Free Help For Small Businesses At Aiken SBDC
Small businesses in Aiken County can get free advice and counseling from the Small Business Development Center at Aiken Technical College every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Rudy VanErkelens, SBDC consultant for the county, notes many failures stem from lack of information. The center offers guidance on advertising marketing pre business planning accounting systems and loan packaging with USC professors and private experts available for complex questions. It hosts seminars on topics like salesmanship tax incentives women in business financing bookkeeping time management and cash flow this fall. Contact Aiken TEC at 593 9231 for appointments.
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Aiken Technical College
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University of South Carolina
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Columbia
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First National Bank Offers Discount Brokerage Service
First National Bank of South Carolina begins discount brokerage via Financial Services Corporation to help first time and small investors. Customers can place trades using a toll free number with automatic debit or credit to their checking accounts for costs and proceeds.
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First National Bank of South Carolina
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Firms With Long Distance Service Bypassing Aiken Market For Now
More than 300 firms plan long distance offerings after AT&T divestiture. SPRINT and MIC plan no immediate Aiken service, while Bellsouth remains the local long distance provider within the Aiken North Augusta Augusta LATA. An FCC access charge of 2 dollars starts Jan 1 for residents, with possible state PSC adjustments.
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Aiken
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Bell System
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Augusta
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MCI
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Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan Association of South Carolina
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Toshiba Corporation
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