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Utah hotels expected to be down nearly 1,000 jobs in 2021 vs. 2019

Utah is expected to have 954 fewer hotel jobs in 2021 than it had in 2019, according to a study by the American Hotel & Lodging Association and Kalibri Labs. The state had 24,914 hotel jobs in 2019, 18,634 in 2020 and is expected to have 22,960 this year, representing a 4…

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Sep 27

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If Biden mandates begin, Qualtrics has the solution for tracking them

Provo-based customer experience company Qualtrics has created a solution for businesses to track verification of COVID-19 vaccination or negative testing in the event Pres. Joe Biden’s mandate testing/vaccination mandate takes effect. Biden has announced an initiative for…

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Sep 27

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UofU extends free asymptomatic COVID tests to families of personnel

Since January of this year, the University of Utah has offered free rapid asymptomatic COVID-19 testing to its the campus community. Now the institution has extended the service to the immediate family and household members of university staff, students and faculty through the…

COVID-related shortages continue to grow in healthcare, other industries

Shortages of masks and gloves that were common in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread many other items needed at medical facilities in the United States, Reuters is reporting. The items in short supply range from exam tables and heart defibrillators to crutches…

Pilot program gives funding for developing tech companies

The Innovation Center of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) has announced the launch of the Utah Technology Innovation Funding (UTIF) pilot program. The pilot funding program is for companies in the technology development sector. It provides microgrants…

Talent Ready Utah announces Tech Sales Pathways program

Talent Ready Utah, an initiative managed by the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah), in partnership with MarketStar, Davis Technical College, Ogden-Weber Technical College and Weber State University, has launched the Tech Sales Pathways program in the Davis,…

SLC's Scorpion acquires Wheat Creative

Scorpion, a Salt Lake City-based marketing and technology company, has acquired Wheat Creative, a franchise marketing agency located in Valencia, California. Scorpion said it expects the acquisition to strengthen its existing business with increased expertise and capabilities…

Grants available to boost broadband availability

Applications are being accepted until Nov. 1 for a grant to boost broadband availability in underserved communities. The Utah Broadband Center in the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) has $10 million available in the grant program to offset capital expenses in…

WSU program designed to give students the skills to work in the expanding electric vehicle world

Weber State University is launching an initiative to help students keep up with a rapidly revving world of electric vehicles (EVs). A grant from the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) is allowing WSU’s Department of Automotive Technology to offer students from…

Succeeding in Your Business: When can landlords ‘unreasonably withhold’ consent?

By Cliff Ennico “I am a small landlord who owns several commercial buildings. “One of my tenants — who runs a small retail store — is looking to sell his business and retire. There are several years left to go on his lease, and because he’s such a good tenant, the rent is…

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

Celtic Bank, a Salt Lake City-based industrial bank, has introduced a commercial loan offering suitable to technology companies that are not a good fit for traditional loan products, given the nature of their business models. The company’s new product is called the Recurring…

Industry Briefs 9-27-21

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. BANKING • TAB Bank , Ogden, has entered into a multi-year agreement with Hammond’s Candies to…

New solar company promises 3,700 jobs

By Brice Wallace A Lehi-based residential solar provider will add nearly 3,700 jobs over the next two decades as it expands its headquarters operations in Utah and moves to a broader set of home technology offerings. Lumio Inc. made the announcement after being approved for a…

Report: COVID doubts leading to slowdown of economic boom

August proved to be a slower month for economic growth in Utah, according to new data from the Eccles Economic and Business Surveys. The 500 households in Utah that were surveyed in August stated that they will spend around 2 percent more in the next three months versus the same…

State loan program bringing aid to ag businesses hurt by drought

By Brice Wallace Utah state government is stepping up to help farmers and ranchers hurt by extreme drought. The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) has established an Emergency Disaster Relief (EDR) loan program to help them with their losses. A total of $5 million…

Biden's vaccine/testing mandates to affect two-thirds of Utah's workforce

An estimated two-thirds of Utah workers — maybe even more — fall under new federal COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates announced by Pres. Joe Biden recently. The new rules are part of Biden’s stepped-up plan to combat the pandemic that has taken a dramatic turn for the…

Biden’s COVID plan means changes to EIDL small-business loan program

As part of stepped up measures by the Biden administration to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Small Business Administration has announced major enhancements to the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The program was introduced during the…

FEMA keeps sending Utah COVID response money - this time $4.1M

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Administration has approved more than $4.1 million in additional public assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Utah. The assistance continues to be authorized by a major disaster declaration issued in April 2020. FEMA has provided a…

UofU Health releases data on effects of long-haul COVID-19 on patients

Doctors from University of Utah Health recently gave an update on the so-called “long-haul” effects of COVID-19. In a virtual news conference, Dr. Jeanette Brown, assistant professor of medicine and medical director of the UofU long-hauler clinic, said that, even among COVID-19…

New jobs: Cytiva adding 396 and Apogee Worx bringing another 100

Nearly 500 jobs will be added in Northern Utah over the next decade as a pair of companies expand their operations. Therapeutics developer and manufacturer Cytiva will add 396 jobs over 10 years in Logan, while Ogden-based Apogee Worx LLC will add 100 jobs over the next eight…

WTC Utah to receive record 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 $1,050,000, a record-high amount. This grant will be administered to small Utah businesses ready to accelerate the…

L.A. company acquires SLC’s Enlinx

Whiplash, a Los Angeles-based omnichannel fulfillment center operator, has acquired Enlinx, a third-party logistics fulfillment provider located in West Valley City. Whiplash said the acquisition gives it a presence in a strategic western fulfillment locale, expanding its U.S.…

Deadline near for SBA Utah earthquake loans

Utah businesses that suffered economic injury due to the local earthquake and aftershocks of March 18 to April 17, 2020, have until Oct. 1 to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan, according to a release from Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s…

Turco to head Xenter division

Salt Lake City-based Xenter Inc. has named Dr. Mark Turco president of Xenter Medical Technologies, a Xenter business unit developing a platform of smart medical devices, initially focusing on vascular imaging and physiology technologies for interventional medical procedures.…

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