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How to apply for a small business loan at a bank

A loan officer meeting with two middle-aged clients.

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If your business is ready to grow, you may consider a small business loan. Many small business owners lean toward banks because they may offer larger amounts, lower rates and more hands-on support loans than online lenders.

Your business needs to meet certain requirements and you’ll want to find the right bank to be your lender. Here’s everything you need to know about how to get a business loan from a bank.

1. Check your business and personal credit scores

The bank will likely check you business credit score and the personal credit scores of any business

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‘Guilt tipping’: is there any escape from the gratuitous rise in gratification? | Gene Marks

I‘m writing this column from Las Vegas where I’m attending a conference. This morning, I went to a coffee shop in the hotel. The cost of my small coffee was $6.49 and no, I’m not kidding. Welcome to Vegas.

To add an insult to injury, the cashier who served me the coffee – which took her about five seconds – spun the point-of-sale device around and stared me in the eye as I looked down at that screen that is all-familiar to most of us: the request for a tip. The minimum tip displayed was 20%. Or I could

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Small business owner talks serving the community’s needs

Mar. 18—Most people, when they think about shopping local, they think about small businesses like boutiques and gift shops. However, there are many services and needs based businesses that are locally owned as well.

Athens’ newest laundromat, The Bubble Hut, just opened up at the beginning of the month on Highway 31.

“We just felt like there was an opportunity to provide something nice and new and modern to the community,” owner Ryan Dorminey said. “There was a building that we kind of had our eyes on.”

That building, of course, is none other than the old spot for a

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Innovative AI technology breaking into the small business market – Lethbridge

In an opportunity to hear from the industry’s best, the RBC small business summit at the University of Lethbridge highlighted innovation from Alberta-made companies.

“There’s so much innovation happening just in general. To keep up with that is really challenging,” said Shawn Needham, a University of Lethbridge alumni and now senior VP of global sales for Attabotics.

Needham presented the world’s first 3D robotics supply chain system to attendees on Friday.

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ChatGPT in the classroom: Why some Canadian teachers, professors are embracing AI

“Rather than a person walking a warehouse and putting on 15 miles in a day,

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BrightHR: Smart HR software that can transform people management for small businesses.

Toronto, ON, March 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Last year was challenging for many business owners across the country. And this year is expected to be much the same, with rising costs, staff shortages, and employee retention just some of the challenges facing SMB’s.

Along with these challenges, employers must also stay on top of their people management, ensuring daily HR tasks are done properly and in a timely manner.

Ramsey Aburaneh, Head of Digital Growth at BrightHR Canada, says, “It’s crucial to build a strong infrastructure in your workplace to ensure company operations run smoothly

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Prince George business nominated for Small Business BC Awards

A Prince George business is up for a couple of Small Business BC Awards.

Kyndra Farrell got the idea the Worth A Shot Mobile Bar back when she was planning her wedding.

“There was a very limited amount of options for bartending services, especially ones that were mobile and could get to you anywhere you were,” she explained.

“I took that and went with it and saw the gap in the market, and thought ‘I’m going to completely convert a cargo trailer into a portable bartending unit.’

She said business has been good, and the bar has been in high

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Small business owners speak out against plans to reconfigure traffic on a portion of Frankfort Avenue | News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Small businesses are asking city officials to pump the owners brakes on a plan to reconfigure traffic on parts of Frankfort Avenue because it would hurt their bottom line.

Small business owners gathered at Hillcrest Tavern Thursday evening to discuss the plan and voice their opposition.

It’s another major Louisville street where the city is trying to make changes because of safety concerns, trying to reduce the number of crashes and reduce speeding.

It would impact the section of Frankfort Avenue between Stilz Avenue and Lexington Road in Crescent Hill. The plan is to restrip the

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