A virtual car dealership, the first of its kind in Western Colorado, has opened in Grand Junction. The Auto Internet & Retail Center, a division of Grand Junction Subaru, helps people buy and sell cars online. Ron Bubar, owner of the Auto Internet & Retail Center, said online sales offer buyers and sellers many options. […]
Express Employment Professionals has relocated to new offices in Grand Junction. The new location at 1119 N. First St., Unit J, better accommodates confidential associate and client interviews, according to Nina Anderson, who owns the staffing services franchise. “We’re very excited about serving businesses in Grand Junction and the surrounding area with our full line […]
Change in business, when it’s positive, normally means business growth. As the economy eases its way out of recession, many businesses are starting to grow again. Most people focus only on the rosy aspects of business growth: new customers, more sales and an easing of cash flow constraints. Yet, there also are challenges: time pressure, […]
The typical business has a number of skilled team members, many with decent attitudes. These individuals come to work, perform their jobs to a satisfactory level or above and contribute to the work environment in mostly positive ways. But what about those team members who, even though they have the skills to do their job, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The latest numbers extend what’s been a trend of growth in real estate activity in Mesa County. It’s a trend Annette Miller fully expects to continue next year. “I’d like to see more of the same in 2013.” Miller, senior vice president of Heritage Title Co. in Grand Junction and a […]
If you get a pension buyout offer from your long-time employer, you might be more than a little anxious. Does that lump sum constitute a good deal for you or the corporation or organization providing retirement income? With General Motors and Ford offering lump sum payments to tens of thousands of former workers, pension buyouts […]
When an employer advances or reimburses an employee for business expenses, appropriate documentation must support the deduction as a business expense. Otherwise, these types of payments are considered additional wages paid to the employee subject to payroll and income taxes. Under Internal Revenue Service regulations, amounts paid under an “accountable plan” are excluded from employee […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Cinde Waller faces an enviable challenge for an entrepreneur managing a startup: thinking big enough to keep up with her rapidly growing venture. Less than two years after launching TempOrthotics, Waller and her team have developed three types of medical braces, revamped marketing strategies and started setting up distribution channels. Waller’s […]
The pace of job growth has quickened in the United States, a trend that’s prompted more people to look for work. According to the latest Labor Department estimates, nonfarm payrolls increased 171,000 in October. The national unemployment rate edged up a tenth of a point to 7.9 percent as 578,000 more people counted themselves as […]
A monthly index tracking business conditions in Colorado has seesawed back up on reports of growth and increased hiring. The Business Conditions Index advanced more than three points in October to climb to 56.7, forecasting continued growth in coming months. The index has alternated between increases and decreases for the last six months in remaining […]