Business Leaders and Payors Invited to Attend the Utah Business of Health Event
The Utah Business of Health Event is open to all business leaders interested in learning how to improve worksite and community health. Salt Lake City, UT: Get Healthy Utah and The Utah Worksite Wellness Council are bringing together business leaders across Utah for the Utah Business of Health Event with the theme Good Health is […]
Ballet West Revives Timeless Classic the Sleeping Beauty, Featuring Exciting New Sets
PERFORMANCES FEB. 10 – 18 WITH THE BALLET WEST ORCHESTRA SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The beloved fairytale The Sleeping Beauty returns to the Capitol Theatre with new sets designed by critically-acclaimed French artist and painter Alain Vaes. The production runs from Feb. 10 – 18 with just nine performances at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre in […]
Business Watch Legislative Updates: Week 1 – January 17 – 20
Dear Business Community, The 2023 General Legislative Session is well underway. The Utah Legislature convened the 65th session on January 17th and will work hard for 45 days to appropriate funding and legislate. Our team is actively engaged on the Hill, and if you would like to meet with us or relay emerging policy concerns, […]
Utah’s Employment Summary: December 2022
SALT LAKE CITY (Jan. 20, 2023) — Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for December 2022 increased an estimated 2.4% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 40,100 jobs since December 2021. Utah’s current job count stands at 1,689,800. December’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate remains at 2.2%. Approximately 38,900 Utahns are unemployed. The […]
Childcare Impacts on Utah’s Workforce and State Economy
New report shows childcare issues result in an estimated $1.36 billion loss annually for Utah’s economy SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 18, 2023 – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF), in partnership with the Salt Lake Chamber, Utah Community Builders, United Way of Salt Lake, and Voices for Utah Children, released a report, […]
Salt Lake Chamber Debuts 2023 Legislative Priorities at Utah Economic Outlook and Public Policy Summit
The Salt Lake Chamber hosted the annual Utah Economic Outlook and Public Policy Summit with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute to release its 2023 legislative priorities at the Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek. Chief among those priorities is sustaining Utah as a safe haven economy driven by good policy and good governance, […]
UDVMA and Veteran Business Resource Center Launch Utah Veteran-Owned Business Registry
Salt Lake City (Jan. 9, 2023) — The Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs (UDVMA) and the Veterans Business Resource Center (VBRC) at Salt Lake Community College have launched a veteran-owned business registry. This registry will help promote Veteran-owned businesses in Utah by allowing the public to search for and find Veteran businesses to […]
Utah PaperBox Chairman Passes Away
Salt Lake City and Utah lost a beloved member of our business community: Paul Ballard Keyser. He succumbed to a long battle with cancer on January 3rd, 2023. Keyser was best known as the Chairman of the Board of Utah PaperBox (UPB), a 109-year multi-generational packaging company that he worked for an astounding 55 years! […]
Speaking on Business: TalentSpark
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Talent Spark This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. Finding people with the skills needed has been tough for many businesses recently. Stephanie Parker, the President and Executive Recruiter of TalentSpark, explains how her firm can help employers. STEPHANIE PARKER: Utah’s job market remains red-hot despite concerns […]
Bestselling author Dr. Arthur C. Brooks to Keynote 2023 Utah Economic Outlook & Public Policy Summit
Bestselling author and University of Utah Impact Scholar Dr. Arthur C. Brooks will keynote the 2023 Utah Economic Outlook & Public Policy Summit, the Salt Lake Chamber announced today. Dr. Brooks is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Business School and was recently named an Impact Scholar at the […]