Manchester hosts HUBzone informational meeting to assist Manchester Small Businesses

SBA and MEDO host HUBzone informational session to assist Manchester Small Businesses

Manchester, NH – The New Hampshire Small Business Administration (NHSBA) and the Manchester Economic Development Office (MEDO) will be hosting a HUBzone Informational Session on Thursday, August 2^nd from 9:00-10:30am at PSNH on 780 North Commercial St.  A HUBZone is a Historically Underutilized Business Zone and is a program aimed at helping small businesses in urban and rural communities gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities.

This meeting will introduce small businesses to the HUBZone program and explain the benefits and requirements of the program, the application process and how a business can use this program to help grow their business.  A representative from the NHSBA will be on hand to explain the HUBZone certification process and answer any questions.

This informational meeting is free and open to the public but reservations are required.  If you are interested in attending please contact the Manchester Economic Development Office at 603-624-6505 or email cwellington@manchesternh.gov by Monday, July 30^th.  For more information on the HUBzone program please visit www.sba.gov/hubzone.

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Restaurants, Verizon Arena, Palace Theater, 
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US Rep Bass to Host Small Business Financing Forum in Concord

Thursday, June 14, 2012, 9:30 a.m.

CONCORD, NH – Tomorrow, Thursday, June 14, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Congressman Charles F. Bass (NH-02) will host a Small Business and Entrepreneur Finance Forum for constituents at the NH Technical Institute in Concord.  Small businesses and entrepreneurs can still attend the event without having registered in advance.

The forum, designed to give small businesses an opportunity to learn more about financing opportunities and how to access capital, will feature presentations by New Hampshire banks and credit unions, private equity firms, the Small Business Administration, the Small Business Development Center, and SCORE.

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Congressman Charles F. Bass

Host Small Business and Entrepreneur Finance Forum

NH Technical Institute

Sweeney Hall

20 Institute Drive

Concord, NH

Thursday, June 14, 2012

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

http://bass.house.gov

US Rep Bass Announces Small Business Financing Forum

June 14th forum designed to help small businesses learn how to gain access to financing opportunities

CONCORD, NH – Congressman Charles F. Bass (NH-02) today announced he is hosting a Small Business and Entrepreneur Finance Forum on Thursday, June 14, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to give small businesses an opportunity to learn more about growing one’s business, accessing funding or capital, and choosing the right financing option for one’s company.

Representatives from banks and credit unions in New Hampshire, as well as the Small Business Administration, the Small Business Development Center, SCORE, private equity firms, and successful small businesses will be on hand to share their tips and advice with small businesses.

The forum, which is free of charge, will be held in the Sweeney Hall Auditorium at the New Hampshire Technical Institute, located at 31 College Drive in Concord.  Individuals interested in attending should RSVP to Bass’ Concord Office at (603) 226-0064 or via email at Bass.Events@mail.house.gov.

Bass said:

“I’m very pleased to once again offer another forum for small business owners looking for information or advice on how to grow their businesses.  Small businesses create the majority of new jobs in our state and I am committed to finding ways to make it easier for them to grow and expand.  I’m looking forward to what our experts have to say on June 14^th and encourage any small business owner or employee to join us next month for this informative session.”

For more information, please visit http://bass.house.gov or call Bass’ Concord Office at (603) 226-0064.

http://bass.house.gov

CEI Daily - The SBA, the Trade Agenda, and Budget Cuts

Small Business Administration

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is trying to expand the scope of its regulatory power in order to deal with large firms which have small front businesses.

Research Associate Jacqueline Otto says this is a good time to ask what the SBA does for the country.

"The SBA exhibits an inherent conflict of interest. Does it function for the sake of small business owners or that of the hand that feeds it — the federal government? On its face, it would appear that the SBA indeed works to advantage small businesses, and certainly there are many sincere, hard working employees who believe they are doing just that. But as is the case with many government programs, good intentions rarely survive political reality. The Small Business Administration is no exception."

 

Trade Agenda The New York Times reports that Obama's trade agenda has "nearly ground to a halt." Adjunct Scholar Fran Smith talks about stalled free trade agreements. "The Obama administration should get its head out of the sand and put the three pending FTAs on the fast track. Colombia already gets preferential tariffs under the ATPDEA. With the U.S.-Colombia deal, Colombia would remove more than 80 percent of Colombian duties on U.S. imports, with the remaining tariffs being phased out over ten years."

Budget Cuts

Senate Democrats are complaining that the House's 2% budget cut is too big.

Senior Counsel Hans Bader counters. 

"If anything, the House Republicans should have gone further in trimming spending at the Pentagon, the Education Department (where spending has exploded), and on taxpayer-subsidized, union-backed, rail boondoggles that few people ride.  They could also eliminate costly “green-jobs” programs that wipe out jobs (like a billion-dollar Obama administration boondoggle referred to as the “Biomass Blunder” by a leading environmental law professor), or effectively send them overseas."



Shea-Porter Supports Legislation that Helps Small Businesses

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter voted in favor of legislation that will help small businesses grow and prosper.  The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act (H.R. 5297), which passed the House today, will help provide loans to small businesses by increasing funding to small and medium sized community banks.  The Small Business Jobs Tax Relief Act (H.R. 5486), which passed the House yesterday, will provide important tax incentives to small businesses, which will help create jobs. 

“Over the past 15 years, small businesses have been responsible for two-thirds of all new jobs,” said Congresswoman Shea-Porter. “Small businesses are the foundation of our economy, and these two bills will help provide small business owners with loans and tax breaks.  

The Small Business Lending Fund will create jobs through a new $30 billion lending fund for small and medium sized community banks ($10 billion or under) that could leverage up to $300 billion in lending.

The Small Business Jobs Tax Relief Act will increase capital gains tax cuts for individuals who invest in small businesses this year, fix a disclosure penalty that disproportionately impacts small businesses, and increases the dedication for business start-up expenditures.