Tags archive: Business Enterprise

Half of small firms ‘refused credit’

Half of small firms refused credit Monday, March 12, 2012 – 07:22 AM Half of all small firms who applied for funding in the last three months were refused credit by their bank, it emerged today. A survey found nine … Read more

Groups, events boost Lee, Collier counties’ women in business

Legal certification Women can certify their businesses as a minority business enterprises. In the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2011, the Florida Office of Supplier Diversity certified 388 new women-owned businesses in Florida, which make up 57 percent of … Read more

Artist takes plunge to launch his own portrait business

Anthony, of Barry Avenue, Bucknall, creates pencil portraits of celebrities from photographs and also takes commissions. He said: Ive always been good at art but I never thought it would really be a career. I did graphic design at college … Read more

Uni academy to boost graduates’ job chances

SWANSEA University will this week launch an academy to increase job opportunities for students once they graduate. The Employability Academy will focus on increasing the number of graduates securing graduate employment and work placements. More than 90 per cent of … Read more

Small, medium or large collaboration headache?

The old understanding of what constitutes a small, medium or large business are getting very blurry indeed. An enterprise is typically thought of as a firm with over one hundred million in revenue in most western world business circles, but … Read more

Apple Business Unit Director Bob Wambaugh Joins Milestone Technologies, Inc.

FREMONT, CA, Mar 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – The anticipated release of the new iPad and growth of Apple in business only confirms that Silicon Valley-based IT solutions provider Milestone Technologies, Inc. (MILESTONE) is positioned to enable clients to … Read more

Boulware & Valoir Announce Certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise …

HOUSTON, Mar 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Boulware & Valoir is pleased to announce that it has been certified as a Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance Certification Committee (WBENC). The WBE Certification validates that the … Read more

Packaging company expands operations in Franklin Co.

Packaging company expands operations in Franklin Co. The company, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business and Minority Business Enterprise, will invest $4.1 million to add four new thermoforming plastic production lines at the companys 30,000 square-foot facility on the north side … Read more

3 DFW companies honored for women’s business enterprise

Three businesses with headquarters in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have been named to the list of 2011 Americas Top Corporations for Womens Business Enterprise. Dallas-based ATT Inc. ATT Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company , Irving-based Exxon … Read more

Enterprise visitors told Carrick has ‘many great examples of those bucking …

Carrickfergus Enterprise has hosted a visit by members of Carrickfergus Borough Council to its Meadowbank Road premises. Councillors were invited to hear at first hand the range of services that the local enterprise agency can offer those considering starting in … Read more