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BC small businesses chafe at ‘unsustainable’ minimum wage hike – Business News

A 6.9 per cent minimum wage hike mandated by the BC government is “unsustainable” for some businesses, when stacked on all other costs downloaded onto businesses, I am a number of business groups.

As of June 1, the BC government is raising the minimum wage from $15.65 to $16.75 per hour, the province announced Wednesday.

“Having a minimum wage that keeps up with inflation is a key step to prevent the lowest paid workers from falling behind,” BC Labor Minister Harry Bains said in a statement. “These workers and their families feel the impact of high costs

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Small business budget wish list: level the field on credit card fees

Giancarlo Trimarchi is used to his bigger competitors paying less for fruits and vegetables.

The owner of Vince’s Market, however, is frustrated that they’re also paying a lower rate for credit card transaction fees.

“If I’m buying apples, and I’ve only got to get two cases from you and the big guy’s going to order two trailer loads, I get it. He’s going to get a better price,” said Trimarchi, whose four-store family-run mini chain began as an open-air produce stand in Sharon, Ont.

That principle shouldn’t, says Trimarchi, apply to interchange fees — the cut of every credit card

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Denver, CO Pathways to Capital Event on March 29 to Help Small Business Owners Explore Funding Options

Published: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:00 AM MDT|Updated: 4 hours ago

Small business support nonprofit Ladies Who Launch will host a free event in Denver, Colorado to help women and non-binary entrepreneurs understand how to approach financing options.

DENVER, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — On Wednesday, March 29 from 6pm to 9:30pm, Ladies Who Launcha 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free education and resources to women and nonbinary small business owners and entrepreneurs, will host a free Pathways to Capital events at Empower Field at Mile High | United Club Level – East

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Building tiny keycaps into a small business

Mechanical keyboard lovers have created a small boom in small businesses. People are making a living designing and building PCBs, switches, caps, and whole keyboards. They’re partnering with small factories to bring their creations to life. But some artisans are building the products themselves — no factory involved. The artist who goes by the name Tinymakesthings is one of those creators.

She’s a keycap artist, crafting individual keycaps that are truly tiny works of art. She uses a few mediums to build her keycaps but relies primarily on clay and resin. She broadcasts her work on Twitch and sells her

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Only a fraction of CEBA loans have been repaid as businesses call for deadline extensions

Small businesses are asking for a deadline extension on the federal government’s pandemic loan program — and only a fraction of them have repaid the money they owe.

The Canadian Emergency Business Account (CEBA) was introduced at the height of the pandemic to help out small businesses forced to close or limit their operations due to public health measures. The program offered interest-free loans backed by the federal government.

Nearly 900,000 businesses were approved for the program, which distributed just under $50 billion in loans.

But the most recent data from Export Development Canada (EDC), the Crown corporation responsible for

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Slaymaker Reflects on a 64-Year Career Teaching Basketball – PHE America

Ron Slaymaker scans

the Peabody Gazette-Herald bobbed high above the boy’s head as he shouted, “The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor! The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor!” Five-year-old Ron Slaymaker watched the paper boy, uncertain about all the commotion on December 7, 1941. “I remember that day,” recalled Slaymaker. “For the next four years, we were involved in World War II. Everything changed. We had to sacrifice. All the news was about the war.” Slaymaker enjoys telling stories and at 86 years old he has a lot to share. His tales entertain and often he adds flavor, and exaggerations to key details for a greater

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Join the New NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest

NIST’s Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest (COI) will converge companies, trade associations, and others who can share business insights, expertise, challenges, and perspectives to guide our work and assist NIST to better meet the cybersecurity needs of small businesses. NIST conducts research and develops resources intended to meet the cybersecurity challenges faced by smaller organizations – including businesses, non-profits, and others.

Sometimes those organizations lack proper guidance to their priority needs and capabilities. Other times there is simply too much information available and they have difficulty knowing where to start or what is most important in order to best

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Almost Half of Small Businesses Struggle to Fill Open Jobs

Amid the tightest labor market in decades, small businesses across the US are grappling with worker shortages and struggling to fill open positions.

Close to half or 47% of small businesses have job openings they can’t fill, according to the latest monthly jobs report by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).

More than half or 60% of small business owners said they were hiring or trying to hire in February, up three points from January. However, 30% reported there were few qualified applicants for the positions they were trying to fill, and 24% said there were no applicants at

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