Small Business

Cars wait in line for boxes of food from the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida at a drive-through event at the City of Destiny church in Orange County, Florida. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ‘Horrendous time’ “This is a horrendous time to have a lapse in benefits,” said Wendy Edelberg, senior fellow

Alex and Kelsey Carroll’s company, Toss Up Events, designed and operated unique fan experiences at major sporting events across the country. Then the coronavirus shutdown canceled all large gatherings for the foreseeable future.  The Carrolls, both 31, had all of their employees pack up their equipment and head back to the company’s headquarters in Dallas.

An exterior view of Sweet Tomatoes restaurant, which have closed their doors, on July 08, 2020 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Johnny Louis | Getty Images As Covid-19 cases continue to climb in cities and states around the country, businesses are being faced with a second wave of closures and potential layoffs. The National Restaurant Association

Small-business owners are struggling to stay afloat as coronavirus cases spike in many parts of the country — even with stimulus aid from the government. Despite that, worker headcount among small businesses was nearly back to pre-Covid-19 levels, according to exclusive data compiled by human resource provider Gusto and based on more than 100,000 small

Foot traffic is slowly returning to Brattle Street and Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but local small businesses are still suffering from the extended coronavirus lockdown. Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images EIDL loans The EIDL Advance program, created by the CARES Act, gave emergency grants to small businesses within three days of their