Richard Chenoweth, owner of Scranton’s in Pascagoula For the Mississippi restaurant industry, like those nationwide, the early shelter-in-place months of the Covid pandemic were costly and uncertain. Fortunately for them, Mississippians never really lost their taste for dining out, even if that meant burgers and fries. “Restaurant tax collections saw […]
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Keep Business Running With A Small Business Accounting Website Tens of thousands of small businesses in the US have closed permanently since COVID-19 shutdowns began in March. And now that the weather is turning colder and people will be staying indoors more, we could continue to see more waves of […]
By PAN PYLAS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — This year, the annual illumination of the Christmas lights on London’s famous Oxford Street was very much a bittersweet moment. The lights, which were turned on this week, are celebrating the people who helped during the coronavirus pandemic. They should have symbolized […]
LANSING, Mich. — Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced today that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is making Economic Injury Disaster Loans of up to $2 million available to eligible small businesses, agricultural cooperatives, and nonprofits impacted by excessive rain that occurred Oct. 1, 2019 through June 3, 2020. SBA extended the loans following the Secretarial Disaster Declaration obtained by Governor Whitmer from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue last year. “This is welcome news for Michigan […]
For Danielle Vincent, the path to a business started with a honeymoon and some well-timed sniffs. After her wedding in December 2012, she and her husband, Russ, traveled to Paso Robles, Calif. While there, she stopped at a farm store and picked up two bars of handmade goat-milk soap. Over […]
It required some legal legwork, but an oddball bankruptcy case brought on by the demise of a Myrtle Beach vacation real estate deal is coming to a close with a financial outcome no one quite expected. Certainly not Columbia attorney Rick Mendoza, who’s seen his share of broken businesses. “It […]
President TrumpDonald John TrumpGiuliani goes off on Fox Business host after she compares him to Christopher Steele Trump looks to shore up support in Nebraska NYT: Trump had 7 million in debt mostly tied to Chicago project forgiven MORE early Wednesday defended his business practices as a real estate developer […]
Lola Méndez is a freelance travel journalist. Two years ago, she took her first real vacation in years — and was miserable. She was operating in a scarcity mindset, fixated on all of the opportunities she might be missing. Here’s how she’s learned to take restful vacations, and shifted towards […]
The “Game of Thrones” tagline “winter is coming” is especially ominous for small businesses in this COVID-19 battered year. A new report from online payroll and benefits platform Gusto predicts dire outcomes if more government relief funding is not made available to help businesses through the cold weather months. The […]
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For many businesses, COVID-19 pressed the “pause” button, making everything stop for a seemingly endless moment of time. When the economy came back to life, things were the same in some ways but vastly different in others. Some of those changes were temporary; others look like they’ll be around for the […]
Photo illustration: 731; Photos: Robin Wilson Home (blankets); Maggie Anderson (book); Tonya’s Cookies (cookies) Photo illustration: 731; Photos: Robin Wilson Home (blankets); Maggie Anderson (book); Tonya’s Cookies (cookies) Business at Robin Wilson’s home textiles company in New York City spiked this summer as Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country and […]
With our extraordinary downturn in hospitality and travel, I sought out a corporate business traveler, a frequent flyer, road warrior extraordinaire and someone in our global travel industry who occupies the C-Suite. With travel starting to spring back to life, especially for leisure travelers, I thought it would be a […]
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email In an industry that has arguably been battered worse than any other as a result of the global pandemic, the inclination of airline executives to find optimism amid a sea of red ink is understandable. Case in point: On Thursday American Airlines took […]