small business

Marketplace — public radio’s daily look at business — went to Utah County to see what lessons a working population a decade younger than the national average has for the rest of the country.

From the metal for cans to sourcing flavors from Italy, Mexico or West Africa, beer is an international business. And brewers in Utah worry about what Trump’s tariffs will mean for their costs and creativity.

The proposal would require any Utah business with more than five employees to electronically verify whether their workers have legal working status in the United States.

“We think of small businesses as being purely economic entities. If they have customers and if they have suppliers near them, they will all thrive. But that's not necessarily true,” said urban planning professor Divya Chandrasekhar.

As Salt Lake City grows, neighborhoods are faced with a choice to maintain their historic identities or give in to change. Central Ninth and the Granary District are finding ways to keep what matters most to their communities while making room for development.

Eastern Idaho and western Wyoming are hotspots for salmon shares from Bristol Bay, Alaska. Customers are increasingly buying wild sockeye in bulk because they say it tastes better, and they want to support small businesses.

Weber State, la Cámara de Comercio Hispana, el Centro de Negocios Suazo y otros están trabajando para equipar a los hispanohablantes con mejores herramientas para empezar sus negocios.

The city says paid parking will increase turnover and help businesses. The owner of Serendipity, however, sees it as a threat and has decided to close her shop’s physical location.

Weber State, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Small Business Development Center and others are working to equip Spanish speakers with better tools to launch businesses.

The most recent cut passed by the Utah Legislature will reduce the state’s income tax to 4.55% in 2025.

Locally owned businesses like consignment store Home Again and packaging-free grocery store Hello! Bulk Markets are two businesses that have struggled to stay afloat as result of city wide construction.

Two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth can be a recession indicator. However, other factors, like consumer spending and employment levels, suggest a recession is not on the way.