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Overcoming Business Challenges

Overcoming Business Challenges

It’s been said that the only way to avoid business challenges is to avoid taking the risk to go into business in the first place. Thank you for taking that risk!

Business challenges are often complex and involve many issues. If this is the situation for your business, then your best starting place is the business counselling services offered by the Economic Development Council.  They offer assistance with a full array of business challenges.

Occasionally challenges may be limited to one particular area. The following section provides resources for those business challenges:

Business & Occupancy Tax (B & O Tax)

Business Finance Options

Business License

Electrical Utilities

Employee Attraction & Retention

Employment Security Department (Washington State)

Health Department

On the Job Training

Permitting

Regulatory Issues (please see individual issue)

Sales Tax

Signs

Solid Waste

Training

Unemployment

Utilities (please see individual utility)

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If you don’t see what you’re looking for here, please contact us.  We will be very happy to locate the data—the information—that you’re seeking!