Does Small Business Aid Package Benefit Printing Company buyers or Sellers?

By Carl Gerhardt

When the small business aid package passed in September, creating a $30 billion small business lending fund and providing $12 billion in tax breaks to help companies invest and hire, business owners in every industry began to ask the question: How will this affect my company?

There is no doubt that the legislation should impact the printing industry—both buyers and sellers. The question is, Will it? When? And, how?

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Carl Gerhardt Author's page Carl Gerhardt is the chairman of Alliance Franchise Brands LLC, the parent company of Allegra Network LLC and Sign & Graphics Operations LCC, and a world leader in marketing, visual and graphics communications, linking more than 600 locations in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom. The company’s Marketing & Print Division, headquartered in Plymouth, MI, is comprised of Allegra, American Speedy Printing, Insty-Prints, Speedy Printing and Zippy Print brands of marketing, printing, mailing and Web services providers. Its Sign & Graphics Division, headquartered in Columbia, MD, is comprised of Image360, Signs By Tomorrow and Signs Now brands of sign and graphics communications providers.

Carl and his wife, Judy, owned and operated their own successful Allegra franchise for nearly 20 years before selling the $2.3 million operation in 2003. He is a PrintImage International/NAQP Honorary Lifetime Member and was inducted into NAPL’s prestigious Soderstrom Society in 2010 in recognition of his contribution to the industry.

Small Business Aid Package: Buyers’ Bill, Sellers’ Bill or Both?