As part of the White House strategy to jump-start small business lending, the federal government increased the guarantee amount on loans backed by the Small Business Administration and eliminated fees. (Read about that here.)
Ron Bew
New businesses, where art thou?
Businesses usually sprout during recessions – when laid-off workers give entrepreneurship serious thought – but the volume of new businesses in Richmond seems to be declining. Richmond has issued 111 business licenses this year, a 29 percent drop from the first six weeks of 2008, when the city issued 157 licenses. Entrepreneurs are opening the… Read more »