Will small businesses survive the delta variant?

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Small businesses have already endured more than their fair share of hardship over the past year and a half. Now the delta variant threatens even more uncertainty.

Alignable, the largest online referral network for small businesses, recently released August’s Road to Recovery Report, which surveyed over 5,000 small business owners in the U.S. and Canada, revealing a revived wave of anxiety for many. According to the report, 47% are afraid they will be forced to close once again — the highest percentage since the onset of the pandemic.

Deanna Cuadra
Senior Reporter

Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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