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SUMMARY:Statewide Small Business Day Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chambers across the state\, this online webinar will provide you\, the small business owner\, with critical information needed to thrive in the COVID-19 landscape. Small Business Day panels\, featuring experts in their field\, will focus on financing options\; the latest COVID-19 stimulus program\; tax and accounting pitfalls and opportunities\; and legislative issues affecting employers.  Register here for Small Business Day.\n\n\n\nPreliminary Agenda\n\n8:00 am:  Legislative Leadership Panel\n\nA special panel featuring legislative leaders who will identify top small business issues they'll be addressing during the 2021 legislative session. Panelists include: Speaker of the House Sherman Packard (confirmed)\, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (confirmed)\, House Democratic Leader Renny Cushing (confirmed)\, and Senate President Chuck Morse (invited). This interactive session will allow you to get the latest information on key legislative proposals impacting the small business community.\n\n\n\n9:00 am:  Financing Options for Small Business\n\nLearn about traditional and alternative (non-traditional) options for financing your small business from a panel of experts. Panelists: Amy Bassett\, district director\, NH Small Business Administration\; Julie Glosner\, Merrimack Valley regional director\, NH SBDC\; John Hamilton\, acting president of economic opportunity\, NH Community Loan Fund/Vested for Growth\; and Mary Mattson\, senior vice president\, commercial banking team lead Manchester/Concord\, Bangor Savings Bank. Moderated by Michael O'Reilly\, senior vice president and commercial team lead\, Bangor Savings Bank in NH.\n\n\n\n10:00 am:  The Bottom Line: Tax Implications of COVID-19 Stimulus Acts\n\nThis will be an interactive presentation allowing you to get answers to your specific issues from three of New Hampshire's top CPAs. Topics to be discussed will include PPP loan forgiveness\, deductibility of expenses\, payroll tax credits\, how Main Street Relief funds will be treated and more. Panelists: Kevin Kennedy\, CPA\, CFE\, Maloney & Kennedy\; Leslie Walker\, CPA and Director\, Mason + Rich\; and Steve Lawlor\, Principal\, Nathan Wechsler. Moderated by Dave Juvet\, senior vice president of public policy\, BIA.\n\n\n\n11:00 am:  Liability and other COVID-19 Concerns for Small Businesses\n\nThis panel will explore pressing issues the pandemic has raised for small businesses like legal liability\, and changes to paid family leave and paid sick time in the recently passed federal COVID-19 stimulus legislation. Panelists TBD.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="color:#555555\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Presented by Chambers across the state\, this online webinar will provide you\, the small business owner\, with critical information needed to thrive in the COVID-19 landscape. Small Business Day panels\, featuring experts in their field\, will focus on financing options\; the latest COVID-19 stimulus program\; tax and accounting pitfalls and opportunities\; and legislative issues affecting employers.&nbsp\; </span></span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;"><a href="https://bianhassoc.wliinc23.com/events/Small-Business-Day-presented-by-Bangor-Savings-Bank-408/details">Register here for Small Business Day</a></span></span><span style="color:#555555\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#C00000\;"><span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt\;">Preliminary Agenda</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#2F5496\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">8:00 am:&nbsp\; Legislative Leadership Panel</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#555555\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">A special panel featuring legislative leaders who will identify top small business issues they&rsquo\;ll be addressing during the 2021 legislative session. Panelists include: Speaker of the House Sherman Packard (confirmed)\, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (confirmed)\, House Democratic Leader Renny Cushing (confirmed)\, and Senate President Chuck Morse (invited). This interactive session will allow you to get the latest information on key legislative proposals impacting the small business community.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#2F5496\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">9:00 am:&nbsp\; Financing Options for Small Business</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#555555\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Learn about traditional and alternative (non-traditional) options for financing your small business from a panel of experts. Panelists: Amy Bassett\, district director\, NH Small Business Administration\; Julie Glosner\, Merrimack Valley regional director\, NH SBDC\; John Hamilton\, acting president of economic opportunity\, NH Community Loan Fund/Vested for Growth\; and Mary Mattson\, senior vice president\, commercial banking team lead Manchester/Concord\, Bangor Savings Bank. Moderated by Michael O&rsquo\;Reilly\, senior vice president and commercial team lead\, Bangor Savings Bank in NH.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#2F5496\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">10:00 am:&nbsp\; The Bottom Line: Tax Implications of COVID-19 Stimulus Acts</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#555555\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">This will be an interactive presentation allowing you to get answers to your specific issues from three of New Hampshire&rsquo\;s top CPAs. Topics to be discussed will include PPP loan forgiveness\, deductibility of expenses\, payroll tax credits\, how Main Street Relief funds will be treated and more. Panelists: Kevin Kennedy\, CPA\, CFE\, Maloney &amp\; Kennedy\; Leslie Walker\, CPA and Director\, Mason + Rich\; and Steve Lawlor\, Principal\, Nathan Wechsler. Moderated by Dave Juvet\, senior vice president of public policy\, BIA.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#2F5496\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">11:00 am: &nbsp\;Liability and other COVID-19 Concerns for Small Businesses</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#555555\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">This panel will explore pressing issues the pandemic has raised for small businesses like legal liability\, and changes to paid family leave and paid sick time in the recently passed federal COVID-19 stimulus legislation. Panelists TBD.</span></span></span></strong><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
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