Long Beach. Business owners can learn about state payroll and sales and use taxes, enterprise zone tax credits and benefits, federal tax credits and incentives, and local resources at a free Long Beach business seminar July 9. Follow this link: Business seminar focuses on tax issues

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) visited both Gibsons Mayor Barry Janyk and Sechelt Mayor Darren Inkster to discuss the negative impact of the increasing tax burden on small business and to get their support to bring back the municipal business vote. More: Business tax must be reduced

Following news that Business Link is to be scrapped, entrepreneur Robert Ashton says the support organisation should become a social enterprise and start charging for its services. The rest is here: Business Link’s big social enterprise opportunity

LAKEPORT — Business owners and community members pushed to have North Main Street from Third to Fourth streets included in Phase 2 of the Lakeport Downtown Improvement Project during a workshop Wednesday. See the original post here: Business owners seek inclusion

Business leaders from the automotive, food and biofuels, and media worlds were lunch guests of President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday. Visit link: Business leaders lunch with Obama

As hundreds of business owners shuffle through the claims process to recover losses caused by the oil disaster, BP’s promise that it will “deny no legitimate claim” is taking on a bitter meaning. Read the original: Business owners blast BP’s claims rules