Small businesses, big wins: CDI-Jobs Fund SCALE programme boosts job creation

The Craft and Design Institute’s (CDI) first-ever SCALE (Supporting Creatives + Accelerating Local Enterprises) programme has delivered impressive results, enabling 174 informal craft and design enterprises to expand, and creating at least 55 new...

Small business banking unicorn Zeller to expand into the UK

Ben Pfisterer and fellow former Square exec Dominic Yap founded Zeller in 2020, and the fintech now serves the banking needs of more than 100,000 Australian businesses Zeller CEO Ben Pfisterer. Source: Supplied Fintech Zeller is taking its...

Small businesses to tap US$200M interest-free lifeline through Development Bank – Jagdeo

Oct 03, 2025 News (Kaieteur News) – The government of Guyana (GoG) is aiming to launch a Development Bank next year, aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access finance to either start or expand their ideas. Vice President...

SEO Tips For Small Business

Small business owners require a solid Search Engine Optimization strategy to assist in building a strong customer base. SEO is fundamentally a method in web development or creation that helps enhance the visibility of a website by major search...

Tax rises mean 7 in 10 small business owners are concerned about their future

By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 02:00 EDT, 3 October 2025 The majority of small businesses report being concerned about their future, blaming tax rises and financial uncertainty for worsening conditions. A survey by NFU Mutual found that 7 in 10 sole...

Applications open for TVFCU’s $225,000 Idea Leap Grant contest for small businesses

Published 10:35 pm Thursday, October 2, 2025 Applications are open through Oct. 27 for Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union’s (TVFCU) ninth annual Idea Leap Grant competition. The credit union will award a total of $225,000 in grant funding to...

Ernst names Grundy County’s 319 Decor & Design as Small Business of the Week

GRUNDY CENTER – ­­­­­­U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, announced on Monday, Sept. 29, her Small Business of the Week as 319 Decor & Design located in downtown Grundy Center. Throughout the 119th...

How small-business owners prepare for growth: systems, teams and cashflow

So, you want to grow your business – increase your revenue, profit, market share, or customer base. You want to grow sustainably, and you know that means you need to prepare your business before it can get bigger. But what does that look like in...

Laying the Groundwork for Small Business Success

Launching a business is an exciting step, but it also comes with essential responsibilities that need attention before the doors open. Success often depends on how well the early groundwork is handled. Planning, funding, location choices, and...

Relief as Suluhu Spares Kenya from Ban on Small Businesses

Kenyan business owners in Tanzania are set for relief after the government announced that Kenya would be spared from an ongoing ban on 15 business activities conducted by foreigners in Tanzania. In a statement on Friday, October 3, the State...

New program enables Guam's small businesses to take part in large construction activity

Business News | Helping Small Businesses in Southeast Asia Tap into AI: ASEAN Foundation and AVPN Introduce Local Partners for AIM ASEAN Programme

PRNewswire Singapore, October 3: Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia's economy. But in today's fast-changing digital landscape, many Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) risk being left behind, especially when it comes to...

Small businesses in Philadelphia area see boost as Phillies' playoff run begins

Red October is back inside McGillin's Olde Ale House in Center City Philadelphia, where owner Christopher Mullins Jr. is ready for a busy weekend starting with playoff baseball. "People are coming in to Center City, flooding the streets, before...

The Hiring Bridge helps small businesses fill jobs more quickly

The Hiring Bridge, a Delaware-based firm founded by staffing industry veteran David Metzler, launched in August to provide flat-fee hiring support for small and midsize businesses. The company offers temporary placement and monthly hiring packages...

Cape Chamber urges government to increase stagnant VAT threshold for struggling small businesses

The Cape Chamber of Commerce has called on the government to raise the Value Added Tax (VAT) registration threshold, which has remained at R1 million for 16 years. In a statement released to the media on Thursday, Jacques Moolman, the Chamber’s...

Helping Small Businesses in Southeast Asia Tap into AI: ASEAN Foundation and AVPN Introduce Local Partners for AIM ASEAN Programme

SINGAPORE, Oct. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia's economy. But in today's fast-changing digital landscape, many Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) risk being left behind, especially when it...

Small businesses moving away from Canada Post would ‘devastate’ the Crown corporation: analyst

Ohio Treasurer pitches small business program

Local News, News October 2, 2025 Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague discusses his new Buckeye Business Advantage program at the Journal-Tribune office in Marysville Wednesday. The new program aims to provide reduced interest loans to small business...

With Red October in full swing, Philadelphia Phillies fans boost small businesses

Qualified Small Business Stock in the Life Sciences Industry

The Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) § 1202 provides for an exclusion from gain on the sale of qualified small business stock (“QSBS”), up to $15 million (or 10 times the stock’s adjusted basis), if certain conditions are met. As a practical matter,...