Utah Valley Business
Next Week: Top 25 Under 5!
Just a quick note to remind you that this next Thursday, July 9 from Noon to 1:30 the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum will be recognizing the best emerging companies in the State of Utah at the annual Top 25 Under 5 awards ceremony. All are welcome to attend, and encouraged to bring business cards to [...]
Daily Herald to Publish Special Biz Section; Call For Sponsors
The Daily Herald is publishing a special section in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum. The section will publish and be distributed in the Daily Herald on July 5th. The Daily Herald is announcing the opportunity to be a sponsor of this section. There are three levels of sponsorship.
Platinum: Your [...]
BusinessWeek Says Utah Valley Is ‘Best Place’
With nearly 24 percent of our local businesses planning to hire in the next quarter, BusinessWeek has named Utah Valley as the second ‘Best Place To Start Over‘ in the country.
Citing Information Technology as one of the booming industries in Utah Valley, BusinessWeek also makes mention of our relatively low average home price and slightly [...]
Family First Federal Credit Union Wins Best of State
Family First Federal Credit Union today announced that it has been award the 2009 Utah’s Best of State Award as the best mortgage banker. As the winner, Family First Federal Credit Union was recognized at the Best of State Awards Gala on Saturday, May 30th at the Salt Palace Grand Ballroom. The awards ceremony will [...]
PilmerPR Receives Communicator Award
Utah-based PilmerPR today announced its acceptance of the 15th Annual Communicator Awards gold award of excellence in the public relations new product launch category. The Communicator Awards is one of the largest awards of its kind in the world with over 7,500 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes.
The program’s judges recognized PilmerPR among [...]
The Sweet Tooth Fairy; Great Cakes, Cookies and Cupcakes
I met The Sweet Tooth Fairy last week, and haven’t stopped talking about her. Actually, it’s her revolutionary Cake Bites that have occupied my recommendations, and her Cup Cakes and Cookies, too. More on those in a minute…
I stopped by her shop in the East Bay shopping center at 1227 South University Avenue in Provo [...]
Wing Enterprises Receives Recognition
Utah County commissioners Gary Anderson and Larry Ellertson today recognized Hal Wing, president and CEO of Wing Enterprises, with the Business of the Year award.
Wing created the Springville-based Little Giant ladder company in the 1970s.
Congratulations, Wing!
Fibernet Achieves PCI DSS Certification
Fibernet Corporation becomes the first Data Center in Utah and one of only a few in the world to receive the Payment Card Industry’s (PCI) Attestation of Compliance as a Colocation Service Provider.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is a worldwide information security standard assembled by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI [...]
New CEO Named At Family First Federal Credit Union
Kent W. Moore has been named president and chief executive officer of Family First Federal Credit Union effective today. Moore succeeds Dick L. Chappell, who retired after a 16 year association with the credit union.
Moore plans to leverage his strong background in lending to help grow the credit union’s membership base. Before joining Family First, [...]
Jenkon Partners with ProPay for PCI Compliance
Jenkon (JIA Inc.), the industry leading developer of web-based sales and enterprise management software for the direct selling industry, has partnered with ProPay, the most comprehensive provider of simple, safe and affordable merchant payment solutions to the direct selling industry.
In partnering with ProPay, Jenkon’s comprehensive product offering is expanded to include clients’ PCI compliance requirements [...]



















