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Have a startup in mind? Pick any one of 7 Utah small cities

You just about can’t go wrong if you decide to start a business in Utah. Personal finance website WalletHub has ranked seven Utah communities among its 2022 Best Small Cities to Start a Business. Washington and St. George in Washington County ranked No. 1 and No. 2,…

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Apr 24

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Succeeding in Your Business: Expect these questions when you give employees stock options

Cliff Ennico “We started a business some time ago and have about 10 employees. “The business has done well, to the point where we want to give our employees options to acquire stock in our company. “We had our lawyer draw up a stock option plan and agreements granting options to…

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Apr 24

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10 ways to start feeling - and being - valued at work

Angela Civitella It’s happens, let’s face it. At some point in our working lives, we end up in a business environment where nothing we do is ever enough or validated. Feeling undervalued does one thing really well: It makes you feel stuck. If you’re not sure how to get unstuck…

Econ commission preps for 2nd year in uncertain economic times

Brice Wallace The Utah Unified Economic Opportunity Commission is diving into its second year of activity amid troubled economic waters. At its most recent meeting, the commission established working groups to focus on certain issues this year but also heard from an economist…

Inland Logistics breaks ground at Inland Port

Hamilton Partners Inc., an Illinois-based commercial real estate and development company, has broken ground on a 474,600-square-foot industrial facility in Utah’s Inland Port. Called Inland Logistics, the facility is located at 8080 W. 1400 N. and is a last-mile e-commerce…

Report touts Utah health benefits with conversion to electric cars

Brice Wallace Utah could avoid nearly 100,000 lost workdays caused by air pollution during the next three decades if the nation transitions to zero-emission vehicles, according to a new study. The American Lung Association’s “Zeroing in on Healthy Air” report projects that such…

Intermountain Healthcare completes merger with Colorado's SCL Health

Salt Lake City’s Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health of Broomfield, Colorado, have completed their previously announced merger, Intermountain said in a press release. The two nonprofit organizations now serve communities in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Co-lorado, Montana, Wyoming…

Wheel Pros of Colorado acquires TeraFlex

Wheel Pros, a Greenwood, Colorado-based designer, manufacturer and distributor of aftermarket vehicle accessories for light trucks, SUVs, passenger cars and ATVs/UTVs, has acquired TeraFlex, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of aftermarket suspensions, shocks and other…

ARS buys Salt Lake's ESCO

Maryland-based American Residential Services (ARS), a major provider of residential heating, ventilation, air conditioning and plumbing services that also does business as Rescue Rooter, has acquired ESCO Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing and Electric of Salt Lake City. ESCO…

Boston Omaha acquires St. George ISPs

Omaha-based Boston Omaha Corp., through its St. George-based subsidiary FIF St. George, has completed the acquisition InfoWest Inc. and Go Fiber LLC fiber and fixed wireless Internet service providers also located in St. George. The InfoWest and Go Fiber businesses together…

Zonos wins USPS contract

Zonos, a provider of cross-border commerce technology, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Postal Service to expand its international services by using Zonos’ scalable technology to simplify international commerce. In addition to delivering mail to over 161 million addresses…

New report: Five Utah metros among U.S.'s 'most dynamic'

Five Utah metropolitan areas are among the top 25 listed by Heartland Forward in the newly released 2021 edition of its annual Most Dynamic Metropolitans (MDM) report. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based economic think tank’s report ranks and analyzes which locales are making…

Succeeding in Your Business: Nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) are not boilerplate

Cliff Ennico “I’m starting a consulting business and have been asked to sign a ‘confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement’ with my first client, a large multinational corporation. “The agreement seems straightforward enough, and it’s my understanding that these are pretty much…

Utah Farm Bureau Federation names Gibbons as new CEO

The Utah Farm Bureau Federation (UFBF) has named that Spencer Gibbons its new CEO. Gibbons will oversee the Utah Farm Bureau staff and is responsible for providing administrative coordination among Utah Farm Bureau’s affiliated companies, with an emphasis on execution of UFBF…

Five tips for delegating your way to success

Angela Civitella Is work your life? Are you a perfectionist? Or, maybe a micromanager? Leaders who fall into one of these groups have one MAJOR problem: They can’t let go. Surprisingly, if you look closer, some leaders are none of the above. They just haven’t done the inner work…

Innovate Utah: NEW IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM UTAH COMPANIES

Kailo Labs , a S andy-based maker of the Kailo Pain Patch, has introduced Kailo Flex , a companion model to its existing pain-relief body patch. The new product is more flexible, comfortable and affordable than its predecessor, the company said. Kailo Flex is designed to give…

Uncertainty causing Utah's economic outlook to be 'mixed'

Brice Wallace The lingering effects of the COVID pandemic, inflation, supply issues, a tight labor market and the Russian-Ukraine conflict are combining to provide a potent blend of bad for Utah’s small businesses. Nonetheless, 45 percent plan to hire employees over the next six…

Rio Tinto, unions reach new pact at Kennecott

Following seven weeks of negotiations, Rio Tinto and unions representing approximately 1,300 employees at the Kennecott copper operation in Bingham Canyon near Salt Lake City have reached a new collective bargaining agreement. The new five-year agreement was ratified through a…

Utah women again among the losers in the gender pay gap

Brice Wallace Utah again has ranked poorly in the gender pay gap, saved from the bottom by neighboring Wyoming. A report by Business.org indicates Utah woman are paid an average of 31 percent less than their male counterparts. Put another way, women in Utah effectively stop…

Utah Black Chamber names Sidni Shorter its new president and CEO

The Utah Black Chamber hasnamed Sidni L. Shorter as its new president and chief executive officer. Shorter succeeds James Jackson, III, the founder who has been leading the chamber since its inception.Jackson will remain engaged in an advisory capacity. Shorter is an…

SchoolPulse names Colby Jenkins new CEO

Colby Jenkins has been named CEO of SchoolPulse, a text-based student reporting platform that the company said increases student well-being and self-confidence. SchoolPulse is based in St.George. Jenkins has been serving as director of the Atwood Innovation Plaza at Dixie…

UofU College of Nursing to expand in order to address nursing shortage

To help address the shortage of nurses in the state of Utah, the University of Utah College of Nursing will increase enrollment in its prelicensure track by 25 percent over the next year, the school has announced. College leaders say this increase addresses the rising need for…

Clark Ivory named to CCIM Excellence Awards Hall of Fame

The Utah Chapter of CCIM has announced that Clark Ivory, CEO of Ivory Homes, has been named the 2022 Excellence Awards Hall of Fame recipient. Ivory will be honored at the organization’s Excellence Awards event on May 14 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Now in its…

Cal-Maine to expand cage-free egg production in Delta

Cal-Maine Foods Inc., a Mississippi-based company that operates a major egg production operation near Delta, has announced that it will invest $82 million to expand the company’s cage-free egg production capabilities at the Utah site and at a similar operation in Kentucky. In…

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