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This small business has broken TikTok with its hilarious marketing

Social media can be difficult to break into these days, especially for small businesses. There’s so much competition for viewers’ ever-reduced attention spans, that it can be hard to get any organic reach at all, let alone make a memorable impact.

But Clancy’s Auto Body, a car body shop in Fort Lauderdale, has found a formula that’s won it more views and likes on TikTok in the past week than some of the world’s biggest brands. The key to its success? A heavy dose of humor… and Maxwell the Cat. Suffice it to say, it’s not an approach you often

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Manitoba adjusts the Small Business Minimum Wage program – Winnipeg

Manitoba is adjusting the Small Business Minimum Wage Program to streamline the application process and enable small businesses to receive support as one-time funding, Economic Development, Investment and Trade Minister Jeff Wharton announced Wednesday.

The program is open to all private sector, non-profit and charitable employers who are operating in Manitoba and meet specific criteria.

“Small businesses contribute to the provincial economy by providing employment opportunities and helping to grow local workforces,” Wharton said.

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Manitoba plans to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2023

“As our government continues to

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DoD small business chief presses to revive innovation fund

WASHINGTON ― The Biden administration’s next budget request needs to revive a special fund to help small businesses with innovative ideas work with the Pentagon, a top department official said Tuesday.

The push to bring back the Rapid Innovation Fund, which Congress hasn’t financed since 2019, was one of several recent moves aimed at lowering barriers for small businesses detailed by the director of the Pentagon’s Office of Small Business Programs, Farooq Mitha.

At a virtual event hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association, Mitha said he’s spearheading efforts to consolidate management of the Pentagon’s many small-business programs, which can

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Healthy Valentine’s Day Gift – Maria Mind Body Health

Valentine’s Day is coming!

Say what you will about Valentine’s Day, but I do love making it special. I get healthy gifts for all of my boys to make it special. It’s a day for love and I like to show my boys how much I love them.

HEALTHY GIFTS THAT “KEEP ON GIVING”

I love gifting the “Gift that Keeps Giving the All Year Long” as cousin Eddie would say! And a sauna blanket is the perfect gift to give to your loved one! Not only because every time they use it, they will think of your generosity, but

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Small Business Owners Call on Congress to Fix Federal Program Deficiencies

On the eve of President Biden’s State of the Union address, small business owners delivered their own message to the 118th Congress: government programs designed to help small businesses are failing them, and Congress must take bipartisan action to reauthorize the US Small Business Administration.

The new Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Voices a survey released on Monday revealed that 70% of small business owners in the US give the federal government a “C or below” grade for the effectiveness of its programs, services, and tax credits available to small businesses. In addition, 85% give the government the same bad

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The meeting kicks off the small-business BOOST program

Small business owners will get a BOOST on Monday, Feb. 6, with the kick-off meeting for the Moline Community and Economic Development Department’s new Business Owner Occupied Stabilization Transformation Program for small-business owners and entrepreneurs. The session will begin at 6 pm at Western Illinois University Riverfront Hall, 3300 River Drive, Moline. Doors open at 5:30 p.m

The program is designed to provide entrepreneurs and current small business owners financial assistance, provide access to tools and skills to make the business endeavor a success, and secure direct funding in forgivable loans. Brick-and-mortar, home-based and mobile businesses are eligible.

Applicants must

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Long Beach announces grants for small businesses affected by crime, vandalism

Grants for Long Beach businesses impacted by crime

Small businesses in Long Beach impacted by property crimes and vandalism can now apply for grant funds for support thanks to the Visual Improvement Grant Program.

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Small businesses in Long Beach impacted by property crimes and vandalism can now apply for grant funds for support thanks to the Visual Improvement Grant Program.

“Our small business owners have endured several crises over the last few years while keeping their shops running and their employees working,” said Major Rex Richardson. “With this new grant opportunity, the City continues to provide

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Small business confidence remains muted in January; the government can help by addressing the rising cost of doing business

Toronto, January 26, 2023 – Small business confidence over the long term remained stable but low, according to the latest Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) Business Barometer®. The 12-month index gained 0.5 points, reaching 51.4 index points in January.

“Small business confidence seems to be better but there’s still a lot of uncertainty in the economy. For this time of year, the levels are still quite low,” said Andreea Bourgeois, Director of Economics at CFIB. “Many businesses will continue to struggle under pandemic debt and rising prices unless the government takes action.”

Shortages of skilled labour, although cooling off,

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