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Lending is Up for Small Business
Small businesses lending is up, reports Forbes. Big banks are approving 28% of all small businesses applications, while smaller banks are approving 50%.
Approval rates for small business loan applications rose to another post-recession record (27.9%) at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets), while approval percentages also stayed above 50% at small banks in September, according to the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index™
Read more...Keeping Businesses Going Amid Tariffs
According to CNBC, U.S. companies are finding ways to keep their supply chains flowing with the new tariffs.
The sweeping tariffs imposed on China for its alleged unfair trade practices was intended to set right imbalances that put U.S. companies at a disadvantage
Read more...Fighting Against Counterfeits
U.S. small businesses owners are fighting against counterfeit items, reports CNBC.
When Ruth Brons has a break between teaching her students in New Jersey how to play the violin, she’s trying to find new ways to defend her small business against counterfeiters thousands of miles away in China.
Read more...Small Businesses Get Search Boost
According to Search Engine Journal, Google’s latest search trend report finds ‘local shops’and ‘mom and pop’ appearing more frequently in people’s searches.
Google has released a new report with fresh data on how people are searching for small businesses in the United States.
Read more...Mistakes Small Businesses Make
Small businesses are the American way, however, many small businesses make one of these critical mistakes, reports Forbes.
To say the United States has many small businesses would be an understatement — according to JP Morgan Chase & Co., more than 99% of America’s businesses are included in this category.
Read more...Building Your Small Business Team
If you would like to foster more camaraderie within your small business team consider taking them on an outing to an escape room or other activity, reports Small Business Trends.
Escape room activities replicate problem-solving situations that teams might encounter in real everyday situations.
Read more...Ensure Website Accessability
It’s important to take accessibility into consideration when designing your small business website, reports Entrepreneur.
Web accessibility may not be the first thing you think of when designing a website for your small business, but in the long run, few things could prove more important.
Read more...Small Business and Big Data
Small businesses can use big data to help them provide better service to their customers, reports Newsday.
Often when small businesses hear the buzzword Big Data they think of large corporations with rich analytics teams.
Read more...Small Businesses Aren't Treating Cyber Crime Seriously
According to Small Business Trends, small businesses aren’t doing enough to train their employees about cbyer crime.
The Chubb’s Third Annual Cyber Report reveals employee education is key for small businesses to prevent cyberattacks. Even with headline after headline about the latest data breach, people are not encouraged to defend against their cyber exposure
Read more...Amazon Focuses on Small Business
Amazon will accept nominations from small business for Small Business of the Year, reports Small Business Insider. This award along with two others are part of its new focus on small business.
Amazon announced Friday morning an award program that reflects its increasing attention to its small business partners.
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