(Wentworth, NC) – Rockingham Community College’s Small Business Center has formed a partnership with the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center to make loans of up to $25,000 available for the startup or expansion of rural businesses. Loans of $500-$25,000 are available through the N.C. Microenterprise Loan Program. The program encourages self-employment and small business development [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – The Small Business Center at Rockingham Community College is devoted to helping area entrepreneurs and those who are considering becoming entrepreneurs meet the challenges inherent in business ownership. Therefore, the SBC offers free seminars and classes on topics of interest to business men and women. Preregistration is important. To preregister for one [...]
SBC starts year with how to choose your business seminar (Wentworth, NC) – “How to Choose the Best Business for You” is the first free seminar of 2012 offered by the Small Business Center at Rockingham Community College. For anyone interested in starting a business, this seminar is a great way to start the [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – The Small Business Center at Rockingham Community College is devoted to helping area entrepreneurs and those who are considering becoming entrepreneurs meet the challenges inherent in business ownership. Therefore, from September to April, the SBC offers free seminars on topics of interest to business men and women. The Seminars are held on [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – The Tuesday and Thursday seminars presented by the Small Business Center at Rockingham Community College in April will focus on the technical and nontechnical aspects of business. All of them can help current and budding entrepreneurs establish businesses and/or better business practices. Preregistration is requested. To preregister, call 336-342-4261, Ext. 2316. The [...]
Have you ever wondered how the government provides us with this information, when we know friends, family, colleagues who have been out of work for a couple years, or not receiving unemployment benefits anymore? Are they included in the numbers reported? The Dept. of Labor compiles the numbers from an array of sources. There are [...]
$37,677,677.00 of Rockingham County’s 2009 Expenses recorded as “Other or Other Operating”???
Fiscal year 2009 reporting information is available online at the North Carolina Department of Treasury website. The total expenditures for fiscal year 2009 were $112,795,738.00 according to the filings pursuant to the Annual Financial Report guidelines. Of this amount, 33% of the budget was spent on the categories – Other Operating and Other. Per capita [...]
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Recently I read the report “The Impact of Regulatory Cost on Small Firms” from the SBA Office of Advocacy and was not surprised at the information.
