Video: To Keep Workers, Treat Them Like You Treat Your Clients
Carrie Stout, owner of Consolidated Admin Services of Cabot, says employers who want retain workers should treat their employees like they treat their clients.
View ArticleSupporting Entrepreneurs Elevates Our Communities (French Hill and Jeff...
Our country is experiencing a "startup slump," with fewer people taking the plunge to start their own businesses. To fix this problem, we must craft solutions that create jobs and support business owners.
View ArticleWinter Storms Another Blow to Motorcoach Industry
As Cary Martin of Little Rock Coaches prepared for a full schedule of charters, Mother Nature decided to dump a season’s worth of bad weather on Arkansas in one week.
View ArticleNatural Way Raises $1M
A Fayetteville company that manufactures peanut butter and almond butter recently raised $1 million from investors.
View ArticleArkansas Mortuaries Busy Serving In Surge of Grief
Death is always a sensitive topic, but particularly so a year into a pandemic that has killed nearly half a million Americans. Jeff Smith of the growing Smith Family Funeral Homes chain tackles it...
View ArticleRemote Work Presents Cybersecurity Challenges
The work-from-home model many employers rushed to adopt during COVID-19 and are expected to keep post-pandemic requires a rethinking of cybersecurity measures, communication strategies and employee...
View ArticleBiden to Boost Pandemic Lending to Smallest Businesses
President Joe Biden is targeting federal pandemic assistance to the nation's smallest businesses and taking steps to further equity in what is known as the Paycheck Protection Program.
View ArticleCatalyzeH2O Awarded $1.1M for Clean Water Solution
The Department of Defense has awarded University of Arkansas-based startup CatalyzeH2O a $1.1 million U.S. Army contract to design a more efficient and less expensive system to remove explosives from...
View ArticleWebcast to Feature Global Thought Leader Renee Mauborgne
Renee Mauborgne, an economist and professor at international business graduate school INSEAD, will lead the third webcast in a series presented by Arkansas Business throughout 2021.
View ArticleArkansas Senate Votes to Refund Virus Fines to Businesses
The Arkansas Senate votes to refund the fines the state has collected from some businesses for violating coronavirus restrictions, as Gov. Asa Hutchinson prepares to make an announcement about the...
View ArticleNorth Little Rock Printer Offsets Virus Impact
Scott Levine is a Tiger of the Louisiana State University stripe, so when he saw revenue opportunities to help his print business survive the pandemic, he pounced.
View Article2020 Brought 40% Growth to Arkitchen
Last year was a difficult one for many businesses, but not for Arkitchen Commercial Kitchen of Little Rock, operated and co-owned by Jon Lamb.
View ArticleAnderson Takes Slot at Little Rock Regional Chamber (Movers & Shakers)
Jeremiah Anderson has been hired by the Little Rock Regional Chamber as director of business attraction. He will work with the chamber to attract new businesses to the region.
View ArticleBetter PPP Terms for Hospitality Industry (Robert Smith Commentary)
With the hospitality industry being disproportionately impacted by the economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, some welcome relief may be available under the most recent federal stimulus package.
View ArticleMinimum Wage Hike All But Dead in Federal Virus Relief Bill
Democrats' efforts to include a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as Senate leaders prepared to begin debate on their own version of the...
View ArticleReport Shows Gaps in Lending to Minority Businesses in Arkansas
Minorities and women do not have the same access to capital as their white male counterparts, a systemic issue that can be addressed, a panel of Arkansas bank leaders and a small-business owner says.
View ArticleOx Fulfillment Solutions Touts $3.5M Investment
Ox Fulfillment Solutions, previously known as Oculogx, announced this week a $3.5 million investment that it intends to use partnerships and to expand its operations as well as its in-house team.
View ArticleMajority of Small Businesses Not Requiring Vaccines, Tests
A majority of small businesses are not requiring their employees to get tested for the new coronavirus or get any COVID-19 vaccines, though the health care and hospitality industries are ahead of the...
View ArticleVideo: Adam Mitchell Talks About Citizens Bank's Worker Retention Plans
Adam Mitchell, president and chief lending officer of Citizens Bank, says his company has multiple programs in place to retain workers, through community involvement and workplace culture.
View ArticleVideo: Nelson, Scarborough, Hunt Honored at Arkansas Business of the Year Awards
Heather Nelson of Seal Solar of North Little Rock and Fred Scarborough of the Arkansas Children’s Foundation in Little Rock won Executive of the Year awards, and billionaire philanthropist Johnelle...
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