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Utah receives record-high STEP grant

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) will receive a State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant of $641,000 on behalf of the state, a record-high STEP grant in Utah. The grant will be used to accelerate the growth of…

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Workforce Services launches campaign to connect workers with available jobs

The Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) has launched a campaign to help match the unemployed with available jobs. The two-pronged approach includes the “UT Job Support” media campaign and a “Hot Jobs” web portal. With the Dec. 31 end of many federal COVID-related job…

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WorldArchives.com acquired

Charles Thayne Capital, a growth-oriented private investment firm focused on technology and based in Chicago, has acquired World Archives, the operator of NewspaperArchive.com, based in Provo. NewspaperArchive.com maintains a leading off-copyright database of digitized…

Seattle produce company buys Muir Farms

Seattle-based Charlie’s Produce, an employee-owned independent produce company serving the West Coast since 1978, has acquired Muir Copper Canyon Farms of Salt Lake City. Muir is a fresh produce and food products distributor. The sale closed in September and no financial details…

Alianza buys Message Hopper

Lindon-based Alianza Inc., a cloud communications platform for service providers, has acquired cloud-native short-message services (SMS) company Message Hopper. Based in Kanata, Ontario, Canada, Message Hopper’s text messaging application helps businesses connect with their…

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

Salt Lake City-based SwipeClock LLC, a provider of human resources management solutions, has launched SwipeClock Vision, a facial recognition time- clock that is fully touchless. The company said the new product combines the features of biometric security with the non-contact…

The four basic employment survival skills: Making sure you always have a job to go to

By John Graham No one in business was prepared for what happened when the coronavirus invaded the U.S. Overnight, it literally upended the nation’s economy, leaving American workers not knowing what to think about the future. While some workers are doing well, others are…

Legal Matters: 'Hey, that’s my idea!' Why protecting your ideas requires more than being first.

By R. Parrish Freeman As the legendary racecar driver Ricky Bobby once said, “If you ain’t first, you’re last!” Couple of problems with that. First, Ricky Bobby doesn’t exist, except in our hearts. Second, he’s just wrong. If you’re not first, you could be second, third, fourth…

Succeeding in Your Business: And how about the CCPA? Do I have to comply with it, too?

By Cliff Ennico Last week’s column dealt with the thorny topic of whether or not a web-based business really needs to comply with the European Union’s new (well, fairly new) General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. Since the GDPR was made effective in May 2018, a number of…

Authority board begins 'intake process' for satellite port sites

By Brice Wallace The Utah Inland Port Authority continues to seek interest from Utah communities that might want a satellite port in their future. At the most recent Utah Inland Port Authority Board meeting, Ginger Chinn, the authority’s managing director of business…

COVID-19 Updates: Cancellations and postponements 10-5-20

The following are events that have been included in The Enterprise Calendar listings and subsequently have been postponed or canceled, or have been removed from the organizers’ website calendars. This is not a complete list of postponements or cancellations. Check with…

'Utah is still Utah,' and that will help with the pandemic recovery

By Brice Wallace Utah’s top tourism official is confident in an industry rebound because the same attributes that made Utah such a tourism destination success in the first place will remain after the COVID-19 pandemic. While Utah’s leisure and hospitality industry has been the…

Gardner Institute releases Census Bureau Household Pulse data tool

The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah has released a data mining tool to provide Utahns easy access to the Household Pulse Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The survey provides a rolling view of COVID-19’s impact on households in Utah. While the…

SLC & county leaders urge Utahns to take advantage of available rent help

Utahns that have had trouble paying their rent have been offered help by local governments with funds from the federal CARES Act. But many have not taken advantage of the programs, according Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson and other city and county officials. The…

Community Foundation mobilizes $7 million to support nonprofit sector

As part of a nationwide effort by local chapters of the Community Foundation to mobilize funding in light of the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community Foundation of Utah (CFU) has mobilized $7.2 million this year in support of critical nonprofit…

Farmers Feeding Utah partners with UPA to help Uinta Basin families

The Utah Farm Bureau’s Farmers Feeding Utah campaign, in partnership with the Utah Petroleum Associations has conducted its latest project to assist farmers and families in rural Utah. The Uinta Basin Miracle Project took place recently in Vernal. In addition to the project’s…

Another big Utah deal: 1-800 Contacts sold to KKR & Co. for more than $3B

Orem-based 1-800 Contacts, the nation’s largest retailer of contact lenses, is being sold to global investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. of New York City. Bloomberg reported that KKR will pay current owner AEA Investors, also of New York City, in excess of $3 billion for the brand.…

Sorenson Impact Center receives $600,000 grant to support diversity in entrepreneurship

The Sorenson Impact Center, a think tank housed at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). Project DEEP (Developing Equitable Economies Program) is the first…

Chamber releases economic dashboard to track Utah’s recovery from COVID-19

The Salt Lake Chamber’s Roadmap to Recovery Coalition, in partnership with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, has released a new economic tool for the business community — the Road to Recovery Dashboard — to track the state’s path to an economic recovery from the COVID-19…

StoryBox buys Argentine co.

StoryBox Studios, an animation and film production studio in Ogden, has acquired post-production and animation studio MadrigueraPost located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Terms were not disclosed. “Our passion to create knows no bounds, and with this strategic acquisition, our…

Utah awarded $5M for the defense manufacturing support program

The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has announced that it was awarded a total of $5 million for the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP) to undertake an $11,005,000 project to enhance the capabilities of the regional defense industrial…

Succeeding in Your Business: Doing business in Europe? Do you really have to comply with GDPR?

By Cliff Ennico “My partners and I launched a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application earlier this year. “We’ve gotten a good response to our product. Virtually all of our customers so far are in the United States and Canada, but we’ve started getting inquiries from potential…

Clarus subsidiary to buy assets of Barnes Bullets

Sierra Bullets LLC, a subsidiary of Salt Lake City-based Clarus Corp., is acquiring the assets of Barnes Bullets of Mona. Barnes has been undergoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Sierra is expected to acquire Barnes for $30.5 million in cash. For the 12 months ended June…

Ivanti strengthens market position with acquisitions of two companies

South Jordan-based Ivanti, a provider of IT management and security software, has acquired two software companies, including mobile-centric security platform MobileIron of Mountain View, California, and Pulse Secure LLC, an Internet access security company in San Jose,…

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