National Small Business Week kicked off today. According to the SBA, more than half of Americans either own or work for a small business. These companies are also some of the biggest users of the GSP program: more than 530 small businesses with 100 or fewer employees are on our GSP supporter list. That’s about...
Continue readingOne of our Coalition members has been racking up accolades recently: 2013 INC 5000 member 2013 state “manufacturer of the year” nominee 2014 INC 5000 member (albeit a much lower rank) 2014 county chamber “small business of the year” winner 2015 state “manufacturer of the year” nominee Everything sounds great, rig...
Continue readingWe heard yesterday from someone that used to import under GSP. Sadly, he and his wife no longer own the business they started together more than 10 years ago. Why? GSP expiration caused a major hit on cash flow and made it difficult to fulfill orders. By the time we surveyed companies in September 2014...
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