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SBA reopens PPP loan process for community financial institutions

The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, reopened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan portal last week. The PPP will initially accept first-time PPP loan applications from participating community financial institutions,…

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FEMA provides $7.6 million more to Utah in COVID-19 response funding

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided $7.6 million in additional funding for COVID-19 response efforts in Utah. To date, FEMA has provided more than $54.8 million in public assistance funding for the COVID-19 response efforts in Utah. The assistance was…

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New directives eliminate weekly testing for Utah's in-person college students

When former Gov. Gary Herbert declared a new state of emergency in November to fight the rising incidences of coronavirus, Utah’s public colleges and universities were asked to develop a plan to test all in-person students for the virus at least once a week. That directive seems…

Housing forecast: Utah prices will grow with U.S., sales will be higher

Salt Lake City’s home prices will keep pace with the nation’s in 2021 while home sales should be above that of the rest of the U.S. That’s according to a 2021 housing forecast by Realtor.com. It projects Salt Lake City home prices growing by 5.7 percent during the year —…

California fintech acquires Draper's TazWorks

MeridianLink, a provider of cloud-based loan origination solutions for financial institutions, has acquired Draper’s TazWorks, a technology platform for consumer reporting agencies and the creator of TazWorks Software and TazCloud, a background screening platform for enterprise.…

Relief available for earthquake damage

Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Utah following Pres. Trump’s federal disaster declaration for public assistance as a result of the earthquake and aftershocks that occurred March 18 through April 17 of last year.…

SLC-based WebBank names Jason Lloyd as new president

Salt Lake City-based WebBank, an FDIC-insured, state chartered industrial bank, has named Jason Lloyd as its new president, replacing Kelly Barnett. The announcement was made by Steel Partners Holdings LP of New York City. WebBank is a provider of consumer and commercial,…

Utah's Alliance Benefit Group purchased

PCS Retirement LLC, a major fiduciary retirement platform based in Philadelphia, has announced the acquisition of Alliance Benefit Group–Rocky Mountain (ABGRM), based in Salt Lake City and with offices in Denver. Together with ABGRM, PCS Retirement will provide financial…

InMoment acquires Wootric

InMoment, a South Jordan-based provider of experience improvement solutions, has acquired Wootric, a digital feedback industry company headquartered in San Francisco. InMoment said that when added to its software, Wootric’s offerings will help businesses with their…

Succeeding in Your Business: Here's a little help for coping with the new PPP rules

By Cliff Ennico Earlier this month, Congress and the president gave small businesses across the country a belated holiday gift in the form of a new round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. First, some acronyms you need to wrap your brain around. The first two rounds of…

How to keep going when you want it all to go away

By John Graham How long will the Damocles Sword of the pandemic hang over our heads? As the days drag on, will it threaten to upend us indefinitely? Even though we try to avoid thinking about the troubling possibilities, they keep creeping into our minds, creating more stress,…

Industry Briefs 1-18-2021

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. ASSOCIATIONS • Whitaker B. Irvin Jr. , president and CEO of Q Hydrogen Commercialization, Park…

Economist: Growth should be strong when pandemic abates

By Brice Wallace Better but different. That’s the short version of Zions Bank’s 2021 outlook for the economy. During a webinar last week, Robert Spendlove, the bank’s senior economist, said the U.S. and the Intermountain region’s economies are fundamentally sound and ultimately…

Qualtrics IPO will be all-time largest in Utah

Qualtrics International Inc., the Provo-based customer experience software maker, has taken the first step in taking the company public by filing a form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission late last month. The filing, which must be submitted by a business ahead of…

LHM Group jumps into healthcare industry, buys transitional care co.

Milford project will reduce hog-raising gases by 100,000 metric tons per year

A network of family farms near Milford in Beaver County has begun producing renewable natural gas (RNG) through a joint venture between Dominion Energy of Richmond, Virginia, and Smithfield Foods Inc. of Smithfield, Virginia. The joint enterprise, named Align Renewable Natural…

Dark skies mean astrotourism economy for Utah

Utah has a bright future because of dark skies, and some proponents of astrotourism want more people to become enlightened about its economic opportunities. During a recent virtual discussion about astrotourism, speakers noted that Utah currently has two communities and 16 park…

COVID-19 Updates 1-11-21

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…

Rent-A-Center acquires Acima Holdings

Rent-A-Center Inc. of Plano, Texas, has purchased Draper-based Acima Holdings LLC, a provider of virtual lease-to-own (LTO) solutions for consumers through a large network of retailers. The total purchase price consists of $1.273 billion in cash and approximately 10.8 million…

SBA extends EIDL deadline

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that the deadline to apply for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program for the COVID-19 pandemic disaster declaration has been extended to Dec. 31, 2021. The deadline extension comes as a result of the recent…

Applegate takes the helm at Red Mesa Science

Red Mesa Science and Refining, a St. George-headquartered producer and distributor of cannabidiol products, has announced the appointment of Jeff Applegate as president. Applegate is an international business executive who formerly served as chief operating officer of a medical…

Adams to head CBC Mortgage

CBC Mortgage Agency (CBC-MA), a nationally chartered housing finance agency that specializes in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers, has promoted Miki Adams to president. Adams will lead a team of more than 70 employees in CBCMA’s Cedar City operations. Adams is…

Experlogix buys Canada’s Xpertdoc Tech.

Experlogix LLC, a South Jordan-based provider of cloud-based CPQ (configure, price, quote) software, has announced its acquisition of Xpertdoc Technologies, a provider of document generation and automation solutions based in Terrebone, Quebec, Canada. “Xpertdoc transforms…

SPower buys nine New York solar projects

Salt Lake City’s sPower, a renewable energy independent power producer (IPP), has announced the acquisition of nine solar projects in New York from National Grid Renewables, the renewable energy arm of National Grid’s unregulated division. The portfolio includes projects in…

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