SMC State Business Survey
Pennsylvania’s small businesses say runaway health care costs, the bad economy, and the state’s personal and business tax rates are the biggest challenges this year.
The Small Business State Opinions 2010 Survey was conducted in February by the SMC Business Councils, a trade association in southwestern and central Pennsylvania that represents small businesses in the service, …
Small Businesses Are Important Players in U.S. Business and Job Growth
Small businesses will play an important role in the nation’s economic future. The Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Profile for the United States released on Oct. 29, 2009, provides details about small business employment, business starts and closings, bank lending in 2008, the demographics of business ownership, and firm and employment change by major industry …
So You Say You Want a Resolution? Five Leadership Tactics That Will Make 2010 a Pivotal Business Year
No doubt about it: 2009 has definitely been a tough year. You need to turn things around, and that means making some big changes in the very near future. Problem is you’re not sure what they are. A new improvement initiative? A hot new product? A new executive team? Here’s a suggestion: Make 2010 the …
SMC Insurance’s President Becomes Acting President of Trade Association
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) – Tom Henschke, SMC Insurance Agency President, has been appointed Acting President of SMC Business Councils. As the premiere nonprofit trade association for smaller businesses in Pennsylvania, SMC Business Councils has thousands of members representing service, manufacturing, insurance and commercial sectors.
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