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Global Trade Center opens at SLCC

The Miller Business Resource Center at Salt Lake Community College announced last week the creation of the SLCC-Utah Small Business Development Center Network Global Trade Center. The center was established to collaborate with the SLCC Global Business Center that was started in…

Staff

Jun 17

ArbiterSports names Ford president and CEO

ArbiterSports, a Sandy-based athletic management software company, has hired Kyle Ford as president and CEO of the company, effective immediately. Ford replaces Jeff Triplette, who has been president and CEO for the past six years and will now transition to the position of…

Staff

Jun 17

Salt Lake to host three years of ASAE's Great Ideas Conference

Salt Lake City has been chosen as the host city for the Great Ideas Conferences of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for three years beginning in 2020. The city hosted ASAE’s annual meeting four years ago. ASAE is an association of meeting industry…

Staff

Jun 17

Study: Utah ranks 15th in life expentancy

A new study from SeniorLiving.org shows Utah is the No. 15 state in America with a life expectancy 79.6 years old. U.S. Life expectancy declined nationally for the third consecutive year in 2018. However, the causes differ greatly by state. In addition to cancer and heart…

Staff

Jun 17

Succeeding in Your Business: 31 questions to ask when you’re buying a franchise

By Cliff Ennico “My wife and I are thinking about a franchise. We’ve met with the franchise executives at their ‘Discovery Day,’ and they seem like nice people. “They’re encouraging us to talk to some of their franchisees to understand exactly what goes on in the franchised…

Industry Briefs 6-17-19

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 • Jenessa Young has been elected chair of the Pleasant Grove/Lindon Chamber of…

Staff

Jun 16

Editorial Cartoon: Incontempt

Staff

Jun 16

Historic numbers betray those who advocate for Export-Import Bank

By Veronique de Rugy It’s amazing what can be done to a cause in a mere four years. Back in 2015, there was widespread agreement in Congress that the Export-Import Bank — the U.S. government’s export credit agency — was nothing but a crony bank, mostly serving the greedy…

Is Trump's tough Mexican stand hurting progress made since '90s?

By Fareed Zakaria Whatever the ultimate outcome of Donald Trump’s conflict with Mexico, one consequence is already clear. He has undermined one of the most impressive American foreign policy achievements of the last three decades. Mexico used to be a reflexively anti-American…

Newsletter - 6-10-19

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, June 10, 2019 Utah caverns to become world's largest energy storage project By Brice Wallace Think "salt" and it's not likely that "energy" will come to mind.But a pair of companies are planning to use…

Utah caverns to become world's largest energy storage project

By Brice Wallace Think “salt” and it’s not likely that “energy” will come to mind. But a pair of companies are planning to use underground salt caverns in Millard County to build what they’re calling the largest renewable energy storage project in the world. The caverns —…

Wyo. pipeline co. joins gas pact that includes Ute Tribe

The Utah-based Ute Indian Tribe has joined the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), several counties in Colorado and other government entities in creating the Western States and Tribal Nations (WSTN) partnership that will work toward development of natural gas resources in the…

Staff

Jun 10

GOED progressing on Legislature-ordered economic activity review

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) is continuing its months-long work reviewing economic development activities in the state. Charged in SB172 with undertaking the review, and with a report due this fall to legislative committees, GOED has formed the Utah…

Staff

Jun 10

Utah Restaurant Association honors state's best food services

The Utah Restaurant Association (URA) held its annual Restaurant Industry Awards Gala late last month and recognized the achievements of professionals in the restaurant industry, food community and those who contribute to the success of the restaurant industry from outside.…

Staff

Jun 10

Lampropoulos receives Salt Lake Chamber's Giant in Our City award

Merit Medical founder and CEO Fred Lampropoulos has been honored as the Salt Lake Chamber’s 40th Giant in Our City. The award was presented to the biotech pioneer at a recent event in Salt Lake City. “When you consider that Utah’s life sciences sector accounts for almost 8…

Staff

Jun 10

Extra Space leases properties from W.P. Carey

Salt Lake City’s Extra Space Storage Inc. has agreed to a lease agreement for 36 self-storage properties owned by W.P. Carey Inc. of New York City. Carey is a real estate investment trust that invests in properties leased to single tenants via triple-net leases. Extra Space…

Staff

Jun 10

PolarityTE creates 3-person 'office of the chief executive'

Salt Lake City-based biotech company PolarityTE Inc. has announced that its board of directors has created an “office of the chief executive” to run the company. The office will consist of a team of three senior executives who will focus and collaborate on commercialization,…

Staff

Jun 10

EOS Fitness to open five Utah gyms in old Gold's Gym locations

EOS Fitness, a gym industry company headquartered in Phoenix, is acquiring five former Gold’s Gym locations in northern Utah with plans to further expand in the state, adding 10-15 more gyms within the next 24 months, the company has announced. EOS Fitness currently owns and…

Staff

Jun 10

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 6-10-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: HealthEquity HealthEquity Inc., based in Draper, reported net income of $41.8 million, or 65 cents per share, for the fiscal first quarter ended April 30. That compares with $22.6 million, or 36…

Staff

Jun 10

Apartment complex scheduled to be built in SLC 'opportunity zone'

One of the underutilized areas in Salt Lake City’s central business district has been named as the site of a mixed-use urban in-fill housing complex. Utah homebuilder CW Urban will construct a six-story apartment building, replacing a 0.34-acre surface parking lot at 218 S. 200…

Staff

Jun 10

Succeeding in Your Business: Online reviews, Part 2: Respond only if the review is reasonable

By Cliff Ennico “I started a solo law practice last year. As part of my marketing efforts, I encourage my clients to post positive reviews on their websites and social media pages. “Well, I just found out that a client posted a highly negative review of me on Avvo.com.” (Note:…

Editorial Cartoon: Not Exonerated

Staff

Jun 10