When Jenny Camacho applied for the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), she didn’t expect to be turned away.
Austin businesses are facing permanent impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a recent survey showing that 90% of all of the city's live music venues will likely close by the fall if no economic changes are made.
President Donald J. Trump recently signed four executive actions in response to a congressional stalemate on the next round of COVID-19 relief, drawing praise from a Texas economist.
Economist Vance Ginn, who formerly worked in the White House Office of Management and Budget, says the only way to ensure the economy recovers is to allow businesses to reopen and for people to go back to work.
During the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept across the world, many businesses have been feeling the pressure and stress that has come with being forcibly closed to flatten the infection curve. Among the businesses that have been highly affected in the U.S. is the hotel industry.
The thought that distilleries or breweries could permanently close due to COVID-19 restrictions saddens the owner of Ranger Creek Brewing and Distillery.
For James Beck, the owner of a specialty grocery store in Houston, the hardest part of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the ever-changing regulations.
Buffalo West co-owner doesn’t like losing, feels sense of failure because restaurant didn’t survive pandemic
For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment figures actually regressed and increased up to 1.4 million weekly jobless claims, according to a recent Associated Press news story.
Six U.S. states have seen the number of employees returning to work at small businesses decline by at least 5% from June to July due to the resurgence of COVID-19, CNBC reported.
Yelp reported that 55 percent of businesses previously listed as temporarily closed due to COVID-19 are now marked as permanently closed, according to Forbes.
Nearly 800 Texas bars opened in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order shutting them down due to COVID-19, and they had safety protocols in place to show that they can operate safely.
New York was one of the nation's four large metro areas in which at least 5 percent of small business owners reported they had no cash on hand during a one-week period in June, according to a LendingTree survey released earlier this month.