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MWCN tabs Dynamic Blending 'fastest-growing'

MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) has released its ranking of the 2021 Utah 100, a listing of the state’s fastest-growing companies. The unranked list was announced in August. Dynamic Blending, a Vineyard-based contract manufacturing firm that develops products such as…

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Utah’s recovery indicates relative strength, 'though headwinds remain'

The Salt Lake Chamber has updated its Roadmap to Prosperity Dashboard for October. The tool, published in partnership with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah, distributes current economic news, this month highlighting Utah’s job growth, a dip in…

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Oct 24

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Succeeding in Your Business: Negotiating the ‘letter of intent’ when buying a business

By Cliff Ennico “I am looking to buy a local business. The owner and I have agreed on a purchase price subject to my reviewing his books and records. I was expecting the owner to send me a sales contract for the business, but he sent me something called a ‘letter of intent’…

UTAH COUNTY UPDATE: Lindon: Continuing to plan for great things

By Michael Florence With all of the setbacks from COVID-19, it’s interesting to look back over the past 12-18 months and see where Lindon City thought it would be and where we actually are. Similar to most communities, entitlements and construction projects for both commercial…

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Ten ways to encourage and display compassion for employee mental health

By Angela Civitella The topic of mental health is more important than ever. Thankfully, in the last decade, it has received more and more attention. People are more open about it. The stigma around it is subsiding. With all the great progress we’ve made, there is still more work…

Industry Briefs 10-25-21

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. ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT • Utah Symphony/Utah Opera has appointed Robert Neu as vice president of…

Brandless expansion in Lindon to bring 1,033 jobs to the state

By Brice Wallace An omnichannel commerce platform company will add up to 1,033 high-paying jobs over the next decade as it expands in Lindon. Brandless Inc. made the announcement after being approved for a tax credit incentive of up to $2.6 million by the Governor’s Office of…

Utah's confidence rebounds after 2 months of decline

Utah’s consumers weren’t too sure about their economic future over the summer as the delta variant caused a dramatic surge in the COVID-19 pandemic. The result was a sharp decline in the Utah Consumer Confidence Survey in July and August. But the survey, conducted by the Kem C.…

Port board greenlights PID

By Brice Wallace Despite lingering questions about its purpose and composition, the Utah Inland Port Authority board last week voted to create a Crossroads Public Infrastructure District (PID) that will receive some port revenues in order to bond for several infrastructure…

18-month total of FEMA COVID funds to Utah reaches more than $292 million

The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has approved more than $292 million in total assistance for Utah as of Oct. 1, supporting the state’s fight against COVID-19 over the last 18 months. The assistance was authorized under the major disaster declaration issued…

S.L. Co. starts food access webpage in response to COVID-19 demand

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increased number of people needing food assistance but finding help can be challenging. Salt Lake County has launched its new food access webpage that provides easy access to multiple food resources all in one place. In addition to…

USGS: Six varieties of coronavirus found in Utah mink, wild animals

A new study released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) revealed that scientists have detected six types of coronaviruses in numerous wild and domestic mammals sampled on and near mink farms in Utah. The USGS and federal and state partners investigated Utah mink farms where…

Pfizer applies to FDA for emergency approval of its vaccine for children

Pfizer Pharmaceutical and its partner company BioNTech have asked U.S. regulators to approve emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. Pfizer made the announcement in a recent tweet. Pfizer made the application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

Udo to create 300 jobs, opens Farmington HQ

By Brice Wallace A startup communications technology company has placed its headquarters in Farmington and plans to grow by 300 jobs in the next five years. Udo LLC offers a video-based tech platform for applications that initially will focus on improving healthcare coordination…

More leadership named for new Utah HHS department

As the merger of the Utah Department of Health and Department of Human Services (DHS) approaches, the state has announced additional leadership appointments for the upcoming Utah Department of Health and Human Services. The announcement was made by Tracy Gruber, current DHS…

Storm disaster assistance now available

Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Utah businesses and residents affected by the severe storms and flooding that occurred Aug. 1, primarily in Southern Utah. The U.S. Small Business Administration has made the loans available in response to a request it…

1-800 Contacts adds try-on technology with acquisition

Online vision products company 1-800-Contacts Inc., based in Draper, has acquired Ditto Technologies Inc., of Oakland California. Ditto works with partners in the vision industry with its virtual eyewear try-on technology. Ditto said that over 60 million people per year have…

PDQ.com buys Portland firm

PDQ.com, a Salt Lake City-based provider of IT asset management software, has purchased SimpleMDM, an Apple device management platform based in Portland, Oregon. The deal marks the expansion of PDQ’s Windows-based software management products into Mac and iOS software management…

Drought loan deadline nearing

The U.S. Small Business is reminding small nonfarm businesses in 27 Utah counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico of the Nov. 5, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to…

Miami firm acquires Lumen

Allocations, a Miami-based financial technology company that developed a private equity and venture capital platform, has acquired Salt Lake City-based Lumen Advisory and Finance. The deal, valued at $2.5 million in cash and stock, brings Lumen’s accounting automation products…

Americom purchased by Denver utility company

Crestone Services Group LLC, a Denver-based communications and utility infrastructure services company, has acquired Americom Technology Inc. of West Valley City, a provider of communications and utility services throughout the Mountain West. Founded in 1981, Americom…

Fullstack Academy, USU partner to bolster state's tech training

Fullstack Academy, a New York City tech education provider, has partnered with Utah State University to bring tech training bootcamps specializing in coding, cybersecurity, data analytics and DevOps to the state. The live and online Utah State Tech Bootcamps will equip students…

Foley opens SLC office with IP litigation team

Milwaukee-based law firm Foley & Lardner LLP is opening an office in Salt Lake City with the addition of an intellectual property litigation team as part of its ongoing strategy to increase the firm’s presence in key markets, the firm said in a release. The new location is…

Succeeding in Your Business: Negotiating your exclusive online distributor agreement

By Cliff Ennico “I have been selling merchandise on eBay and Amazon for some time. I would like to build a ‘brand’ for the merchandise that I sell, but I’m being told that the only way to do that (since I’m not the manufacturer of these goods, only the distributor) is to get an…

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