By Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk It’s Small Business Saturday, a day to celebrate the smaller businesses that play a big part in consumers’ retail choices. It’s sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday and gives shoppers a chance to support local, smaller business instead of big box stores. >> Read more trending news According to American Express, which founded Small Business Saturday in 2010, the Saturday after Thanksgiving has generated more than $85 billion worth of sales in the years since. As the daughter of a small business owner, I know firsthand the valuable contributions that small businesses make to our country's economy and to communities in WA and across the country.#ShopSmall.— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) November 23, 2018 In 2011, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution sponsored by Louisiana Democrat Mary L. Landrieu to designate the Saturday after … [Read more...] about It’s time to celebrate Small Business Saturday
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Customers make sweet gesture to help doughnut shop’s owner see his hospitalized wife
HTV National Desk Published 9:28 am PST, Sunday, November 4, 2018 Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Customers make sweet gesture to help doughnut shop's owner see his hospitalized wife 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Doughnuts are flying off the shelves at a small business near Los Angeles as customers try to help the owner make time to visit his ailing wife. KABC-TV says John Chhan has greeted customers at Donut City in Seal Beach every day for the last 30 years. Last month, Chhan’s wife, Stella, suffered a brain aneurysm. She’s recovering in a nursing facility. John Chhan, who starts work at 4:30 a.m.,spent long hours at the shop so customers decided they wanted to give him more time to visit his wife. ALSO A 23-year-old soccer player celebrated a goal by grabbing a ring from his coach, jumping into the crowd, and proposing to his girlfriend Michelle Obama said Barack does one thing at home that … [Read more...] about Customers make sweet gesture to help doughnut shop’s owner see his hospitalized wife
6 badass businesses you didn’t know were housed inside the Bok building
The Edward Bok Vocational Technical School, otherwise known simply as Bok, closed its doors in 2013 after 75 years of providing vocational training in areas such as carpentry and culinary arts. The urban design and strategy collective Scout has since bought the building and transformed it to house a wide range of small businesses and artist studios. The rooftop Bok Bar, an independent recording studio, a boxing gym, a fair few photographers and designers, a couple of nonprofits, an experiential art shop and an in-demand hair and makeup artist are just some of the creatives and entrepreneurs who have set up shop in the rooms that were once places of learning. But for a school that specialized in tactile arts and technology trades, the current occupants of the space are, in a way, living its legacy. “It’s as if you took all the high school students and turned them into adults and they’re still working in the same building,” said Jessica Saint, a makeup … [Read more...] about 6 badass businesses you didn’t know were housed inside the Bok building
Ministers ‘betraying small firms’ by failing to pay 9 in 10 bills on time according to damning report
MINISTERS were accused of betraying small firms for years last night after a damning report found nine in ten public sector suppliers are paid late. The Government has repeatedly pledged to crack down on late payments – and Chancellor Philip Hammond used his Spring Statement to issue his last vow to “eliminate the continuing scourge of late payments”. The collapse of Carillion also exposed its policy of making small businesses wait 120 days before being paid. New research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) found around 90 per cent of small suppliers to central and local government are paid late. FSB boss Mike Cherry said: “Our research highlights a shocking failure in the public sector – the Government needs to get a grip if we are to have a chance of stamping out the poor payment culture running rampant in the UK economy. “It is unfair and unacceptable that so many small firms, many of which are already struggling with the high cost of … [Read more...] about Ministers ‘betraying small firms’ by failing to pay 9 in 10 bills on time according to damning report
Virginia Beach entrepreneur helps others start their own businesses
Lisa DeNoia doesn’t mind her own business. In fact, she makes it her business to help more than 70 small businesses and startups at 1701, a co-working space located in the ViBe District.Additionally, she co-owns Fathom Coffee and Port & Starboard, a business consulting firm. Her entrepreneurial skills recently earned her this year’s Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.DeNoia and her business partner, Jeff Werby, opened 1701 two years ago and have created a community for entrepreneurs, freelancers, remote workers, digital nomads and creatives to meet, collaborate and grow. The co-working space provides customers with business perks such as printers, standing desks, fast internet, conference rooms and locally-roasted Fathom Coffee.The Oceanfront resident said it took her 12 years of working hard for other companies, learning as much about each job and saving as much money as possible before she decided to open her … [Read more...] about Virginia Beach entrepreneur helps others start their own businesses