The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is inviting manufacturers, retailers, service providers, agricultural businesses, and other small businesses to apply for a Small Business Advantage Grant to finance energy efficiency and pollution prevention projects.
Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania announced that nearly 140 businesses across the state will soon install energy-efficiency or pollution-prevention projects using Small Business Advantage Grants provided by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). This year, DEP awarded more than $980,000 to 139 small businesses.
While many contractors are struggling to attract and keep qualified employees, others are reporting great success by offering competitive pay and benefits packages, including plentiful retirement plans.
Triatek recently was recognized by the state of Georgia as a “Small Business Rock Star.” The company was honored at a luncheon hosted by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) and the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA).
In a testimony before the House Small Business Committee, Viktor Anderson, chief engineer for Structural Concepts, a Muskegon, Michigan-based commercial refrigeration manufacturer, said that, if left unchecked, the inability or unwillingness of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to coordinate rulemakings and coalesce around energy-efficiency and environmental goals will “devastate” the industry.
H.R. 636, America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015, passed the House with a vote of 272-142 Friday morning. Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) continues to support the bill, which would revise the tax code to make permanent the expensing limits of certain depreciable assets and, for the first time, include heating and cooling equipment in that list.
Heating, Air-conditioning, & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) supports H.R. 636, America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015, which reported favorably from the House Ways and Means Committee recently. The bill proposes a revision to the tax code that would make permanent the expensing limits of certain depreciable assets and, for the first time, include heating and cooling equipment in that list.
For years, the main way small businesses obtained financing would be to go through a bank. But now? Ever since the recession, banks are now more cautious than ever about lending to small businesses. An option is alternative financing.
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, under the chairmanship of Rep. Richard Hanna, R-New York, conducted a hearing to examine the declining rate of small business creation over the last three decades and the state of entrepreneurship during this latest economic recovery.