Tag: top 10 small business ideas

Editorial Board Announced for 2023 – PHE America

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PHE America has announced its editorial board members for 2023. The Editorial Board is composed of professionals in higher education interested in serving as reviewers to offer writers constructive feedback in preparing their articles for publication. Editorial Board members serve both PHE America and Sport Coach America.

The six-member board includes Brian Sather, a professor at Eastern Oregon University; Editor-in-Chief, Pete Van Mullema professor at Lewis-Clark State College and director of Sport Coach America; Rory Weishaaran associate professor at Central Washington University; Jessica Savagean instructor at Lewis-Clark State College; Aubrey Shaw, an academic program advisor

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Mastercard Survey: Canadian Small business owners are optimistic about the potential of open banking, the majority want it tailored to their needs – Mastercard

  • Small business owners are already prolific users of digital financial tools and want better access to innovative fintech to take control of their finances.
  • Diverse small business owners rely on digital tools and technology now and are most enthusiastic about open banking’s future potential.
  • A secure platform that streamlines financial tasks and guards against fraud ranks as the most important feature for open banking.

TORONTO, Feb. 9, 2023 /CNW/ – Small business owners in Canada are increasingly adopting digital financial tools and technology into their day-to-day operations to drive growth, streamline processes, and improve security, according to new Mastercard

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Measuring Inflation’s Impact On Small Businesses

It’s no secret that the pandemic took its toll on small business owners, but until now the true economic impact has not been measured. Biz2Credit recently published the results of its Small Business Inflation Study that analyzed the revenues and expenditures of more than 140,000 US small businesses from January 2019 to October 2022.

The Biz2Credit Small Business Inflation Study identified three distinct phases:

1. The pre-pandemic phase up to Q1 2020.

2. The initial waves of the COVID pandemic before mass vaccination in the first quarter

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BBB: Advertising ideas for your small business | business

With so many small businesses emerging every day, it can be challenging to stand out from the competition and attract consumers’ attention.

As a small business owner, you likely already understand the importance of promoting your business, but you may not know where to start or how you should be investing your advertising dollars.

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Series of Pointe-Saint-Charles break-ins has small business owners worried

A series of smash-and-grab robberies has enraged small business owners in Montreal’s Pointe-Sainte-Charles neighborhood.

The break-ins reached a peak in recent weeks on a stretch of Wellington Street in the Sud-Ouest borough, where the windows of at least five shops and restaurants have been broken so far this year.

On Wednesday morning, Jermaine Wallace, the owner of Boom J’s, a popular Jamaican restaurant, woke up to the news that his glass door had been shattered overnight.

“I was in shock,” he said. “It was like a punch in the stomach because this is my place. I’ve been here for over

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A Perceived Philosophical Conflict – PHE America

I am the only female in my high school PE department. It’s been this way for 20 years. The one time another female came in she tried to out-alpha the football coach and got removed from teaching PE and placed in Health. I think she might have taught one section of PE in the two years she was here, and I think it was Adapted PE. Since we’ve had a fully working weight room, it was always paired with the football coach. We got a new one this year, the fifth in my tenure working at this same high school.

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SBA Updates Certification Process for Veteran Owned Small Businesses

The Small Business Administration (SBA) Final Rule on Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Certification (the Final Rule) takes effect on January 1, 2023. The majority of the changes made by the Final Rule will be implemented through a new regulatory section in SBA’s regulations, which will be located at 13 CFR § 128. Any business intending to seek government contracts that are set aside for VOSBs or SDVOSBs should closely review this significant Final Rule.

Prior to the Final Rule taking effect on January 1, 2023, entities competing for SDVOSB set-aside and sole-source contracts through

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Canadian workers could see up to $305 drop in pay in January

In less than two weeks, Canadian workers could notice up to $305 less on their annual take-home pay.

Thanks to an increase in payroll deductions beginning in 2023 (yes, that’s in 11 days), every employed Canadian will see their paychecks impacted, even if their employer decides to make up the difference, said the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).

The country’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to helping small businesses says employers are bracing for rate hikes for both Employment Insurance (EI) and Canada Pension Plan (CPP) in the new year, and many of these small businesses will “struggle to meet

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