Tag: Colorado Business
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Are Colorado businesses leaving or evacuating? | Jon Caldara
At this point, if you hear beeping downtown, it’s not a construction crew. It’s a company backing out. And look, I get it. Businesses relocate for all sorts of reasons: taxes, regulations, labor costs, office space, crime, commute times, the haunting feeling your chief executive is one City Council meeting away from being declared a…
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Aerospace company Astro Digital moves into Colorado
Astro Digital, a micro-satellite system and infrastructure development company, is expanding into Littleton. Colorado, with 2,000 aerospace companies in operation, has more people working in the industry per capita than any other state, according to a news release from the governor’s office and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. There are 55,000…
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Colorado ranks among top states for business growth but small business owners pessimistic
Colorado ranks eighth on a list of the best states for business growth, according to new research, but small business owners are pessimistic about the future of small businesses. The ranking for Colorado comes from consulting firm Venture Smarter, which analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor to figure out the business growth rate…
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Colorado Chamber brings on longtime Denver Business Journal writer Ed Sealover
The Colorado Chamber of Commerce hired longtime Denver Business Journal legislative reporter Ed Sealover to serve as vice president of strategic initiatives, according to a news release. The award-winning journalist will also serve as the editor of “The Sum & Substance” — a new chamber-owned online publication focused on the business lens of Colorado’s legislative…
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Coalition of business, industry groups seek to stop ‘Fair Workweek’ bill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A coalition of business and industry groups is rallying behind efforts to stop a proposal to require businesses to pay employees for showing up — even when they did not do any work because there’s not enough work that day. For workers, the situation could mean…
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Bill advances to ban Colorado employers from asking for age in job applications
Nearly 80% of older workers say they have seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace and around 40% of hiring managers admit to reviewing resumes with age bias. In Colorado, Democratic lawmakers are trying to change that with Senate Bill 58. If approved by the state legislature, the bill would ban employers from asking…
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Colorado launches $31M loan fund for small businesses
Coloradans looking to start, restart or restructure a business can now apply for financial assistance through the state’s new Startup Loan Fund. The fund launched on Thursday, offering $31.35 million in loans for Colorado small business owners. The loans can range from $10,000 to $150,000, with applications being accepted over the next 10 years on…
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Polis ends signing tour with bills expanding health care to immigrant children, business investments
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis concluded his bill signing tour Thursday, enacting dozens of measures throughout the week, including proposals to expand health care to immigrant children, invest in business and more. The deadline to sign or…
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Colorado to automatically seal non-violent criminal records
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than one million Coloradans with non-violent criminal records will soon have their records automatically sealed – thanks to a bill signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday. Scheduled to go into effect in August, Senate Bill 99 implements an automatic sealing process for…
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Bill seeks customer opt-in for utensils, condiments from Colorado restaurants
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Restaurant customers would have to request plastic utensils and condiment packets with their to-go food if a bipartisan bill introduced in the Colorado House becomes law. House Bill 1134 would require restaurants and third-party food delivery services to ask customers if they want single-use items…