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Looking for help during pandemic? Task force launches resource website

Utah’s Economic Response Task Force has established a website to help Utah companies identify available resources to meet their needs during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The website is available in English and Spanish to reach a larger portion of the business community, the…

Staff

Aug 2

Utah County has money available for businesses employing less than 100

Utah County has launched a $15 million small-business grant program to assist businesses with 100 or fewer full-time employees that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. The $15 million Utah County CARES Small Business Grant Program is offered pursuant to funding received…

Staff

Aug 2

'Safe In Utah' grant program provides money to make C-19 safety changes

The COVID-19 PPE support grant program for Utah businesses, known as “Safe In Utah,” continues to accept applications. The $5 million initiative uses federal CARES Act funds as part of Utah’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. It includes grants for a business’s COVID-19…

Staff

Aug 2

Company to build billion-dollar data center

Novva Inc., a new company launched with the backing of Los Angeles real estate investing firm CIM Group, has announced plans to develop Utah’s largest hyperscale data center campus. Located in West Jordan, the campus will be the state’s largest purpose-built, multi-tenant campus…

Staff

Aug 2

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 8-3-20

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Huntsman Huntsman Corp., with main offices in Texas and Salt Lake City, reported a net loss of $59 million, or 28 cents per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. That compares with net…

Staff

Aug 2

Mozenda merges with Dexi.io

Mozenda, a Pleasant Grove company that markets software for the extraction and manipulation of data from the Internet, has merged with digital commerce intelligence suite Dexi.io, based in London. The combined entity will continue to maintain Mozenda and Dexi as distinct…

Staff

Aug 2

Nation sees a lot of Utah through state's pro sports event television broadcasts

As sports teams and leagues around the world look for innovative ways to get athletes and events back into action, the state of Utah is proving to be a valuable partner. Since late May, over 100 hours of national television and exposure from pro sports events have come to Utah —…

Staff

Aug 2

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

MityLite , an Orem-based manufacturer of commercial furniture, has launched a new line of Protection Shields to help protect the public from contact interaction and the spread of infection. The shields are designed for use in hotels, restaurants, education and government…

Staff

Aug 2

Editorial Cartoon: New Product

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Aug 2

Industry Briefs 8-3-20

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 • The Utah Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (URMCA) has formed the Concrete Paving…

Staff

Aug 2

Succeeding in Your Business: It's tough figuring out how to compensate sweat-equity players in your startup

By Cliff Ennico “We are starting up a technology company and want to know the right way to compensate our technicians, developers and others who will be helping us grow the business. We don’t want to give them equity at this time because we don’t know how committed they will be…

There is value in not making rash decisions during stressful times

By Veronique de Rugy A wave of hasty firings is sweeping across the country, driven by demands from what some call the “cancel culture.” The New York Times editorial page editor James Bennett ran an op-ed from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, that displeased the paper’s readers and…

Trump interview, Part 2: Dealing with Russia's election interference

By Marc Thiessen Editor’s note: This is the second of two columns by Marc A. Thiessen based on his recent interview with Pres. Donald Trump. Part One appeared last week. During a recent Oval Office interview with me, Pres. Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time that, in…

Newsletter 7-27-20

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, July 27, 2020 Are you in? State campaign to help spur economic recovery By Brice Wallace A new state promotional campaign, dubbed "In Utah," will focus on encouraging Utahns to support local businesses…

Are you in? State campaign to help spur economic recovery

By Brice Wallace A new state promotional campaign, dubbed “In Utah,” will focus on encouraging Utahns to support local businesses and nonprofits to goose the state’s economy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign is being launched and managed by the Governor’s Office…

Utahns are going back to work; jobless rate drops to 5.1 percent

Utah employers are bringing employees back from COVID-19-related layoffs. At least that’s the conclusion that can be drawn from June unemployment numbers released by the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS). June’s rate — 5.1 percent — was down considerably from May’s 8.6…

Staff

Jul 26

COVID-19 Updates: Cancellations and postponements 7-27-20

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…

Staff

Jul 26

EIDL Advance funds gone but loans through regular EIDL still available

Even though the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advance program has ended, the EIDL program remains open and will continue to offer low-interest loans to businesses impacted by COVID-19, the U.S. Small Business Administration has announced. As of July 11, SBA stopped…

Staff

Jul 26

PPE Support Grants launched for help with COVID-19 safety measures

To help keep Utah businesses safe during the coronavirus pandemic, the Utah Legislature set aside $5 million in federal CARES Act funds for a COVID-19 PPE Support Grant Program. The initiative, managed by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and known as “Safe in…

Staff

Jul 26

Salt Lake County to hire 125 to ease COVID-19-driven economic downturn

Salt Lake County has announced a hiring initiative as part of the county’s efforts to ease the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson made the announcement. The program creates 125 temporary positions throughout several Salt Lake County…

Staff

Jul 26

Wells Fargo launches $400 million small-business recovery fund effort

Following up on an April commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Wells Fargo has released the details of an approximately $400 million effort to help small businesses impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic keep their doors…

Staff

Jul 26

'A Mask for Every Utahn' allotment reached; online ordering discontinued

The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has announced that the “A Mask for Every Utahn” program has discontinued online ordering of individual mask requests because it reached the total allotment of masks available for the initiative. “A Mask for Every Utahn”…

Staff

Jul 26