SCBIO will host a half-day program March 14, 2018 -- South Carolina Life Sciences Boot Camp: Essentials of a Growing Industry – to inform and update businesses and professionals from across the state on opportunities, trends and issues facing South Carolina’s fast-growing industry segment.
To be held at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health in Columbia, the program will run from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and will feature a light breakfast followed by presentations from over half a dozen noted life sciences industry leaders.
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is hosting an outreach event to educate small businesses about federal procurement opportunities with HHS and their top large business prime contractors.
How can you use incoterms to minimize your company's exposure, reduce risk, save money and even increase sales? Attend this half-day export training session, and learn how to determine responsibilities between buyer and seller through transfer of risk, insurance, documentary requirements and cost of freight through proper use of incoterms.
The registration cost is $125 per person until January 22 and $175 per person after January 22.
The SC Logistics initiative at the SC Council on Competitiveness is hosting an Industry Forum Wednesday, November 15 between 8-10 am at the Midlands Technical College Northeast Campus, which is located at 151 Powell Road in Columbia, SC. Several workforce development and educational programs will be presented, including the South Carolina’s Manufacturer’s Alliance Future Makers program, Apprenticeship Carolina and Midlands Technical College's new five-course supply chain and logistics program.
Business interruptions due to an emergency or large-scale disaster take a toll on owners, employees and profits. The SC Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) is partnering with South Carolina business and industry to share resources needed to protect the well-being of a company and its employees. Our economy will rebound quickly from any disaster by making sure our local businesses are as ready as possible.
The South Carolina Office of Small and Minority Business Contracting and Certification (SMBCC) and the Division of Procurement Services of the South Carolina Fiscal Accountability Authority invite owners of small and minority businesses to the Annual Small and Minority Business Contracting and Certification Forum and Trade Fair.
The APWA Midlands Branch, in conjunction with the SC Department of Commerce, is holding a half day workshop entitled Paving the Way with Recycled Tires: Cost-Effective, High-Performing, and Safe Alternatives to Oil-Derived Polymers.
The workshop will include speakers from the SCDOT, along with asphalt and pavement suppliers and processors. At the end of the workshop, attendees will know more about this emerging technology and will take a field trip to an I-26 Frontage Road in West Columbia to see where the rubber meets the road.
Three versions of a business plan will be discussed, how to use them and strategies for application.
On April 5, the Town of Chapin and the South Carolina Small Business Development Center will be holding a Small Business Boot Camp event at the Chapin Town Hall (157 Columbia Ave., Chapin, SC 29036) from 9am-Noon. This event will consist of an hour long panel discussion on various challenges facing small business owners. Questions will be taken from the audience and local resource providers will be on-hand to provide their knowledge and insights. The balance of the time will set up for one-on-one discussion at exhibitor tables set up in the meeting area.
This program will help you understand the Harmonized System and the Schedule B listing for exports. We will learn and review the six GRI (General Rules of Interpretation) used to classify every product. We will go through instructor and CBP-based sample classifications using each of the GRIs. By using the CROSS system, we will show how CBP reviews binding ruling requests and what that means for your products. After the training, you will know where to go for help and what to look at when beginning to look at your own products.