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Zagreb, Feb 3 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Antonio Bat) Thousands of small business owners and workers in sectors that have been forced to close because of the coronavirus pandemic protested in the center of Zagreb on Wednesday to demand the reopening of their businesses.FOOTAGE OF PROTESTS IN ZAGREB.
Kyiv(Ukraine), Jan 28 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Sergey Dolzhenko).- Small business owners gathered on Thursday in Kyiv to demand the derogation of the new law on the simplified tax system. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN KYIV.
The US Federal government's Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, doled out hundreds of billions of dollars to businesses. The PPP's goal was to assist businesses during the nearly inevitable slowdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. But according to Business Insider, many minority-owned businesses were left waiting for funds until the final weeks of the program. Many of our businesses were being turned down in the first and second round of funding. That caused application fatigue and frustration. Ron Busby President, US Black Chambers The Center For Responsible Lending says minority-owned businesses support 8.7 million jobs with an annual total payroll of $280 billion.
British Prime minister Boris Johnson talks up the potential benefits for the UK of the last-gasp post-Brexit trade deal, secured with the EU after months of negotiation. SOUNDBITE
Kiev, Nov 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sergey Dolzhenko) Dozens of business owners protested on Tuesday in front of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine over the quarantine imposed by the Government for the next weekend as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
La Paz, June 17 (EFE) .- Owners of small businesses marched Wednesday in La Paz to demand that authorities support the sector, as they find themselves drowning in loans while their business activity has collapsed due to the coronavirus epidemic.The march, promoted by associations such as the Regional Federation of Micro and Small Enterprises (Fermype) of the neighboring city of El Alto, traveled through downtown La Paz requesting the interim government and the Bolivian parliament to meet their demands. (Camer: MARTIN ALIPAZ)FOOTAGE SHOWS OWNERS OF SMALL BUSINESSES PROTESTING IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.