Gearing Up to Reopen Your Small Business? 3 Important Steps to Take
For much of April and May, small businesses suffered nationwide as stay-at-home orders forced non-essential operations to close their doors. Now that many parts of the country are starting to open back up, you may find that you're getting the green light to resume business as usual -- or as per the new normal. If you're gearing up to reopen, there are numerous financial and logistical considerations you'll need to account for. Here are three crucial steps to take as you plan to welcome customers in once again.
It's certainly no secret that to open your business safely, you'll need to gear up to do things differently. That means limiting the number of people at your place of business at once, installing sanitizing stations, and doing regular deep cleans. It could also mean providing masks for customers to wear, and it should certainly mean providing masks and safety gear to the people who work for you. All of this is apt to cost money, so now may be the time to sit down and rethink your business's budget. You may need to make concessions in other areas to accommodate these new safety requirements, so the sooner you understand what financial investment you're looking at, the better.
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