Charles Fuqua, owner of Four Seasons Lawn Care, LLC of Moss Point has been named the SBA 2012 Mississippi Small Business Person of the Year by the Mississippi District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Mississippi SBA will honor Fuqua and six other Small Business Week winners June 28 at an award ceremony at [...] [...]
Businesses in the Mississippi Delta secured more U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) working capital loans in the first six months of this year than the same period for 2010, says the Delta Regional Authority, a multi-state economic development entity based in Clarksdale and Little Rock, Ark. Strong loan volume is also occurring in many of [...] [...]
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has amended its regulations under its Surety Bond Guarantee program in an effort to give small contractors more bonding capacity in the wake of a disaster. However, three of Mississippi’s largest construction trade associations say this has never been a problem for its members. And some wonder if increasing [...] [...]
Farmers still scrambling after worst year in nearly half a century As the year 2009 dawned, the state’s agriculture community was looking for a bounce-back year. Input costs were down, commodity prices were up and many were forecasting a record yield. Then, the rains came – and stayed. New record rainfall totals were set across [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator Karen Mills and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announce the availability of a preparedness guide designed to assist small businesses in planning for the possibility of an H1N1 flu outbreak this fall. [...]
WASHINGTON — Small businesses that would otherwise have difficulty securing private equity or venture capital may find funding easier to get as a result of changes made as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. There are approximately 338 SBICs with [...] [...]
Hope for small business Stewart offers opinions and advice for small business owners Small businesses are feeling the squeeze from the current recession and need a boost. One source of assistance is the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), which has recently enhanced a number of its programs and added new ones. The Mississippi Business Journal [...] [...]
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