The Colorado Department of Agriculture has scheduled two day-long workshops to help start and grow food and agricultural businesses. A workshop titled “Taking the Leap into Retail and Beyond” is set for Jan. 29 at the department offices in Broomfield. A workshop for food and agriculture entrepreneurs is set for Feb. 13 at the CoBank […]
Colorado ranks 16th in the latest analysis of nationwide migration trends conducted by U-Haul. U-Haul bases the ranking on one-way trucks entering and leaving the state during a calendar year. In Colorado, arrivals accounted for more than half of one-way traffic during 2018. Colorado has posted net gains in U-Haul traffic for the past four […]
Home Care of the Grand Valley has been rebranded as SummitWest Care to reflect the range of services offered to clients in a larger geographic area. SummitWest Care is headquartered in Grand Junction but operates a satellite office in Glenwood Springs to serve Mesa County as well as Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, and Pitkin counties. SummitWest […]
What’s your resolution for 2019? What’s your business resolution, that is? What do you hope to accomplish at work during the coming year? Most business owners and managers just naturally strive to do better in one fashion or another: to better manage employees and processes, provide better products and services to customers and ultimately make […]
A monthly measure of optimism among small business owners has slipped in part because of difficulty in finding qualified applicants to fill job openings. The National Federation of Independent Business reported its Small Business Optimism Index fell four-tenths of a point to 104.4 in December. That’s 4.4 points below the record high for the index […]
The pace of job growth in the United States surged in December with the biggest payroll gain in 10 months. The unemployment rate edged up as more people looked for work. Nonfarm payrolls swelled 312,000, and the jobless rate rose two-tenths of a point to 3.9 percent, according to the latest Labor Department estimates. Estimated […]
A measure of consumer confidence has retreated for a second straight month on less upbeat expectations for business and labor conditions. The Conference Board reported its Consumer Confidence Index fell to 128.1 in December. The index has dropped 8.3 points from November and 9.8 points from October when the reading stood at its highest level […]
Colorado business leaders remain upbeat at the start of 2019, but far less so than in recent years, according to the latest results of a quarterly survey. “So they’re still optimistic, just not bullishly optimistic,” said Richard Wobbekind, executive director of the research division of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado […]
A monthly index forecasting economic conditions in the United States continues to signal growth, but at a slowing pace. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Index (LEI) edged up two-tenths of a percent to 111.8 in November. Separate measures of current and past conditions increased. “Despite the recent volatility in stock prices, the strengths […]
United Airlines has announced plans to offer a weekly flight between Grand Junction and Chicago beginning in June. The flight is one of 11 new routes that will connect United Airlines hubs with summer vacation destinations in Colorado as well as California, Florida, Oregon, Michigan and Nova Scotia. “We are focused on giving our customers […]