City of Burlington grants BIPOC-owned businesses COVID relief

Laveta Brigham

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Help is on the way to Burlington-area businesses owned by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). The city’s Department of Racial Equity is putting $180,000 of COVID relief money into owners’ pockets. It’s been a tough year for small businesses, especially businesses owned by people […]

Eight things we learned about new businesses in lockdown

Laveta Brigham

Composite picture of eight entrepreneurs Since September we have been speaking to people who created start-ups during the pandemic for our business advice series CEO Secrets. Series producer Dougal Shaw explains what he learned from this snapshot. “Lockdown put fire in my belly.” “It was a sink or swim moment.” […]

FedEx hitting small businesses with surprise shipping limits

Laveta Brigham

FedEx is placing daily package limits on some businesses as its shipping network faces capacity issues during the pandemic-fueled surge in online holiday shopping. Carriers have taken similar steps before, but small business owners told Business Insider that FedEx hasn’t been transparent about the current wave of quotas, which have […]