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Drought relief funds available

Small nonfarm businesses in 13 Utah counties and neighboring counties in Colorado and Wyoming are now eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, said Tanya N. Garfield, director of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations…

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Industry Briefs 5-17-21

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 • NACM Business Credit Services , Salt Lake City, has named Tyler Steenblik of…

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Attorney: Talk to employees about vaccinations

By Brice Wallace When it comes to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, companies thinking about vaccinations should be heavily involved in conversations. That the suggestion of Michael Menssen, an employment law and business litigation attorney at Stoel Rives who recently had an…

Firm aiming for its HQ to be first business ‘living building’ in Utah

Salt Lake City design firm Architectural Nexus has taken advantage of the challenges and opportunities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to complete a major renovation of its headquarters, with the goal of becoming the first commercial building in Utah to achieve Living…

Disinfection co. moving HQ from San Fran to SLC

A company specializing in using ultraviolet light to disinfect large areas has tabbed the Salt Lake City area for its corporate headquarters. Founded last year in San Francisco, R-Zero expects to double its current headcount to 100 by the end of the year at 345 W. Bearcat Drive.…

Hard-hit restaurants can now apply for relief funds through SBA portal

Applications are now being accepted from eligible businesses for relief monies from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, according to U.S. Small Business Administrator Isabella Guzman. The online application process will remain open to any eligible establishment until all funds…

Missionaries should get shots, church says, requires them for foreign service

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has advised all of its missionaries to protect themselves against COVID-19 by receiving the available vaccine. For those called to serve in other countries, immunizations are a requirement, including the coronavirus vaccine. The…

Survey: Pandemic has driven better level of personal wellness awareness

According to a recent survey conducted by Young Living, an essential oils company based in Lehi, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven a greater level of awareness and understanding of personal wellness and heightened the importance of self-care and mental health. In the survey,…

IHC part of study to find effective treatment for severe C-19 symptoms

Researchers at Salt Lake City’s Intermountain Healthcare have launched a study in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a number of other scientific institutions worldwide to examine effective treatments for severe cases of COVID-19, known as acute…

TSA extends federal public transport mask mandate through Sept. 13

If you plan to travel this summer — and use any public transportation — don’t forget your mask. The Transportation Security Administration has extended a federal requirement that travelers on buses, trains, commercial flights and at airports wear face masks. The requirement was…

Jazz open courtside seats for rest of regular season and NBA playoffs

The Utah Jazz will allow fans to sit courtside in Vivint Arena for the remainder of the regular season and the NBA playoffs. All NBA teams have had seats next to the floor blocked off for the majority of the year in order to create a buffer between game attendees and the…

Qualtrics study reveals what consumers want in the post-pandemic world

Consumers went digital during the COVID-19 pandemic — and most of them are not going back. That’s one of the conclusions of new research from Provo-based experience management software company Qualtrics that reveals how consumer behavior and expectations will change…

Savage opens railport in Tooele County

Savage, a 75-year-old Midvale-based global transportation and logistics company, has opened Savage Railport in Tooele. The facility is a multi-commodity transload facility located to serve Salt Lake City and surrounding areas. The installation can safely handle both…

Crestone buys Specialized Communication

Crestone Services Group LLC, a Denver-based communications and utility services company, has acquired Specialized Communication Services LLC (SCS), based in Hurricane. Founded in 2004, SCS provides design, engineering, construction and maintenance services to wireless carriers,…

Insurance Technologies buys Lehi insurance tech firm IXN

Insurance Technologies LLC, a Colorado Springs, Colorado-based provider of sales automation solutions for the life and annuities insurance industries, has acquired Lehi-based IXN, a provider of digital data exchange software for the life insurance industry. The combined company…

HealthEquity purchases Ohio bank’s $477M HSA portfolio

Draper-based HealthEquity Inc., the largest independent health savings account (HSA) custodian in the U.S., has agreed with Fifth Third Bank, National Association of Cincinnati to transition custodianship of Fifth Third’s health savings account portfolio to Health-Equity. The…

Myriad sells melanoma lab to Castle Biosciences

Myriad Genetics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based genetics testing company, has agreed to sell its Myriad myPath Melanoma Laboratory to Castle Biosciences of Friendswood, Texas. Castle will buy the laboratory, which offers the myPath Melanoma test, for $32.5 million in cash. Castle…

Iron Co. solar projects begin commercial operation

Another Utah solar energy facility has gone on line. D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), a provider of renewable energy across North America, has announced that its 180- megawatt Cove Mountain solar project in Iron County has begun commercial operation. “The DESRI team is…

Thanksgiving Point appoints Christensen as president/CEO

Thanksgiving Point’s board of directors has appointed McKay Christensen as president and CEO. Christensen succeeds Mike L. Washburn, who retired from Thanksgiving Point following 18 years of leadership. “Christensen’s extensive background and business development skills will…

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

The University of Utah has partnered with ARUP Laboratories of Salt Lake City and Orem-based digital diagnostics company Techcyte Inc. to develop NanoSpot.AI , a less-than-five-minute, easy-to-administer SARS-CoV-2 antibody test. The partnership expects NanoSpot.AI to be…

Sunpro buys Columbia Millworks

Sunpro, a lumber and building materials company and a subsidiary of Salt Lake City-based Clyde Companies, has acquired Columbia Millworks, a high-end custom door and millwork supplier in Vineyard. Columbia Millworks founders Joel Pilling and Preston Cowie decided to sell their…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 5-10-21

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: PROG Holdings PROG Holdings Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported net earnings from continuing operations of $79.5 million, or $1.16 per share, for the first quarter ended March 31. That…

Succeeding in Your Business: Tried to file anything lately? It’s time for a tech update at the SEC

By Cliff Ennico As readers of this column know, one of my biggest headaches in dealing with our federal government agencies is that their technology is often stuck in the 1990s, if not the 1980s. As a lawyer representing startup companies, I frequently have to file documents…

Here's your post-pandemic, Biden administration estate planning to-do list

By Cameron Cole The biggest misconception people have about estate planning is that “they are not that old and can do it later,” say almost half (49 percent) of advisors in a recent Key Private Bank Advisor Poll on estate planning. Yet, the majority (73 percent) of advisors say…

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