Small Businessess

Buford Student Awarded $2,500

Insureon, the nation’s leading online provider of small business insurance, announced the winners of its spring 2018 Small Business, Big Impact scholarship competition: Desiree Townsend of Laguna Niguel, California, and Ethan Norton of Buford, Georgia. Each student will receive $2,500 to help pay for tuition and other educational expenses.

Bill York

I like small businesses

Having operated a small business for sixty years, I appreciate how difficult it is to develop a customer relationship. It takes time to build a reputation for ethics and quality and a profitable base. 

L-R: Nikki’s mother, Denise Wigenton and friend, Colleen Ruff

Small Town Feel

When small business entrepreneur Nikki Ramsell decided she wanted to open her own beauty salon 10 years ago, she sought out her mother’s advice. Just 22, the Dacula High School graduate had long dreamed of opening her own business.