IRS Wins Ruling Against Jonesboro Tax Prep
The Internal Revenue Service has successfully stopped a Jonesboro woman and her tax preparation business from handling federal tax returns for customers.
View ArticleSmall Banks Find Niche in Arkansas While Facing Unique Challenges
Bank consolidation nationally is continuing on a similar pace to recent years, but it has been a slower year in Arkansas, especially for the smallest banks.
View ArticleiProv Names New Head of Operations
Patrick Laughlin has joined iProv of Little Rock as head of operations. He will lead the design and implementation of agency operations and the overall efficiency of the firm as well as manage partner...
View ArticleGiving Back Improves Your Business and Your Community (Heather Larkin...
Corporate charitable giving is one way businesses help improve their communities. But companies may not be aware of the substantial benefits corporate giving brings to the business itself.
View ArticleGas Pos Relocates to NLR, Will Create 30 Jobs
Gas Pos announced Thursday that it has relocated its headquarters to North Little Rock from Birmingham, Alabama, and will create 30 high-paying technology jobs.
View ArticleMarketing Is Not This (Jim Karrh On Marketing)
In order to meet new expectations, I’m finding that marketing leaders are necessarily shedding old assumptions and identities. As a former chief marketing officer and now adviser, I have dealt with...
View ArticleA Practical Way to Build Culture (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Organizational culture is often fuzzy. It is too easy to create a lofty, aspirational set of principles that read well but lose their power when it comes to practical day-to-day operations. That...
View ArticleCraft Distiller Details Plans for Spa City
They may not achieve the same numbers as craft beer brewers, but small-batch, craft distilleries are definitely becoming a “thing” in Arkansas.
View ArticleNWA Veterinarians Find Freedom Hitched to Corporate Chains
Animal practitioners in northwest Arkansas are typifying the trend of national groups ramp up their acquisitions of local clinics.
View ArticleArkansas Personal Consumption Spending Up 2.5 Percent
Personal consumption expenditures in the United States rose 4.3 percent in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
View ArticlePPGMR Law Hires Former Deltic Timber VP
PPGMR Law announced Friday that it has hired former Deltic Timber Corp. Executive Jim Andrews Jr. He will work from the firm’s El Dorado office.
View ArticleSBA Loans in Arkansas at $214M, Up 5 Percent
The U.S. Small Business Administration said Monday that it approved more than $214 million in loans to Arkansas small businesses for fiscal year 2018, up 5 percent from the previous year.
View ArticleWinning the Two-Week Sale (Craig Douglass On Consumers)
Have you taken advantage of the special two-seek sale going on? Political consumers have. It’s the sale sponsored by our democracy. And if you’re not participating, you’re missing out!
View ArticleVOTE (Editorial)
Tuesday is upon us, so vote if you haven’t already. We owe it to the dead. We owe it even more to the living.
View ArticleVoter ID, Casinos, Wage Hike on Arkansas' Ballot
Arkansas' voters will decide Tuesday whether to raise the state's minimum wage, legalize casinos in four counties and enshrine a voter ID requirement in the state's constitution.
View ArticleBridge Purchasing Solutions, Metova to Create Payment Platform
Bridge Purchasing Solutions Inc. announced Monday that it has partnered with Metova to build and develop a first-of-its-kind digital payment platform for employers, nonprofits and health care payers.
View ArticleVenture Center Names Wayne Miller Executive Director
Wayne Miller, managing director of the Venture Center’s FinTech Accelerator, has been named executive director of the Little Rock-based nonprofit.
View ArticleWalton Foundation Gives $23.7M to UA
The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation has given $23.7 million to the University of Arkansas' research and economic development infrastructure.
View ArticleThe Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs (Heather Albright and Matt De Luca...
The path is being paved for the next generation of female CEOs, but the decision to start your own company can still be difficult.
View ArticleBaker House Due to Reopen in 2019
Stacy and Nathan Hamilton have purchased the 122-year-old Baker House in downtown North Little Rock for $404,000 and plan to reopen for guests in the spring.
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