciary Committee has approved the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (RFIA). The RFIA is designed to prevent small businesses from suffering unnecessary regulatory burdens. The act would require federal agencies identify and consider indirect consequences of proposed regulation on small businesses, not merely direct consequences.
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Small Business Hiring Slows
Small business hiring fell in January, reports the Washington Post. Overall, only 78,000 jobs were added in January, down from 115,000 in December. This is the first time since October that small businesses haven’t added over 100,000 jobs.
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Entry-level Storage System for SMEs and Branch Offices
Fujitsuintroduced an entry-level disk storage system that scales to meet the ever-increasing data management needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The business-centric system is easy to install, configure, operate and maintain, removing the perennial headache of managing and storing increasing volumes of data at an affordable cost.
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Benefits to Loyalty Apps
Loyalty programs are getting a boost from smartphones, reports the New York Times. With more loyalty apps available small businesses are able to offer better reward systems to their customers.
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Business Owners Dislike Bookkeeping
Bookkeeping ranks as small business owners least loved task, reports Entrepreneur. According to a survey by TD Bank 96 percent of those surveyed loved having their own business, they just don’t love keeping the books. Over half of the respondents reported bookkeeping as their least favorite task.
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2015 Turns Mobile Browsers into Buyers
According to Small Business Computing, 2015 will see the rise of mobile eCommerce. Industry experts believe that in 2015 more consumers will use their mobile phones to complete purchases. In previous years, it’s been hard to convert a mobile phone user from a browser to a buyer, but in 2015 it should be easier to get mobile users to click “buy”.
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Hybrid IT as a Service for North American SMBs
Zynstra announced the availability of its Cloud Managed Server Appliances in North America. The appliances provide cloud connections optimized for small businesses.
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