Jupmode teams up with area businesses

Hundreds of area businesses, non-profits, and schools receive PPP loans. Many of them would not have been able to keep their doors open or reopen following the COVID shutdowns. The loans are given out by the Small Business Administration for eligible businesses to pay for costs including payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities. The loan amounts range from a hundred thousand dollars to several million dollars.

All the stores are located at Speedway gas stations. Dunkin’ announced the end of the partnership with Speedway in February.

NPC says it employs nearly 40,000 people in 27 states.

Between February and May, companies with fewer than 500 employees lost 11.6 million jobs, or 18.4 percent of their workforce.

The big-box membership club has eliminated the iconic half-sheet cakes that have been the centerpiece of graduation and birthday parties.

Four locations will become experience centers to showcase technology but won’t necessarily sell products.

The closures include a location in Perrysburg.

The funds are intended to help small businesses impacted by COVID-19.

Dennis Chung owns Kotobuki Japanese Restaurant on Monroe Street in Sylvania. It’s a family business with three generations of his family working at the restaurant.

A new law adds new flexibility to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP): a coronavirus relief program for small businesses.

The site will house a delivery station that will employ 110 people and 300 independent delivery contrators.