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Salt Lake Chamber names Wardell 2019 Athena Leadership Award recipient

The Salt Lake Chamber has announced that Linda Wardell, general manager of City Creek Center, will receive its 2019 Athena Leadership Award. Wardell will be honored at the 43rd Annual Women & Business Conference and Athena Awards Luncheon on Nov. 12 at the Grand America Hotel in…

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Lindon-based BambooHR tabs Rencher CEO

BambooHR, a Lindon-based human resources software developer and marketer, has named Brad Rencher as CEO. The move will allow co-founders Ben Peterson and Ryan Sanders to focus on strategic oversight and corporate direction as co-chairmen of the BambooHR board of directors, the…

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Doughnut firm moves from U.K. to Park City

Jim Buddy’s Protein Donuts, a maker and marketer of what the company bills as a high-protein, low-calorie line of doughnuts, has moved its headquarters from London, England, to Park City and launched sales in the United States. Mike Fulton, former director of sales at…

Sales of million-dollar homes on the rise along the Wasatch Front

The Wasatch Front’s appealing economy and quality of life are boosting the sales of million-dollar homes, according to new numbers from the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. In the first eight months of 2019 there were 268 sales of million-dollar homes along the Wasatch Front (Salt…

Amazon hiring 700 at its SLC fulfillment center

Amazon is hiring for more than 700 full-time positions at its Salt Lake City Fulfillment Center for a variety of roles, the company said last week. Employees will play integral roles within Amazon’s customer fulfillment operations — everything from receiving inventory to picking…

Taking a chance: Life, liberty and the pursuit of opportunity risks

By Richard Tyson An Arabian proverb states, “Four things come not back — the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life and the neglected opportunity.” We live in an inherently risky world, and that can make us fearful. It can even paralyze us. The media bring us news every day…

Succeeding in Your Business: Do you really need a business plan for your startup?

By Cliff Ennico “I am new to this country and am taking a class in the evenings on how to start my own business. I understand that you need a tax ID number and that it’s a good idea to form a corporation or limited liability company (LLC) to protect myself from lawsuits. At what…

Amer Sports to expand operations in Utah

By Brice Wallace Amer Sports will grow its North American headquarters in Ogden and add 110 high-paying jobs over the next five years. The company made the announcement last week after being approved for a $228,161 tax credit incentive by the Governor’s Office of Economic…

After much fanfare, Civica begins delivery on generic drug promise

Just one year after its announced launch, Civica Rx has delivered on its promise to supply hospitals with generic medications at lower costs. Fed up with the high cost of drugs and ongoing shortages, particularly for drugs that have been around for years, Salt Lake City-based…

Olson to lead Jazz, Miller entertainment

A 25-year veteran of the Larry Miller organization has been named president of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment (LHMSE) and the Utah Jazz. Jim Olson, who has been the executive vice president for LHMSE and president of Vivint Smart Home Arena, assumed the position last…

Utahns' tax burden continues to drop

The tax burden on the average Utahn in 2016 was the lowest in 25 years, according to a Utah Foundation report released last week. “A Lighter Load: Utah’s Changing Tax Burden” looks at data over a 24-year span from 1993 to 2016, the latest year for which full data is available.…

DoTerra donation to UVU will be $17.7M over 10 years

DoTerra, a Pleasant Grove-based essential oils company, has presented Utah Valley University with the institution’s second-largest donation. Part of a 10-year agreement, the contributions includes donations from doTerra worth $17.7 million. A large portion of the donation will…

Women Tech Council announces 2019 winners of Women Tech Awards

The Women Tech Council (WTC) announced its 2019 recipients of the Women Tech Awards at an event last week in Salt Lake City. The awards program is designed to recognize women across all technology disciplines who are leading and founding technology companies; trailblazing new…

Fabian VanCott acquires Sloan & Sloan

Salt Lake City-based law firm Fabian VanCott has acquired estate, tax and business planning firm Sloan & Sloan. Fabian VanCott said the Salt Lake City firm will help round out its tax and estate planning practice group. Sloan & Sloan is made up of seven attorneys headed by David…

Sandy-based Cityworks bought by Cal. firm

Azteca Systems LLC, which does business as Cityworks in Sandy, has been acquired by Trimble, a global positioning and robotic optical surveying instrument company based in Sunnyvale, California. Cityworks is a provider of enterprise asset management (EAM) software for utilities…

D.C. hospital is first to use Utah- developed AR surgical system

Springville-based image processing company Novarad and George Washington University Hospital, based in Washington, D.C., have partnered to implement the country’s first augmented reality (AR) medical process in a surgical setting. OpenSight Augmented Reality System, powered by…

Hansen named CEO of Draper's Code Corp.

Code Corp., a Draper-based developer and marketer of data-capture software and hardware, has named Kent L. Hansen as CEO. Hansen comes to Code from CA Engineering, where he was a partner and president. Prior to CA Engineering, he was a senior director at 3Com Corp. Hansen will…

Former FAA head: Unmanned aircraft industry faces changing regulation

The regulatory effort by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to deal with the rapidly expanding unmanned aircraft industry is a work in progress, according to the agency’s former administrator. Michael Huerta, the head of the FAA until last year and the keynote speaker for…

Succeeding in Your Business: Teaching lawyers about cybersecurity

By Cliff Ennico Let’s face it. When it comes to professionals with technological savvy, lawyers are way, way down the list. I know lawyers who are still using Windows 98, if that gives you an idea (hey, it was a pretty good program). So it was with great trepidation that I…

Miller: Utah not exempt from business blaming

By Brice Wallace The leader of Utah’s largest business association last week decried a widespread theme of business being the source of societal problems rather than a driver of solutions. Derek Miller, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and the Downtown Alliance, said…

Herbert leads Utah trade mission delegation on trip to China, Japan

A delegation representing 22 Utah-based businesses and organizations recently returned from a trade mission to Japan where the representatives participated in more than 60 meetings with business and government leaders. Led by Gov. Gary Herbert, the trip was sponsored by World…

Health insurance rates keep rising, survey reveals

The average Utah premium for healthcare insurance for a single employee has risen 16 percent since 2016 to $567 per month, according to a new survey conducted by the Employers Council. The employee-only premium is an average of all types of plans, including health maintenance…

MWCN releases Utah 100 list of fastest-growing companies in the state

MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) has released its 2019 Utah 100, its annual list of the fastest-growing companies in Utah. MWCN is a business networking organization devoted to supporting entrepreneurial success and dedicated to the flow of financial, entrepreneurial and…

Utahns want lower sales tax but favor tax on services not now subject to tax

Half of Utah voters support a lower sales tax rate and a strong majority favor taxing services currently not subject to a sales tax, according to a new survey undertaken by AARP. The survey of Utah registered voters 18 and older indicates that 50 percent support a sales tax of…

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