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DECEMBER 2018
Throughout the year we have featured a number of wonderful local retailers you may want to consider for last minute Christmas gifts. Here are links to those business’ LBN articles:
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Local Business News Executive Editor Glenn Gilbert asked Constance Logan to address issues affecting small businesses. Logan is the district director of the Small Business Administration in Michigan. Here are excerpts from her responses.
GILBERT (LBN): In his announcement of Small Business Week (April 29 to May 5) President Trump said the country’s 30 million small businesses employ nearly 58 million Americans — 48 percent of the labor force, and that each year, small businesses create two-out-of-three net new, private-sector jobs in the United States. Is this a trend that is sustainable and where will this leave us 10 years from now?