Small Business Association of Michigan

LANSING - Michigan's outstanding small businesses will receive statewide recognition on April 19 as the state's major business organizations and agencies collaborate for the second annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business event. The cooperative effort ? which will name the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch, as well as Small Business Person of the Year ? is

LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan praised the action Wednesday by the Michigan Senate to accelerate the repeal of the Single Business Tax to 2007 from 2009 and urged the governor to sign the legislation. ?Repealing the SBT, even before a replacement system is in place, is the appropriate step to take in

LANSING - As a political advocate and lobbyist for the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), there are two recurring complaints I hear from our members about our state. (1) The tax system in our state is ridiculously confusing and unfair and (2) the regulations Michigan keeps putting on small business represent another layer of

LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan, in a press release, said it strongly supports Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson's effort to repeal the Single Business Tax through a petition drive that would give voters a chance to decide in November. ?We wholeheartedly back this effort to eliminate the SBT even sooner than

LANSING - Online registration has opened for the second annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards ceremony on April 19, which incluces a keynote speech by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Tickets for the awards dinner are $125 per person or $1,000 for a table of eight. The evening includes a cocktail reception, the awards dinner, and an

LANSING - The Greater Washington D.C. Interfaith Power and Light organization has agreed to serve as the first national partner in the Small Business Association of Michigan'S faith-based Energy Initiative, an aggregated purchasing program for religious congregations. In 2005, SBAM received a three-year, $150,000 grant from the EPA ENERGY STAR program to replicate the Initiative

LANSING - Past SBAM Chair Paul Hense of Grand Rapids is serving as the 2006 chair of the National Small Business Association, SBAM's national affiliate. "NSBA is fortunate to have a small-business owner of Paul's experience and commitment lead our organization," NSBA President Todd McCracken said. "We are looking forward to a very successful year."

LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan has sent out thousands of emails to its member urging them to pressure Gov. Jennifer Granholm into signing two bills aimed at small business. One would lower the Single Business Tax rate and the other prohibit the state from imposing any new workplace ergonomic rules. "Small business

LANSING ? The Small Business Association of Michigan has released its list of 2006 legislative priorities. Leading the list is small business tax relief. ?We?ve focused on the issues that are important to spurring entrepreneurial dynamism in our state,? says SBAM Vice President Government Relations Barry Cargill. ?The stakes are high. Michigan continues to lag

LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan supports a legislative initiative announced Jan. 10 that?s aimed at improving Michigan?s tax and regulatory environment. Legislative Republicans unveiled an agenda that includes lowering the alternative rate that small businesses pay on the Single Business Tax, prohibiting onerous ergonomic standards for businesses and providing businesses with assistance