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Thursday ORMOND BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ribbon-cutting ceremony, 4:30 p.m., Tradewinds Grille, 1425 Hand Ave., suite N., Ormond Beach. Information: (386) 677-3454. Friday PORT ORANGE/SOUTH DAYTONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ribbon-cutting ceremony, 9 a.m., Beville Dental Care, 911 Beville Road, suite 1, South Daytona. Information: (386) 761-1601. Daily SCORE 87 -- COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS, free startup business counseling by appointment on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Continuing counseling for existing businesses on Tuesdays. Two hour free workshops on Fridays in Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Orange City, and Palm Coast. Spanish available. For more information or appointment call (386) 255-6889 or email score87@earthlink.net or visit the Web site at score87.org.
Toll Free Numbers Affordable and Beneficial for Small Businesses, New Site Launch
A toll free number was once only accessible to large corporations with disposable income. Now, even small, one person operated business can easily afford and offer a toll free number to their clients thanks to the launch of Get800today.com Bay Area, CA (PRWEB) November 26, 2007 -- Having a toll free number is suddenly more affordable than people might think. Get800today.com site launch on November 26th gives small business owners and individuals an affordable solution to offering a toll free phone number, and explains the business benefits to having a toll free line. With Get 800 Today, anyone from a business owner to a non-profit executive to the family with the home phone, can choose from an 800, 866, 877, or 888 telephone number. Once a toll free number is selected, the individual simply enters a phone number to have incoming toll free calls forwarded to, and makes a pre-payment as little as $25 to activate the service.
Small business organizations form partnership
Two nonprofits aimed at helping small and minority-owned businesses succeed have formed an alliance to share services. The Cincinnati Business Incubator and the Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise Initiative said they have formalized their relationship with a memorandum of understanding. Under the agreement, CBI will offer GCMI clients a complimentary six-month affiliate client contract, and GCMI will provide CBI clients with customized business coaching and assistance in obtaining business loans. "When organizations like ours work together there is less duplication and we have more opportunity to market our services to a wider audience," said Wayne Hicks, president of CBI, in a news release. CBI, in Over-the-Rhine, is an incubator offering startup companies affordable office space, business services and other resources.
Small businessman finds he is suddenly out of work
The Garden Island newspaper and the Zonta Club of Kauai are teaming up this year, and asking the community to help make the holidays brighter for less-fortunate residents through the Zonta/The Garden Island Christmas Fund.From now through Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, The Garden Island will share stories of families who could use a little holiday cheer along with an appeal for monetary donations of any size. The names have been changed to protect their privacy. Funds raised will be distributed to needy families by Zonta Club members, who purchase gift certificates at appropriate businesses to help make these simple wishes come true. .
Ten Penny-Pinching Ideas for 2008
The year is drawing to a close and I can happily say that I've learned a few things in 2007. I've learned how safe the world is because Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) does not build airplanes. I've learned that if I'm ever asked to open the MTV Music Awards, I shouldn't show off my belly. And I'm also relieved to report that not only am I smarter than a fifth grader, I'm probably smarter than the 10 billion people watching that show. .
ABC to replace cancer cluster broadcast studio
NEW Brisbane premises have been secured for the ABC to establish broadcast operations following the closure last year of its facilities at Toowong amid concerns over a cancer cluster among staff at the site. The Toowong studios were closed after a panel of experts commissioned by the ABC found that women working there had a six times higher risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer than women in the general community. Since then, another journalist, Angela Eckersley, has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is under treatment and recovering, bringing to 15 the number of staff stricken by cancer since 1994. Years of action by the journalists' union pressured ABC management into closing the Toowong riverside premises because exhaustive tests could not pinpoint the reason for so many female staff developing cancer.
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