Phil Castle, The Business Times Mike Kelly offers a wide range of products at his Grand Junction sign and printing business — everything from banners and trade show displays to vehicle wraps and wall graphics. But Kelly expects to further expand his operation — and along with it, sales — with the addition of a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dave and Jenny Hall found themselves at an entrepreneurial crossroads. The Grand Junction couple wanted to continue growing the company they founded four years ago and sell more of the organizational systems they’ve invented. But they also knew taking their operation to the next level would require far more money […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Real estate activity has heated up along with the weather in Mesa County. Heading into summer and what’s typically the busiest season for real estate, the number of transactions and their combined dollar volume continue to increase. “I’m surprisingly pleased with the numbers. They’re higher than I thought they’d be,” […]
The pace of job growth in the United States has picked back up with a bigger increase in hiring in June. According to Labor Department estimates, nonfarm payrolls increased 222,000. The unemployment rate edged up a tenth of a point to 4.4 percent as more people looked for employment. What’s more, initial estimates for payroll […]
Colorado ranks seventh among the 50 states in an analysis of the best places to start and grow businesses. Colorado ranked among the top 10 states for its business environment and access to resources, but fared less well for business costs in the analysis conducted by WalletHub. https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-start-a-business/36934/? The personal finance website used information from […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Western Colorado employers expect to increase wages proportionally less than employers in other areas of the state, according to the latest results of an annual compensation survey. West Slope employers responding to a survey conducted by the Mountain States Employers Council projected an average pay increase of 2.4 percent for […]
Colorado business leaders are slightly less optimistic heading into the third quarter, but the latest results of a statewide survey tracking their outlook still reflect more positive than negative expectations. The Leeds Business Confidence Index fell to 59.7 for the third quarter. That’s down 3.7 points from the second quarter, but up 5.1 points from […]
Low-wage workers tend to commute away from states that raise the minimum wage rather than toward them, according to the results of a study conducted at the University of Colorado that found that initiatives raising wages could have unintended consequences. “It found that low-skilled workers are actually migrating away from minimum-wage increases in their own […]
LIV Sotheby’s International Realty has announced it’s listing property owned in Mesa County by John Hendricks, founder and former chairman of Discovery Communications. The listing includes the nearly 7,000-acre West Creek Ranch near Gateway as well as the Sky Adventures office building and hangar at the Grand Junction Regional Airport. The properties are priced at […]
Members of a delegation of business and government leaders from Western Colorado who traveled to Washington, D.C., to push for approval of a liquefied natural gas export terminal said they were heartened by the response. “From the State Department to the (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) to the White House, we heard resounding support for changing […]