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The Morinville News | January 31, 2020

Alberta’s small business confidence dropped 1.3 points in January to an index of 37.0, according to the latest Business Barometer results from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Far behind the national average of 55.3 points, Alberta remains the province with the lowest business confidence in the country. The business organization considers an index score of 65 to 70 as indicative of a strong economy, both nationally and provincially. “Alberta small business conf...

Reuters: Business & Financial News, | February 05, 2020

What is worrying Rao Yong more than the daily news updates of a virus outbreak gripping China is that he may soon have to shut his online handicraft store and tell the 1,400 craftswomen he employs he is no longer able to sell their work. Rao, from eastern China’s Zhejiang province, is among millions of small business owners feeling the ripple effects of the epidemic which has killed 490 people in China and infected over 20,000. Businesses face widespread disruption as local governments ord...

wisdo.com | April 20, 2020

The burger chain Shake Shack says it has obtained new funding and will return a small-business loan it got to help weather the coronavirus crisis.Shake Shack has laid off or furloughed hundreds of its employees and needed the assistance, its CEO Randy Garutti and its founder Danny Meyer said in a statement seen Monday. But the company was able to get extra funding late last week through an “equity transaction” and decided to “immediately return” the $10 million paycheck p...

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

PayBright | May 12, 2021

Small business owners in Canada who use Fiserv's Clover® platform, a leading global supplier of payments and financial services technology solutions, also have the ability to offer PayBright's buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans at the checkout. Clover merchants can easily unlock PayBright's solutions by downloading the PayBright app from the Clover App Market. This enables retailers to provide their clients with convenient biweekly or monthly installment payment plans...