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With 2021 on the horizon, the question now is: How do we plan for the near future?

Even beyond the nearly immediate changes brought by Covid-19 in March, business owners and the general public have had to remain flexible with countless transformations to their workplace and lifestyle habits and will need to continue with these transformations well into the foreseeable future. READ MORE

Insights Success happy to announce Top 10 Franchises to Buy in 2020 consists of stories from the franchise space. READ MORE

Preparing your business for the New Year may rarely be this difficult - or this important. Move from UN-prepared to PREP-ared. That anticipation may never be more welcome than at the close of 2020. Get some expert advice here! READ MORE

As we enter the final few months of 2020, a year marked with economic challenges and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several important deadlines are approaching as the calendar flips from 2020 to 2021. READ MORE

Businesses are still navigating workforce compliance and benefits options that COVID continues to press forward. Tricia and Eric Golomb, Payroll Vault Pembroke Pines, FL Owners, provide invaluable tips that will help add clarity and guidance to your task list of what you can do now. Watch the brief video below to learn more. WATCH VIDEO

This year, we surveyed over 30,000 franchisees from 310 of today’s leading franchise brands to determine the best franchises of 2020 — based 100 percent on franchisee satisfaction. Each survey participant was asked 33 benchmark questions about their franchisor that focused on areas such as leadership, training, and core values as well 16 more personal questions concerning their business lifestyle and overall enjoyment of running their franchise. Surveys to determine this year’s top 200 franchises were conducted between June 2018 and November 2019. READ MORE

If I've learned anything in my years of working with payroll, it's that even under normal circumstances, payroll is difficult enough for the average small-business owner. The past six months, however, have been anything but normal. We all saw the Covid-19 outbreak send businesses of all sizes into uncertainty, forcing them to reconcile decreasing revenues with increasing employee needs — all seemingly in an instant. READ MORE

Sean Manning, CEO/Founder of Payroll Vault, in the article Election 2020: A Small Business Primer for the Presidential Race (and more), discusses some of the possible outcomes that could affect payroll taxes and employers post-election. Who do you want in your corner?

Aside from the presidential race, small business owners are watching the pandemic-related legal developments closely. More specifically, the three tax credits designed to aid businesses suffering from economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From overseeing and personally handling aspects of operation ranging from customer service to inventory to simply keeping the lights on, an owner wears many hats — all to make a profit and have the cash flow to make payroll in the first place. The depth of one role is often taken for granted, and that is the job of administering payroll. READ MORE

Over the last decade, there has been a 24% increase in women-owned franchise businesses. Today, 26% of all franchises are solely woman-owned, with another 9% with at least one female partner in the ownership group. Additionally, 41% of new franchisees that have launched in the last 24 months are women. READ MORE

When most people think of buying a franchise, they think of a store front or a restaurant. But franchising is much more than just retail, and in the age of coronavirus we thought it might make sense to explore the best franchises that can be run at a distance. 

While our list includes several technology-centric franchises, there are also a number of "distant" businesses available for those entrepreneurs looking for a hands-on franchising opportunity as well. READ MORE

The pandemic has changed how businesses interact with and help their workforce. Key concerns include maintaining health and safety while being as efficient as possible. READ MORE

The Payroll Protection Program (PPP) has caused a good deal of confusion for entrepreneurs and small-business owners as it has evolved - and as deadlines have changed. Most recently, the... READ MORE