Small Business Administration (SBA) sent this bulletin at 07/06/2018 04:08 PM EDT
REGIONAL
Giving small employers a voice early in the process is key to reducing the negative impact of regulations on small businesses, increasing the level of regulatory compliance, and passing on cost savings to state economies. Regional Advocates help identify regulatory concerns by monitoring the impact of federal and state policies at the grassroots level.
FLORIDA
Small businesses across Florida are concerned about the number of federal regulations impacting their operations and the burdensome compliance requirements that are weighing them down. These sentiments and more were expressed by individual business owners at the Advocacy’s Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables held in Florida last month...
CONNECT
It has been a year since we kicked off our Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables in response to President Trump’s Executive Orders 13771 and 13777 focused on regulatory reform by federal agencies.So far, we have held 23 roundtables in 15 different states and will be in #Iowa July 17-19. Let us know your regulatory burdens!
RESEARCH SOLICITATIONS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Office of Advocacy is pleased to announce new solicitations for small business research. Proposal solicitations can be accessed at FedBizzOpps. Solicitations can be found by searching for Small Business Administration listings or these solicitation numbers. Proposal due dates range by topic from July 25-Aug. 8, 2018.
A:63% of all small employer businesses have some debt.
The amount of debt that a business carries varies with
size and age. Three-quarters of firms with 50 or more
employees carry debt, compared with 60% of firms with
fewer than 10 employees. Younger firms tend to carry
far less debt than their older counterparts.
Q: HOW IMPORTANT IS CREDIT CARD FINANCING TO SMALL FIRMS?
A: Credit cards are used extensively, but they represent
only a small portion of total finance. A recent report by
the National Small Business Association shows that
credit cards were one of the top three sources of shortterm
capital used by small businesses.2
However, the
Census Bureau finds them to be of lesser importance
for startup and expansion capital
