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The Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, the Florida Chamber Foundation, CareerSource Florida, and the University of West Florida Haas Center today released new data from the second phase of a research study to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on the state’s small businesses as the pandemic and subsequent economic impacts surpassed the one-year mark. […]
As more Americans receive the COVID-19 vaccine, states lift restrictions, and businesses continue to reopen, a majority (65%) of small business owners are more optimistic that the worst of the pandemic is over. That’s according to the Q2 2021 MetLife and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index released this week. […]
Many small and mid-sized business owners strongly support vaccinations for COVID-19 and plan to encourage their employees to get the shots, which are central to a return to normalcy, according to the latest PNC semi-annual national small business survey. Here are some highlights: Vaccine plans: Nearly half of those surveyed (48%) plan […]
South Florida small businesses, you are an optimistic bunch about your own businesses. In fact, your outlooks are much sunnier than businesses in other states. Local small businesses projected one of the strongest business outlooks nationwide this spring, according to the recently released spring 2019 Bank of America Business Advantage […]