Pennsylvania has awarded $246.8 million in American Rescue Plan funding, through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), to local economic development partners to make direct equity investments and loans to small businesses. 

The U.S. Small Business Administration is looking for nominations for “Small Business Person of the Year” for the Eastern Pennsylvania District Office for 2023. 

Small businesses, from mom and pops to manufacturers and exporters, account for two-thirds of net new jobs in the U.S., generating more than 40% of our nation’s economic output.

U.S. Small Business Administration today said the Biden-Harris Administration exceeded its small business federal contracting goal, awarding $154.2 billion in contracts to small businesses. 

Governor Tom Wolf announced Monday that Pennsylvania has been awarded nearly $268 million in American Rescue Plan funding, through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), to spur small business success and job creation opportunities across the state. 

Jimmy’s Barbershop has moved to a new location in Allentown’s West End. 

Reducing the Corporate Net Income Tax in Pennsylvania will improve the business climate when the new legislation is signed by Gov. Tom Wolf, according to the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. 

Sixty percent of small businesses who have suffered a cyber security breach go out of business within six months. 

Lancaster-based RKL LLP named one of its partners from Berks County to lead the firm’s Small Business Services Group. 

The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in Pennsylvania that affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida from Aug. 31 to Sept. 5 of last year to apply for working capital loans before the June 10 deadline.