If you’re early in your career, you might have your eye on a certain company you’d love to work for. But if you can’t find quite the right fit with a job that already exists, why not create a new job for yourself with help from the U.S. Small Business Administration? Our mission at the […]
It’s no secret returning to work after having a baby can be difficult. Leaving a new baby at daycare, worrying about the child being properly cared for and fitting back into the workplace culture — let alone pre-pregnancy work clothes — all can feel overwhelming. For women who choose to return to work after maternity […]
Battery technology developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder that could enable electric vehicles to travel twice as far on a charge has moved closer to becoming a commercial reality. The Technology Transfer Office at CU has completed an agreement with Solid Power — a spinoff company founded by Se-Hee Lee and Conrad Stoldt, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Piper Foster believes a national renewable energy standard would do for the United States what a state standard has done for Colorado in promoting capital investments and job creation. “I’m absolutely making the case economically,” said Foster, president of the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association board of directors. U.S. Sen. […]
A proposed budget for Colorado reflects increased tax revenues from a recovering economy as well as increased spending earmarked for everything from funding recovery efforts for wildfires and floods to boosting budget reserves to cutting average wait times at drivers license offices. The proposed budget also provides funding a new fugitive apprehension unit at the […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton said he’s working to relieve what he called “regulation strangulation” choking business and job growth. “We need to push to protect private sector job growth,” said Tipton. That includes efforts to “stop moving the regulatory bar” to provide small businesses with “reassurance and stability.” Tipton, a […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Tom Mathers believes proposed regulations designed to reduce carbon emissions from power plants could threaten large industries and small businesses in Western Colorado. “I have asthma. I live close to a coal plant in Craig. And the only time it bothers me is where I come to the city. Coal […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Government officials and business leaders from across the Western Slope have called on Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to apply more pressure to a federal agency to cooperate with local entities in developing a plan that protects both sage grouse habitat and the economy in the region. “We are asking the […]
Business financing under two programs backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration decreased nationally during the 2013 fiscal year, but still ranked as the third highest amount in the history of the programs. The SBA announced that it guaranteed a total of 54,106 loans worth a collective $29.6 billion through its 7 (a) and 504 […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Small business lending activity under two programs backed by a federal agency has slowed in Mesa County even as some business owners remain reluctant to seek financing even if conditions warrant expansion. But lenders expect loan demand to rebound along with the economy. And a new program waiving the fee […]