Small Business

Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, testifies at the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Hearings to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 10, 2020. Kevin Dietsch | Pool via Reuters The Small Business Administration is reopening its Economic Injury Disaster Loan and

Lisa Hess and her daughter Lucy enjoy a cup of coffee in San Luis Obispo, California. Shannon McMillen Photography Lisa Hess, owner of Lucy’s Coffee, has started the long climb to restoring her business in a post-coronavirus world. But her well of emergency funding is about to run dry. The crisis came at quite possibly

Willie the Wildcat fires up the fans in the first quarter of a Big 12 football game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and Kansas State Wildcats on November 16, 2019 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, KS. Scott Winter | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images For Russ Loub and the Little Apple Brewing Co.,

There are around 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States. Their average salary is close to $60,000 a year. Training to get your Class A Commercial Driver’s License takes about seven weeks if you go fulltime. You will also need to be 21 if you plan to drive across state lines.  Trucking comes in

At Chris Purcell’s Firehouse Subs location in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, things aren’t quite business as usual. After suffering sales drops of as much as 60% during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, customers are starting to return. Now it’s all about making them comfortable and keeping employees and patrons alike safe in his store,

An employee wearing a protective mask prepares cut flowers at a wholesale flower market in San Francisco, California, on Monday, May 18, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg via Getty Images The economy is uncertain for small businesses, yet many of them are still taking their time securing emergency funding through the Paycheck Protection Program.

Demonstrators march past the Lincoln Memorial during a protest against police brutality and racism takes place on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer Companies have expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement in recent weeks. But many advocates say now is the time for action — in the form of pay equity

LeoPatrizi The Paycheck Protection Program may have been an exercise in frustration for small-business owners, but here’s the silver lining: They might be better equipped to weather the next crisis. The federal government rolled out the so-called PPP in April as coronavirus and the ensuing stay-at-home orders took their toll on small businesses. The forgivable

Slowly but surely, small businesses are rehiring workers as plans to reopen from the coronavirus lockdown progress across the country. Employee headcount increased by 3.2% in May, although it remains below pre-pandemic levels overall, according to exclusive data compiled by human resource provider Gusto and based on more than 100,000 small businesses nationwide. In addition,

Colorado residents are dining out in the patio area at Los Chingones restaurant in Denver Source: TAG Restaurant Group Chef Troy Guard is hoping to bring back all of the 623 employees he had to furlough across his restaurant chain when Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ordered all bars, restaurants, theaters, gymnasiums and casinos to close on March