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The Top 10 Tax Tips For Small and Medium Businesses
Bibby Financial Services revealed its top 10 end of year tax tips to help address tax change pitfalls and take advantage of opportunities for small and medium businesses. The Managing Director of BFS, Mark Cleaver, stated that, “It is important that SMEs take stock of...
Kokomo Common Council Rules New Ten Day Hold For Pawn Shops
In Kokomo, Indiana, pawnshops and other secondhand dealers are now required to hold new items for 10 business days after the transaction has been electronically submitted to the city's police department. Prior to this new ruling, Kokomo's ordinance required items to...
Ex-Pawn Shop Operator Gets Jail Time
Pawn shops are a common place to recover stolen merchandise and with Police software’s such as Leads Online, the resale of stolen items are becoming more and more infrequent. But in a small town called Racine, Chicago there was a pawn shop called Rico’s Value City...
The Perfect Marriage – POS and Video Surveillance: POS Integration
Two key components in running a business, a Point of Sale System and a Surveillance System. Each system holds a wealth of information about your business as they are both tied to the pulse of your business. When the two technologies are “married” the result is...
5 Tips for a Great Visual Display
Nothing attracts attention and places us in the buying mood than a great visual display. With July 4th coming upon us fast, now is the perfect time to take advantage of one of the most colorful holidays we have! Who knows, a nice display just may put a...
Coach To Close 70 Stores
* Says revenue to decline in low double digits next fiscal year * Says North American same-store sales to fall in "high teens" * Shares fall as much as 11 pct (Adds details, analyst comments; updates shares) By Sruthi Ramakrishnan and Shailaja Sharma June 19...
Precious Metal Fakes and Frauds
With the spike in Precious Metal prices over the last 4 or 5 years there has been an increase in the amount of fake Bullion Investment Products introduced to the market. Additionally there are sophisticated ways being used to take legitimate Bullion products and...
Missoula County may move to Leads Online
MISSOULA, Mont. - Missoula police are cracking down on the resale of stolen items. Police want to put in a web program called Leads Online into every pawn shop to track the items brought in. The money to start the program is already in the 2015 approved police...
Diamond Clarity Grading
One of the most discussed "C's" of diamond's Four C's is clarity. In 1953 the Gemological Institute of America created the clarity chart defining different grades of diamonds based on common characteristics. This chart ran from Flawless to Imperfect and is still the...
Henderson re-zoning amendment
HENDERSON, KY (WFIE) - The Henderson City-County Planning Commission is hoping to finally get their proposed Zoning Ordinance passed at tomorrow's city commission meeting. The ordinance will allow certain businesses, such as tattoo parlors and pawn shops - to open up...
BOLO – Missoula, Montana: Police name suspect in pawn shop theft
Missoula police are searching for a homeless man who reportedly stole several guns from a downtown Missoula pawn shop in the early morning of June 6. Read more here.
Pawnshop stigma keeps a shop from opening
In Raleigh, NC, residents were successful in preventing a new pawnshop from opening in their neighborhood. Their primary concern was "an increase in crime and vagrancy". Pawn Stars and other TV shows have gone a long way to improving the image, as well as the...
PCG Announces Ft. Worth Work-Shop
Pawnshop Consulting Group (PCG) announced updates to their Strategic Operational Enhancement Work Shop Series in Ft. Worth Texas. This workshop takes place August 23rd through the 25th. Some of the workshop sessions are conducted by PawnLink.org contributors including...
What’s going on with Gold?
The recent price rally in gold has everyone speculating. Will the trend continue or is it a simple bump? Here are a few articles that outline the different view points. NASDAQ seems to think gold and silver mining stocks are ready to rally. Paul Ploumis of Hard Assets...
Why it is Important to Avoid “The Hook-Up”
As a pawn lending representative with your company, you are given the privilege and trust to loan a large amount of money. This is a huge responsibility, and should be viewed as a show of faith by your company's owner. You need to be aware of external relationships...
North Carolina County Repeals 1935 Law Requiring Handgun Registration
For decades, Durham County has been the only county in North Carolina to have a law requiring its residents to register their handguns. That changed last week. Guns.com reports on the repeal of a 1935 law requiring fun owners to register their firearms with the county...
Iowa gun range uses education to change the perspective of gun ownership
In an attempt to change the stigma surrounding firearms, volunteers at the north Hansell Shooting Sports Complex set up a free event on Saturday to help educate the general public about guns and gun ownership.
Florida governor Rick Scott signs five pro-gun measures into law
Florida's pro-gun governor, Rick Scott, approved several bills on Friday covering everything from clarifying use of force to ending insurance discrimination against gun owners. HB89, called the "Warning Shot" bill by the media, changes the interpretation of the...