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Friday, April 17, 2020
SCORE is offering to assist with a strategy to resume operations
The Central PA Chapter of SCORE is offering to assist any company or non-profit organization in its service area to develop a strategy for resuming operations after being curtailed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The chapter’s service area consists of Centre, Mifflin, Clearfield, Clinton and Huntingdon Counties. According to Ken Manno, the chapter’s immediate past chair and a SCORE Certified Business Mentor, teams consisting of three to four members each have been created to provide assistance to
Wednesday, April 15, 2020U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Launches Fund to Support Small Business Recovery
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, with founding partner Vistaprint, has launched the Save Small Business Fund, a grant program to provide assistance to small businesses owners impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Funded by contributions from corporate and philanthropic partners, the Foundation will distribute $5,000 grants to small employers in economically vulnerable communities in the United States and its territories. “Small business owners are facing unprecedented challenges. The needs are
Wednesday, March 04, 2020NEW STUDY REVEALS PA LOSES BILLIONS IN REVENUE DUE TO INADEQUATE CHILDCARE
NEW STUDY REVEALS PA LOSES BILLIONS IN REVENUE DUE TO INADEQUATE CHILDCARE March 2, 2020 A study by the U.S. Chamber Foundation, which was unveiled last week at an Early Education Summit at the U.S. Chamber, shows that Pennsylvania loses an estimated $3.47 billion annually for the state’s economy due to childcare issues that include a lack of access to quality childcare. This number includes an estimated $591 million annual loss in tax revenue as well as an estimated annual loss to Pennsylvania employers
Monday, January 20, 2020PA CHAMBER LAUNCHES CAREER CALCULATOR TO HELP PA STUDENTS MAXIMIZE CAREER OPTIONS
PA CHAMBER LAUNCHES CAREER CALCULATOR TO HELP PA STUDENTS MAXIMIZE CAREER OPTIONS January 17, 2020 Last week, the PA Chamber Educational Foundation launched "Your Career Starts HERE" – an online career calculator aimed at helping Pennsylvania students make informed post-secondary education decisions. As the next phase of the PA Chamber’s wide-ranging workforce initiative aimed at addressing the jobs skills gap, Start the Conversation HERE, the calculator pulls key Pennsylvania specific information –
Tuesday, January 14, 2020Improved Tax Withholding Estimator helps workers target the refund they want; shows how to fill out
Improved Tax Withholding Estimator helps workers target the refund they want; shows how to fill out new 2020 W-4IRS YouTube Videos:IRS Tax Withholding Estimator – English | SpanishThe Internal Revenue Service has launched a new and improved Tax Withholding Estimator, designed to help workers target the refund they want by having the right amount of federal income tax taken out of their pay.The Tax Withholding Estimator, now available on IRS.gov, incorporates the changes from the redesigned Form W-4,
Monday, December 09, 20194 Ways to Pull Great Stories Out of Your Customers
4 Ways to Pull Great Stories Out of Your Customers Storytelling makes for amazing marketing because people don't realize they're being marketed to. They're pulled into the story. They develop an emotional attachment to your business and they stick around for the resolution. Good storytelling casts your customers as the heroes of their stories. You want their successes and triumphs to be told because you want potential customers to hear the stories and think that they can do those things too. When
