Planning for 2021: The New New Normal

Preparing for the start of a new year presents particular challenges this December. How do you make plans when the world is facing something that literally has not happened before?  Well, to start with, you have to think about it differently than you did in previous years. Ordinarily I’d advise you to look at this […]

Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.

If your business made any plans for 2020, no doubt you’ve already thrown them in the trash bin (or recycling if you’re going green).  The combination of a pandemic and an economic crisis has blown most business plans out of the water and made it difficult to even imagine planning for the rest of the […]

COVID-19 – Part V: Small Business Resources.

This is part five in our occasional series about applying for coronavirus-related loans. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) took effect in early May. It states that companies with fewer than 500 employees have to offer paid medical leave after the employee takes 10 unpaid days. An employee is eligible if 1) that employee […]

Coronavirus is Affecting My Business. Now What do I do?

With the current crisis, we have all been thrust into uncharted waters.  The past month has confronted businesses with an unprecedented situation—this has literally never happened before—that affects different businesses in different ways.  Some are shut down, some are experiencing a slow down in business, and some are busier than ever.  If your business is […]

COVID-19: Small Business Resources

There is a lot of information that is coming out from the government, and we are doing our best to keep up with it. Here is what we know as of now. There are several loan/grant programs available: Local small business grants Payroll Protection Program (PPP) Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) We are focusing on […]

CARES Act & Your Business

COVID-19 has confronted businesses like yours with unprecedented challenges.  The situation is constantly changing, and it is difficult to know what to do next.  Office Accomplice wants to help you navigate these tricky times by keeping you up to date.  We will be providing regular, brief updates about how the coronavirus affects businesses like yours […]

Setting Up Remote Work in the Age of CoronaVirus

Your business has been humming along, working just fine in the office.  But now suddenly the coronavirus concerns have hit the country, and you’re faced moving your entire operation online. This is an eventuality your company (along with the rest of the country) probably didn’t plan for, and you have to move quickly to avoid […]