Category: New Veteran Owned Business Categories Added

New Jersey Moves to Allow Veteran Preference on Local Government Contracts

Current New Jersey law allows local governments to designate up to 3% of local contracts to small businesses, as well as those owned by women and minorities. The veteran set-aside bill opens that provision to businesses owned by or that employ veterans.

Veterans Hire Veterans

Tax Credits for Hiring Veterans Survive 2013 Budget Cuts

Although tax credits for hiring the disadvantaged expired in 2011 and those for hiring veterans expired at the end of 2012; both have been extended through 2013.

Refrigeration & HVAC Company Hiring Veterans For Field Service Teams

Source Refrigeration will provide a paid five week training program consisting of classroom and on-the-job training. Upon successful completion of the class you will then be assigned to a specific branch location.

Entrepreneurial Development Training for Veteran Women (V-WISE) Comes to Jacksonville, Florida

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has partnered with Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, to provide veteran women with a unique training opportunity to start or grow a business. This training is open to current veteran women, active-duty women who are transitioning out of the military in the next 24 months, and a spouse or female partner of a veteran.

Judge Allows Department of Veterans Affairs to Ignore Veteran Preference When Awarding Contracts

On November 27th, U.S. Federal Claims Judge Nancy Firestone ruled against a bid protest filed by a Maryland veteran owned business. Firestone said the VA didn’t violate a 2006 law by awarding an emergency notification service contract without first considering bids from veterans. The award was one of at least 18 that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said were unlawful.

New York City Offers Disaster Relief Funds To Help Small Businesses

Businesses that have been displaced for at least three weeks can apply for a grant of up to $10,000 to help with repairs, supplies and other storm-related expenses.