SHOP IDEA: SCORE offers free business help

Looking for free help with the business side of your shop – your accounting and workflow analysis, for example? Score, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, a non-profit partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration, offers free online business consulting...

HEARD IN THE INDUSTRY

“As the new insurance and banking commissioner, Kevin Clinton’s first priority is to make sure consumers are protected by making sure financial institutions are sound. He will also lead our effort to eliminate burdensome regulations that are preventing the...

GOVERNMENT: New SBA Loans Available

In an effort to boost lending to small businesses, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is touting three new lending programs. Banks that participate in the SBA’s “Preferred Lender Program,” for example can offer loans up to $250,000 under the...