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Mental health of small business owners declining says new report

Canadian entrepreneurs’ mental health has declined “significantly” over the past year amid rising costs and poor work-life balance, suggests a new report by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).

The Crown corporation’s survey of some 1,500 small business owners found roughly 45 per cent of respondents reported feeling mental health challenges at least weekly, up seven percentage points from the previous year.

As well, more than half of the entrepreneurs surveyed cited inflation as a source of stress. A similar proportion, roughly 54 per cent, indicated a poor work-life balance was leading to negative mental health outcomes.

“Canadian entrepreneurs

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The Crafter’s Library hosts monthly “Queer Business Roundtable” to support local LGBTQIA Community

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— The small business administration reports that approximately 50% of businesses will fail within five years.

“The Crafters Library” owner Andrew Rawls says that being a queer business owner presents its own set of challenges.

“As part of the LGBTQ community you have to face things in your life that those not in the community don’t have to deal with. We’ve had to come out. We’ve had to potentially lose friends and family over living our authentic lives,” said Rawls.

Rawls says that being an openly queer business owner can make you a target.

He recounts the backlash

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Carnivore Deviled Eggs – Maria Mind Body Health

I love deviled eggs! Who doesn’t?

Deviled eggs are always the first thing to disappear when I bring them to parties!

When I was on the carnivore tv show in Costa Rica, I was also the chef. I wanted to make delicious food, not just steak for the carnivores. So I made the best deviled eggs and they were completely carnivore!

To make my carnivore deviled eggs you can use my bacon mayo or my butter mayo recipe! Either works great and tastes delicious!

Please share this video with your friends to show them how delicious healthy eating can be!

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Register Today for the 2023 WSKW Conference – PHE America

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The Fall 2023 Annual Conference for the Western Society for Kinesiology & Wellness (WSKW) will be on Thursday, October 5th – Friday, October 6th in Oakland, CA.

If you haven’t registered yet, don’t delay — register TODAY!

Conference Registration:

  • Faculty: $150
  • Students: $50

Select HERE for payment information and Paypal access

The 2023 program will include presentations from across the breadth of kinesiology and will provide opportunities to engage and learn with colleagues. The conference will incorporate poster presentations, oral presentations, round table discussions, and panel presentations.

Conference Notes:

  • This year’s conference theme is: The Future Is You
  • The conference
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Filing taxes? Small businesses are right to be wary of beefed up IRS

As Tax Day arrives Tuesday, America’s small businesses are worried that their own government will treat them like suspected criminals, even as they hire workers, raise wages and strengthen their communities.

The Biden administration and Congress recently gave the IRS nearly $80 billion in additional funding over 10 years. Much of that funding is being directed at enforcement activities.

Main Street needs help making sense of complicated tax laws. It doesn’t need to be hurt by IRS agents second-guessing every small-business move.

The administration insists that small businesses will not be the target of this massive new IRS enforcement focus,

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This Is The Best Laptop Under $500

Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

1 – This guy reviews laptops for a living and he says this is the best laptop under $500

Sean Riley of Laptops magazine just gave his endorsement for the best laptop under $500 bucks. Lenovo’s Duet 5 Chromebook is Sean’s pick for its superior display quality – detachable screen – and extensive 13-hour battery life. The one drawback Sean pointed out is system performance but only in comparison to other laptops on

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No more plastic? It’s fantastic, say Peterborough small businesses that have moved on from plastic bags

Megan Meyer holds a reusable shopping bag for a customer at Cottage Toys, a downtown Peterborough store. More stores have moved away from single-use plastic bags to reusable or paper options.Megan Meyer holds a reusable shopping bag for a customer at Cottage Toys, a downtown Peterborough store. More stores have moved away from single-use plastic bags to reusable or paper options.

Shoppers at Cottage Toys in Peterborough haven’t been handed a plastic bag in many years, says employee Megan Meyer, and they never will.

Meyer has been working at the store, located on Charlotte Street in the downtown area for two years, but has been shopping there for 30, and for as long as she can remember the store has offered alternatives to plastic.

“It’s horrifying how much plastic goes out,” said Meyer.

In December, Canada’s new rules on single-use plastics went into effect, and the import or manufacture of bags, straws, stir sticks, utensils and other products were outright banned.

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Small Business – Austin Daily Herald

MINNEAPOLIS, April 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iMedia Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IMBI, IMBIL) announced today it has moved its earnings release date from Monday, April 10 to Wednesday April 12, 2023.

CEO Commentary – Tim Peterman, CEO
“We appreciate our investors and other stakeholders’ patience with us over the past several weeks, and I personally apologize for this delay. We are in the final stages of completing five financing transactions that we intend to close simultaneously. When completed, these transactions will materially decrease our outstanding debt and improve our credit profile as a Company. We expect these transactions

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