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Business Support Services

Successful businesses depend on a number of quality, reliable professional services to ensure smoothly run operations.

The Kentucky business community has the good fortune to enjoy an array of top-flight support services, including the legal, accounting, and advertising and public relations firms available close to home as well as a state government committed to aiding Kentucky business.

Law firms and advertising companies offer business clients a variety of choices. Whether you choose a locally owned major law firm located within Kentucky or a nationally recognized accounting group with a local branch, the option is yours.

From public relations to research services, business owners have the choice of recruiting small, local companies or large, multi-service firms.

Insurance, publishing and printing, and electronic services all are available from highly trained professionals who are readily available in Kentucky's communities.

Other services important to management and employee quality of life, such as childcare and medical care, also are readily accessible.

Agencies such as the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development is dedicated to assisting the state's businesses by providing incentives and programs that continually produce results.

Businesses locating in the Bluegrass can be certain that all their business and personal support needs as well as the needs of their employees can be met right here.

Kentucky Incentives Bluegrass State Skills Corporation
New, expanding or existing businesses may receive grants for customized skills training for workers.

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority Program
provides financing for fixed assets for companies that locate in one of the state's ten enterprise zones.

Kentucky Industrial Development Act
Manufacturers that create at least 15 new full-time jobs while investing a minimum of $500,000 are able to receive state income tax credits for up to 100% of annual debt service costs on buildings, land, building fixtures, site development and equipment for a maximum of 10 years. Businesses also have the option of collecting a job assessment fee of 2% of each employee's gross wages whose job has been created by a project and who is subject to Kentucky income taxes.

The Lane Report Articles on Business Support Services

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September 1999: Recruiting a Winning Team

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