A measure of confidence among business executives in the United States continues to climb on more upbeat assessments of current economic conditions as well as more optimistic expectations for the near future. The Conference Board and PricewaterhouseCoopers reported that the Measure of CEO Confidence rose to 63 during the first quarter of 2014, up three points from the fourth […]
One month after taking a dip, a measure of local hotel and motel businesses has resumed an upward trend. According to a Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau report for March, $62,400 in lodging taxes were collected. That’s 7.4 percent more than the $58,124 collected for the same month last year. Because lodging tax reports lag a month behind, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times With an increase in March, sales tax collections in Grand Junction and Mesa County so far this year have kept pace with last year. The City of Grand Junction reported a 2 percent increase in sales and use tax collections for March over the same month last year. Mesa County reported a 3.1 percent […]
Colorado continues to rank among the top 10 most business-friendly states in an annual analysis of the cost of tax systems on starting and growing small businesses. Colorado slipped one spot, but ranks ninth in the 2014 Small Business Tax Index calculated by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. The small business advocacy and research group takes into […]
Colorado will receive nearly $27 million as its share of almost $1.1 billion in excise tax revenues distributed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to state and territorial fish and wildlife agencies. The revenue comes from taxes on the sale of archery equipment, firearms and ammunition, fishing equipment and tackle and electric outboard motors. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Sue Hansen offers straightforward advice for improving professional lives: take control. “It’s 100 percent your responsibility,” said Hansen, a corporate trainer and motivational speaker who lives in Montrose, but works with clients across the country. Hansen will share her strategies for saving professional lives during an Administrative Professionals Day event in […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jon Labrum starts businesses almost as though he were following some sort of entrepreneurial shampoo instructions. Identify an opportunity. Launch a venture to serve the market. Repeat. Labrum first opened an information technology company, but then added two quick-service sandwich restaurants and a flight school. That’s not to mention a consulting […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times U.S. Senator Mark Udall and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton have revealed a draft proposal to designate Colorado National Monument a national park. Stressing their proposal is not a bill, the two Colorado lawmakers released a summary of the technical recommendations of a working committee formed to compile a draft and now […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Rick Langley brings to his latest business venture nearly 35 years of experience managing companies in a wide variety of industries. He remains passionate about helping other business owners achieve success. But he also offers what he considers another important attribute: integrity. Along with running a startup personal computer assembly company […]
A monthly measure of optimism among small business owners continues to fluctuate with a two-point gain in March nearly nearly erasing a loss the month before. At 93.4, the latest reading for the Small Business Optimism Index has yet to breach a ceiling of 95 that’s persisted in the aftermath of the recession. “Overall, the March gain more or less […]