In this week’s MBJ, Stephen McDill broke the national news that Cellular South is changing its name to C Spire Wireless. Cellular South is the nation’s largest privately-owned wireless company. The official announcement was made on the website www.personalizedwireless.com. Speculation had run rampant all week that hat the company was making major changes to its [...] [...]
Since 2009, Scurlock’s has been waking up early to give downtown Jacksonians a tasty destination for breakfast and lunch. MBJ-TV goes into the kitchen for a behind-the-scenes look at this small business success story. [...]
Brothers have used the Oval Office to make great strides The Glass family sells tens of thousands of bird houses made by hand at their Heartwood manufacturing operation in Star every year. Jerry Glass and his wife, Lynda, began selling bird houses at small Mississippi craft shows on Saturday mornings 20 years ago. Later joined [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 3,2011
Tags: banking and finance, Banks, disaster, disaster recovery, financial institutions, lending, natural disaster, severe weather, small business, storms, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in Mississippi that working capital loans are still available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations that were affected by the severe storms and tornadoes that occurred Nov. 29-30, 2010. “Businesses that suffered economic losses as a result of the [...] [...]
JACKSON — With months to go before its fiscal year ends, the Mississippi U. S. Small Business Administration continues its surge in guaranty lending to Mississippi small businesses. Through the third quarter of fiscal year 2011 (Oct. 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011), the Mississippi SBA office has 607 approved loans totaling $235,453,500. “That eclipses [...] [...]
More than half of all Mississippi businesses employ four workers or less. Now, that’s what I call small business! While we tend to focus on large corporations and large numbers of jobs, it’s the small businesses who contribute to our economy in meaningful ways. The Rust Belt has been known for its dependence on large [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Each year since 1963, the President of the United States has proclaimed Small Business Week to recognize the contributions of small businesses to the economic well-being of America. SBA will hold a national celebration in May in Washington, D.C., to recognize the successes and achievements of top small business owners from across [...] [...]
MENDENHALL — It took an independent community bank to earn the State of Mississippi’s first honor as a National Lender of the Year as named by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Mendenhall-based Peoples Bank has been selected by the SBA to receive the Small 7(a) Lender award. This national award is presented to lenders [...] [...]
JACKSON — The U.S. Small Business Administration has guaranteed 324 loans for Mississippi small businesses totaling approximately $153.139 million during the first three months of fiscal year 2011. This represents a 60 percent increase in the number of loans approved and a 186 percent increase in loan dollars approved compared to the first quarter of [...] [...]
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The Small Business Administration is reminding Mississippi businesses that the deadline for applying for SBA-backed oil spill recovery loans is Feb. 14. Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta, said, “Currently, we have approved loans totaling $36.468 million for businesses throughout the Gulf Coast region that were affected [...] [...]
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