County Hosts ‘Your Credit And You’ Business Seminar

Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by the Mercer County administration.

Mercer County has partnered with the UCEDC, a nonprofit economic development corporation, in hosting a business seminar titled “Your Credit and You.”

The free workshop, which is geared to established business owners and those thinking of starting a business, will take place Wednesday, March 21, 2012, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Mercer County Connection, Route 33 at Paxson Avenue, Hamilton. 

The program will analyze the important role personal credit plays in running a successful business and will review the following topics: 

• What are credit scores?
• How are credit scores calculated?
• Credit myths
• Changing your credit score

Participants also will receive a sample credit report and be shown how to interpret it. For more information or to register, contact the Mercer County Office of Economic Development at (609) 989-6059.

In addition, the County has organized the following business seminars to be held during the next several months:

• “Marketing Made Real,” April 25 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library System, Darrah Lane at Route 1 South
• “Doing Business in Mercer County,” May 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way
• “The Price is Right: The How-To’s of Pricing Your Products and Services,” May 23 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Branch Library
• “How to Start a Business from A-Z,” June 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Robbinsville Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Allentown-Robbinsville Road
• “The Bottom Line: Understanding Your Financial Statements,” June 27 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Branch Library