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Small Business Saturday, art walk event, drew customers downtown
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Small Business Saturday, art walk event, drew customers downtown

FARMINGTON – One sign business is booming in the Studio Bake Shoppe at the Artifiacts 302 gallery is when they start to run out of milk. Big time. Owner Bev Taylor left the cash register to buy eight more gallons of milk for a long line of patient diners waiting for coffee and baked goods to bring people to the place even on a quiet day. And Nov. 26 was no quiet day. “We’re doing great,” Taylor said after ringing up a couple more customers around 4 pm as the golden afternoon sun slid through the windows. “We started at…
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Charities feel strain from inflation and pandemic
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Charities feel strain from inflation and pandemic

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — After Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber ​​Monday, non-profits nationwide are hoping that shoppers still have money left to spend to help them. This year, the phrase “it takes a village” has never been truer to Executive Director of Lighthouse Ministries Tay Henderson. Lighthouse provides everyday necessities for those in need, such as food, socks, housing shoes, coats and blankets. While they have managed to continue helping the people they serve daily, Henderson says it has not been easy. Rising costs for food, gas and other goods have stretched their budget thin. Henderson says…
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Centro Hispano’s entrepreneurship program helps grow Latino small businesses in East TN
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Centro Hispano’s entrepreneurship program helps grow Latino small businesses in East TN

Newly-graduated entrepreneurs from Centro Hispano’s program are ready to open their doors for business and play a role in Knox County’s economy. KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — Small Business Saturday is coming up and Centro Hispano’s “Big Dream in Small Businesses” program is helping excel Latino entrepreneurs, shaping them into small business owners. Hilda Castillo, the coordinator of the program, said that although this program aims to help Latinos in East Tennessee, it affects other communities in Knox County. She said that the more business owners there are in Knox County, the more it will move the economy, sales and employment.…
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Capital on Tap Raises 0 Million to Power the Spend of Small Businesses
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Capital on Tap Raises $110 Million to Power the Spend of Small Businesses

ATLANTA, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Global FinTech Capital on Tap has secured a $110 million corporate revolving credit facility with Atalaya Capital Management to provide small businesses in the US and UK with a central hub to manage all aspects of their business finances. Since launching in 2012, Capital on Tap has provided over $5 billion of funding to more than 200,000 small businesses. In 2021, Capital on Tap launched their US business, which already has more than 14,000 Capital on Tap Business Credit Card holders in its one year of existence. The Capital on Tap Business Credit Cards…
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Major Adams signs legislation to encourage small businesses growth
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Major Adams signs legislation to encourage small businesses growth

New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed two pieces of legislation into law today, both of which aim to help boost the revival of small businesses throughout the city that have suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Major Adams was joined by Kevin Kim, Commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services, Preston Niblack, Commissioner of Department of Finance as well as Councilmember Julie Menin to announce and sign the bills. “Today, our whole hearing is signing on two important bills that help our small businesses in working New Yorkers,” said Mayor Adams in a statement Oct. 18. “For too…
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Seven Marketing Trends Small Business Owners Need For 2023
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Seven Marketing Trends Small Business Owners Need For 2023

Shaan Rais is a professional speaker and leadership and organizational development consultant. Omni-Solutions Consultation LLC. getty Small business owners are consumed with a host of end-of-quarter tasks, from crunching numbers to getting inventory in order. As the new year approaches, it’s time to start thinking about your marketing strategy for the upcoming year. As you plan your budget and allocate resources, consider adding these seven marketing trends to get ahead of your competition in 2023. Personal Branding You can’t have a business without a brand—unfortunately, when consumers check out your products or services, their next step in the decision-making process…
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Small businesses get creative to hire hard-to-find labor
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Small businesses get creative to hire hard-to-find labor

As some corporations slow the pace of hiring due to economic concerns, small business owners are falling behind when it comes to staffing up. Almost two-thirds of small businesses were hiring or trying to hire in September, according to a report from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), but 46% reported they couldn’t fill those job openings, well above the 48-year historical average of 23%. The difficulty in hiring has prompted some small business owners to seek more creative solutions to land labor, so they can grow their businesses or — in the worst case — just stay afloat.…
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