The Payroll Protection Program, or PPP, was one of the best-known relief programs available for businesses. Although the program had its issues, many small businesses were able to receive funds to keep paying their employees. The second round of...
At VersaTel Solutions we’ve been able to help small businesses become more successful by creating systems and processes that save time and money. We work with our clients to make an individualized plan for their business. Aren’t sure if...
The Covid-19 pandemic has turned the workforce upside down. While all employees are adjusting to the “new normal”, evidence and anecdotes show that in the majority of households, working moms are the ones having to shoulder the heaviest burdens....
Belt-tightening by companies has increased this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Small business owners are trying to find places to trim their budgets anywhere they can. It may seem counter-intuitive, but now is the perfect time...
Small businesses may not have a dedicated department or even just someone who’s in charge of IT risk. But the recent Twitter hack should have gotten every business’s attention. The hack was aimed at high-profile Tweeters, but every business...
We’re in the new-normal, when it comes to remote working. Because of Covid-19, employees who never expected to work from home are now commuting to their living rooms. Bosses who maybe had one or two remote workers now find...
We’ve been really happy with the launch of our Process Management Service. It’s been a difficult time for most small businesses, so we decided to launch our service to help our clients. But many business owners have questions about...
We’ve written about self-care here before. We even warned: According toWebMD, stress can cause health problems ranging from obesity to heart disease to even premature death. So it’s important to get a handle on stress. As Nicole Leinbach-Reyhle writes...
“Unprecedented”, “difficult”, “trying”. We’ve all heard 2020 described using those terms. There’s no way around it, this year has been awful for a lot of people, both personally and financially. If there’s any small comfort, it’s in knowing a...
Last week our blog offered tips on opening your small business after the Covid-19 shutdown. It’s a big subject to tackle, so this week we’re revisiting the topic. The Commonwealth of Virginia is set to move into Phase 3...