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PPP Loan Forgiveness Update
More details regarding Paycheck Protection Act loan forgiveness emerged from the US Small Business Administration last week that make it much easier for those who received PPP loans of less than $50,000 to apply for forgiveness. While the loan forgiveness process will still be administered by your lending bank and Read more…
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Ohio Provides Qualified Liability Shield From COVID-19 Claims
By M. Scott Young, Anthony P. McNamara and William J. Hubbardof Thompson HineSeptember 2020 On September 14, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law a qualified and temporary liability shield against claims based on exposure to or infection from SARS-CoV-2 (aka COVID-19), MERS-CoV (aka coronavirus that causes Middle East respiratory Read more…
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COVID Nation: Our Health from Sea to Shining Sea
Op Ed By Jose Julio Divino, MPH August 2020 – It has been seven months since the coronavirus, or “COVID-19” as coined by the World Health Organization (WHO), was declared a public health pandemic, yet the politicization of this deadly virus continues to ravage our country, killing nearly 180,000 and Read more…
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Developing a Systematic Action Plan for Managing Revenue Risk Posed by Financially Challenged and Bankrupt Customers
In the August 19, 2020 issue of Crain’s Cleveland Business, guest bloggers H. Jeffrey Schwartz and Gus Kallergis, co-chairs of the Business Restructuring and Insolvency group at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, posted this blog highlighting the risk businesses will face in the coming months from customers going out of business Read more…
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Leadership Through Change
Your business’s ability to change in response to today’s rapidly shifting climate is crucial to its survival. Do you have the resources you need to lead the change you require? BG Consulting Group’s unique suite of competencies supports development, socialization and management of your change strategy. Test your readiness with Read more…
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Reopening Plans
By Nancy Hancock Griffith While most businesses across the country are at least partially reopened, the work of creating safe workplaces and customer experiences continues. BG Consulting would like to recommend the following excellent resources to help your business create your own safety and workplace policies as you move forward. Read more…
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What You Need to Know about Crisis Communications
By Nancy Hancock Griffith We’ve seen notices from just about every type of business, delivered in just about every way imaginable, outlining the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I think we can all agree, this is a crisis. So it’s time to review some basic, and oft forgotten, principles of Read more…
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Advice for Leaders in the Post COVID-19 World
By Davis Young, Guest Blogger for Crain’s Cleveland Business, June 9, 2020 Like us, we’re sure you read a large number of emails, articles and blog posts in an effort to sort through the issues relating to operating your business in the post COVID-19 environment. Top of mind for many Read more…
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Paycheck Protection Program Update
SBA Issues Guidance on Good-Faith Certification In order to receive a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, borrowers must generally certify that current economic uncertainty renders such a loan necessary to support ongoing operations. Throughout the month of May, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has been updating its PPP FAQs as they Read more…