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by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine State economists downgraded on Thursday Vermont’s current fiscal year tax revenue expectations as well as next year’s (FY 2017 & FY 2018) and largely blamed the suddenly moribund Corporate Income tax. The Corp tax is below its target by over $9 million halfway through FY17.
by CB Hall Vermont Business MagazineRepresentatives of Vermont's solar industry are for the most part looking to the future with cautious optimism, hoping that the established nature of the no-longer-novel industry will serve as a bulwark against policies that the administration of President Donald Trump, with its skeptical view of renewable energy, might impose.
Vermont Business Magazine CE Bradley Laboratories, a Brattleboro company that manufactures coatings, will design and install a system that captures and controls solvent vapors at its plant, ensuring that workers are protected from solvent emissions and that the environment is protected from a possible release of solvent emissions.
Vermont Business MagazineAsGrow Compostheads into 2017, it is focusing on three priorities to help businesses meet the requirements ofAct 148, the state’s Universal Recycling Law -- diverting liquid organic wastes from breweries and distilleries, diverting food scraps from businesses, and helping businesses cut the amount of food scraps they throw away.Grow Compost’s expansion
Vermont Business MagazineSunCommon of Waterbury and Sustainable Energy Development (SED) of Ontario, New York, have announced a new partnership, bringing SunCommon’s brand residential solar expertise and innovative Community Solar program to Western NY markets.
Vermont Business MagazineThe Champlain College Center for Financial Literacy has received a $120,000 challenge grant from Next Gen Personal Finance, a non-profit organization that connects educators and students with free financial literacy resources.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce have announced the top forty-five Best Places to Work in Vermont 2017. The awards program was created in 2006 and is presented in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management, Vermont State Council, (SHRM), the Agency of Economic Opportunity and Best Companies Group.
By Jim Condos, Vermont’s Secretary of State The Vermont Constitution (Chapter 1, Article 6) demands that our elected officials are open, transparent, and accountable. The authors understood how transparency in government is the very basis of trust. State statute also demands access and accountability:
Vermont Business Magazine Jay Peak Resort announced Tuesday it has been named among the Top 10 (#5 on the list) Best Ski areas by Liftopia, which operates the largest consumer marketplace and resort technology platform for ski lift tickets and other mountain activities.
Vermont Busness MagazineNational Life employees pumped nearly $289,000 into local nonprofits through their own payroll deductions and a matching program offered by the company’s charitable foundation in 2016. In its annual Community Giving Campaign, National Life gives employees the option of donating to nonprofits through payroll deduction.
by John McClaughry Six years ago a Democratic Congress and President enacted ObamaCare. Whatever one may have thought about its merits, after six years it is unmistakably clear that it cannot continue without heroic, disruptive interventions in 2017, costing many billions of dollars.
Vermont Business Magazine Across the country, students, and families are increasingly focused on the job opportunities available to students after graduation. Based on its most recent Job Outcome Survey, Vermont Tech’s students achieve at a uniquely high level. Vermont Tech recently conducted its 6-Month Job Outcome survey for the class of 2016.