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The Economic Impact of Craft Brewing

Small Business Labs

The Brewers Association recently released their small and craft brewing economic impact report for 2018.  Economy in 2018 and provided directly and indirectly about 550,000 jobs.  These occur in suppliers to the plant as well as places where auto workers spend their money.  Billion to the U.S.

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A Rise in Independent Workers Highlights Trends and Concerns Facing the Gig Economy

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The projected gross volume of the gig economy in the United States has been on a steady rise over the last six years, more than doubling from $204 billion in 2018 to $455.2 Welcome to the gig economy, a bustling and growing arena that offers workers with sellable skills flexibility, control and variety. billion in 2023, according to Statista.

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A Growing Number of Freelancers are Providing Professional Services to Businesses

Small Business Labs

million in 2018.  Key quote from the report: Software supplier SAP Fieldglass and the supply management analyst firm Ardent Partners each found that over 40 percent of the average corporation’s overall workforce is currently comprised of nonemployee labor. And the number of independent professionals has grown quite rapidly.

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In the Spirit of Giving Back: Socorro Tequila’s Philanthropic Efforts in Jalisco

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Papa, let’s quit selling other people’s tequila and let’s go make our own,” Antinori said to Irving one boozy night in 2018. Socorro tequila is growing rápido Socorro tequila has grown nearly 50% since 2022, and is one of the top 10 tequila suppliers within Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits. “We

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Online Platforms Enabling the Rise of Global Micro Outsourcing Firms

Small Business Labs

Individualization , which the paper describes as "the puzzling elimination of returns to scale, resulting in a supplier base that consists of one-person micro-providers." As the chart below from the 2018 MBO Partners State of Independence study shows, about 1 in 5 U.S.   But U.S. in greater numbers.

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A sneaky peek at the Future Assistant programme

Practically Perfect PA

The Future Assistant is taking place over two days, the 8th and 9th February 2018. In 2015, she gave cameras unrivalled behind-the-scenes access to some of her events, the Taylor Lynn Corporation’s (TLC) exclusive clients and her team of hand-picked suppliers, who deliver private and corporate events right across the UK and Europe.

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10 Steps to Survive a Business Disaster

The Small Business Blog

While reporting that over half of British businesses will suffer cyber-attacks by 2018, a third of UK organisations admit that they have no response plan in place to protect themselves. b) Advise all suppliers, customers, and your utility providers of new arrangements and any changes. After all, everything is on the line.

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