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Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims spiked last week, as they typically do in June after school ends and education employment falls. Following this spike there is usually a fall and then a leveling off at a relatively low level of under 500 claims for the duration of the summer. However, last week's increase is greater than usual.
Vermont Business Magazine - The Vermont Teddy Bear Company announces its 35th Anniversary celebration, taking place this Saturday, June 25th.
Vermont Business Magazine - Marie Shutts, Operations Director at the Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed to the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union's ACT 46 study committee. According to Matt Harrington, Executive Director of the Chamber, Shutts will sit on the committee as a representative of the Bennington Chamber and its over 350 busin
Vermont Business Magazine - Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday commented on a new agreement reached between Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) and the panel’s ranking member, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) for a bill to institute mandatory national GMO labeling. Their bill would nullify Vermont’s GMO labeling law, w
By Louisa Schibli & Janice Shade, Co-Founders, Milk Money L3C - Small business owners, whether they own a startup or a long-established family business, will inevitably need to seek outside funding at some point, or several points, during the life of their business.
by Rob Miller, CEO of VSECU Imagine a strategy that could transform a country’s poorest regional economy into one of great wealth and prosperity.
Gubernatorial candidates Matt Dunne, Peter Galbraith, Bruce Lisman, Sue Minter, and Phil Scott will participate in a forum focused on “Community Health and Support Services” in Burlington on Monday, June 27.
Vermont Business Magazine - According to first quarter analysis of Callahan & Associates’ Return of the Member (ROM) scoring system, University of Lake Michigan, Deere Employees Credit Union, River Valley Credit Union, PCM Credit Union, and Credit Union of Vermont take the top spots for their respective peer groups; with Deere Employees holding the top overall
Vermont Business Magazine • Sterling College has been awarded $225,000 from The Endeavor Foundation to further develop its Global Field Studies curriculum. The grant will allow the environmental stewardship college to develop new Global Field Studies, including two-week, four-week, and semester-long global study opportunities.
New program combines building efficiency, renewable heat, and solar power
Vermont Business Magazine A new Vermont rule effective May 1 prevents invasive insects from piggybacking into the state on untreated firewood.
Vermont Business Magazine The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) has completed the first draft of the 2016 update to the Chittenden County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan.