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Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We're in the service garage of Safeway Training and Transportation in Kingston. Since the current recession began, there has been much talk of government helping businesses that are too big to fail. Much less has been said about businesses being too small to fail. This week, we take a look at the plight of small businesses in New Hampshire. But first, a closeup look at one NH small business. Links http:/www.scorehelp.org/ - Ray http:/www.safewaytrans.com/ - William http:/www.sba.gov/localresources/district/nh/index.html |
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Lauren Foxall Small Business Survival Track One- When children with special needs require a ride the Korn's are there. Bill using car to show how to get a child in a wheelchair on the bus. 09:31:49 We're providing a safe means of transportation for children. Track Two- George and Joyce Korn, are the operators of Safeway Training & Transportation Services. The business opened in 1989. Special bus with wheelchair lift shown. 09:32:32 Our transportation is more individually set for the child as opposed to a large bus that has 70 kids on it that don't have special needs. The objective is to get kids to school available for learning and that's our goal. Track Three - The Korns started small with two vehicles. 09:30:19 Two used station wagons that we purchased surplus from the state of New Hampshire. How many busses do you have right now? 09:30:14 190. 190 busses Broll shot of buses. Track Four- To get started, the Korn's got help from the Small Business Administration. It was a lot of hard work to get the business going. 09:38:31 We still had to keep our home running and in operation, so I was still teaching in education at the time Joyce and Penny were driving on the road and in those first years I would come home and help work on the cars and try to make everything come together. It just went from that to hiring an 09:39:01 extra person and another extra person, and another extra person, and finally after about 4 years I was able to give up my position teaching, so that I could come to work full time for the company. Broll of mechanic and Bill working together Track Five- The Korn's work with their children Bill and Doris, who also know about the challenges of running a business. Sometimes when you employ the best people possible it might not necessarily be something that they're going to want to do for a long period of time, so we do have a high turnover rate, so that makes it more difficult. So we spend a lot of time hiring and training people and things like that. Track Six- Safeway earns their money through school districts and other special needs events. The districts are tightening up their budgets, they're not doing field trips, or all the athletic trips that they would normally do. Track Seven- As the need for transportation goes down and the price for parts goes up, Safeway finds a way to adjust to the slowing economy. We're looking at even taking care of our own lawn care at some point, because we need to start cutting back because of things getting more expensive. Track Eight- Despite these challenges, the Korn's are optimistic that their business will continue to grow. 09:56:42 We like to specialize in our special needs transportation. We like to concentrate on that for a little while, see if we can add some more vehicles to the fleet. END OF SCRIPT |
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And joining us are: Bill Korn- General Manager Safeway Training and Transportation Services, Inc. Hugh Curley- Business Development Specialist for the Small Business Administration Terry Williams - Publisher of the Nashua Telegraph and Ray Drahms - a member of the SCORE organization - which mentors small businesses. Questions: 1: Bill - Safeway has been operating for 20 years. Has it faced tougher times? 2: Terry - your newspaper has reported on how the economy has been affected. In fact, we taped a recent show in a successful small business - a bistro - in Nashua. How have small businesses done in your region? 3: Are certain types of small business doing better than others? How about franchises - which are about 2% of the economy? 4: Hugh Curley - How do you draw the line between small and - larger - businesses? What is the threshold? 5: Ray Drahms - What advice - and assistance can you give as a member of SCORE to anyone running a small business? What are some of the typical mistakes that small business owners make? Any examples of turning businesses around? 6: Even in normal times, starting a small business can be tough. A third don't last even 2 years. Less than half survive 4 years. How has this recession affected those odds? 7: Bill - You're going to be taking over the business - along with your sister - from your parents. Do family-owned companies face special challenges - apart from the normal ones facing small businesses. 8: Hugh Curley - what kind of assistance can the Small Business Administration offer? Do you have to turn a lot of people down? What is ratio of acceptance? 9: It is often said small businesses create the majority of new jobs. Is that still the case? Are those good-paying jobs? 10: Terry Williams - What about the cost of benefits - in particular, health care? What do you think of the current debate over health care? What about a scheme - like in Massachusetts - where those who don't have it pay a tax penalty? 11: Hugh - What about federal stimulus money for small business? 12: What can the state do? Or not do? 13: This business - Safeway - started because Bill's parents saw an opening - a need for service that wasn't being filled. What sort of openings are there now? |
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That's it for this edition of NH Outlook. I'm Richard Ager, I'll see you next time. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 8/09/2009 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 26:35 Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We're in the service garage of Safeway Training and Transportation in Kingston. Since the current recession began, there has been much talk of government helping businesses that are too big to fail. Much less has been said about businesses being too small to fail. This week, we take a look at the plight of small businesses in New Hampshire. But first, a closeup look at one NH small business. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Lauren Foxall NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: George Korn\Owner of Safeway Training & Transporation Services Inc, Joyce Korn\Owner of Safeway Training & Transporation Services Inc, William Korn\General Manager,Doris Nichols\Director of Human Resources, Hugh Curley\Business Development Specialist for the SBA, Terry Williams\Publisher, Nashua Telegraph, Ray Drahms\Executive Committee of Score 185 Portsmouth. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 8/09/2009 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 26:35 Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We're in the service garage of Safeway Training and Transportation in Kingston. Since the current recession began, there has been much talk of government helping businesses that are too big to fail. Much less has been said about businesses being too small to fail. This week, we take a look at the plight of small businesses in New Hampshire. But first, a closeup look at one NH small business. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Lauren Foxall NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: George Korn\Owner of Safeway Training & Transporation Services Inc, Joyce Korn\Owner of Safeway Training & Transporation Services Inc, William Korn\General Manager,Doris Nichols\Director of Human Resources, Hugh Curley\Business Development Specialist for the SBA, Terry Williams\Publisher, Nashua Telegraph, Ray Drahms\Executive Committee of Score 185 Portsmouth. |
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Have Release forms for Small Business Set up Pkg. George Korn\Owner of Safeway Training & Transporation Services Inc, Joyce Korn\Owner of Safeway Training & Transporation Services Inc, William Korn\General Manager, Doris Nichols\Director of Human Resources. Small Business Anycast William Korn\Safeway Training & Transporation Services Inc, Hugh Curley\Business Development Specialist for the SBA, Terry Williams\Publisher, Nashua Telegraph, Ray Drahms\Executive Committee of Score 185 Portsmouth |