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Intuit reported Tuesday that small businesses added 35,000 new jobs in July, but revenue and the number of hours worked declined.

The average paycheck size at small businesses declined 0.2 percent in July, according to payroll provider SurePayroll.

Cloud-based accounting provider Xero has released a general ledger integration with the Run Powered by ADP cloud-based payroll platform for small-business owners.

Intuit has made available Snap Payroll, a free mobile app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that handles paycheck calculations for small businesses.

The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2 percent in June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as employers added a disappointing 80,000 jobs.

CBIZ is reporting solid gains in small business employment in the month of June among the small businesses using its payroll service.

Employment in the private sector increased by 176,000 from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest monthly employment report from payroll giant ADP, indicating that the recent slowdown in hiring may be reversing.

Hiring at small businesses fell 0.2 percent last month, but paycheck size was up 0.1 percent, according to payroll provider SurePayroll Inc.

U.S. small businesses experienced gains in their employment rates, average compensation and hours worked in June, while revenue figures declined in May, according to Intuit.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc. has released the Paychex Mobile smartphone application for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry devices.

SurePayroll found that both hiring and paycheck size declined slightly in May by 0.1 percent.

The unemployment rate increased one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.2 percent as employers added only 69,000 jobs in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, indicating a slowdown in economic growth.

Private sector employers added 133,000 jobs from April to May on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to payroll giant ADP, in the latest sign of tepid employment growth.

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The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index, a barometer for hiring trends among companies with 300 or fewer employees, increased by 0.05 percent during April, following an increase of 1.66 percent in March.

A disappointing total of 115,000 jobs were added to nonfarm payrolls in April, decreasing the unemployment rate by one-tenth of a point to 8.1 percent, a three-year low.

CompuPay is moving into the human resources arena by merging with employee benefits services provider BenefitMall.

Intuit found that small business revenues are beginning to approach their pre-recession levels.

Hiring and the size of the average paycheck have dropped at small businesses, according to payroll provider SurePayroll.