Inflation poses new challenge for pandemic-weary businesses
Small businesses that endured shutdowns and lower revenue during the COVID-19 outbreak now must contend with another crisis: spiking prices for goods and services that...
Across the U.S., downtown businesses anxiously wait for customers to come back VIEW
The next few months will be an uneasy time for business districts across the country. With cities reopening and more people vaccinated, office workers are...
Small business COVID-19 relief program runs out of money
The government's key COVID-19 relief program for small businesses has run out of money. The program has run out of cash and been refunded by...
Restaurant survival hopes pick up as $28.6B in grants begin
The application window is open for the grants, beginning with restaurants that are majority-owned by women, veterans and “socially and economically disadvantaged” applicants. The funds...
Time to party? Events industry still uncertain about COVID
NEW YORK (AP) — Although weddings and other big celebrations are going back on the calendar in the U.S., business owners who make those events...
Some businesses want masks on, even as states drop mandates
Eighteen states currently have no mask requirements, including some that have never made face coverings mandatory. But many business owners are requiring staffers and customers...
New SBA head plans changes at agency; focus now is COVID-19
Isabella Casillas Guzman, the new head of the Small Business Administration, expects to make changes at the agency that she says will enable it to...