LP Biz News - Small Business Tough on Biden, Louisiana Sales Tax the Highest

Parade Planning Time in Livingston Parish

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Small Business Owners Blast Biden's mandates and tax increases. Videos and testimonies from small business owners, featuring Louisiana businesses, are pushing back. See what they are saying here.

Louisiana retains title for highest sales tax in the nation. Livingston Parish is one of the highest with areas over 10% or more. Here is the latest from the tax foundation.

Business leaders appointed to committee chair roles in Livingston Parish including, Shannon Bernard, Jeremy Aydell, James Moak and others here.

Coming soon - Redistricting and what that will look like.

Business can't move the economy without employees, we will dedicate a page to this. Meantime, read the blog on small things you can do to make your job posts stand out.

Congressman Graves & Nutria Traps Regulation - Louisiana problems

We left the nutria in for one more week because you like him! Pretty interesting story. Regulations on traps are imposing a problem for Louisiana's plan to control the nutria problem here. The story and video from Graves

Can be viewed here.

5 Components of a Standout Job Description in 2022

The past two years have brought about a lot of change in business. But many companies haven’t reevaluated their job descriptions. Every time they have a position to fill, they search a hard drive (or folder) and post it. This won’t keep you competitive in the employment arena.

The NEW basic elements you need in a job listing

Top video this week

Hear from the winners on how they did it.

Announcing the 2021 Business of the Year Award Winners

In this video, Chuck Raborn - Chuck's Sportscards, John Morse - Performance Tire & Automotive, Matthew Holmes - Holmes Building Materials - as they humbly accept their awards.

Small Business Index - Highest Score (63) since covid low of (39).

Small business is raring to go according the 2021 Q4 Small Business Index. With a score of 63, the confidence is the highest than it's been since covid. No surprise that staffing woes are the biggest problem employers face, but there are others. We've linked the full report below for you to review.

Access the full report here. Worth the read.

Want to catch up on past issues of the Livingston Parish Business Newsletter? Good stuff - They are linked here.