Tag: small business

Introducing This Years Fast 15 Class

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is pleased to introduce the eighth class of Fast 15 honorees.

Festival Aims to Boost Local Comedy Scene

Fayetteville natives Jordan and Hope Haynes recently moved back from Chicago and are using their comic connections to boost the local scene.

App-Enabled Moving Service Sees Potential in Fayetteville Market

Bellhops, based in Tennessee, contracts college students for small- to medium-sized moving and lifting jobs.

Labor Force Is Strong But Boomers Are Retiring

More residents are getting back to work or looking for jobs in Northwest Arkansas and across the United States, but some economists dont expect the growth in the labor force to continue as baby boomers retire.

The Brothers Grill: Feltners Sign License Deal for Griddle Rail

The owners of Feltner Brothers restaurant invented a piece of equipment that attaches to the front of most griddles and charbroilers to provide storage for small items, and they licensed it to Franklin Machine Products.

Foghorns Owner Bets on Himself, and Rightfully So

When Jeff Hodges and his business partner opened a beer-and-wing restaurant on North College Avenue in Fayetteville more than 10 years ago, they funded it mostly themselves.

Customer Service Gives Edge To Office Equipment Provider

Professional Business Systems owner Matt Mawby new early on how to separate his business from larger, more established copier companies.

Sew Successful: Rogers Designer Sees Big Growth

Valere Rene Handbags & Totes owner Valere Gregory turns challenges into opportunity.

Polytech Plastic Molding Acquires Fort Smith Fabrication Company

The Prairie Grove company purchased Southern Cross Plastics recently. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Center of It All: Innovation Hub Makes Its Way to Fayetteville Square

The Northwest Arkansas Innovative Hub Fab Lab will house a slew of maker machinery and equipment for invention and prototyping.

Bentonville Company PBS Rebrands As Professional Business Systems

Entering its 30th year in business, Bentonville-based office equipment supplier PBS has been rebranded as Professional Business Systems.

Startup Junkie Consulting Launches Nonprofit

The Community Venture Foundation will partner with SJC to continue its efforts to build the venture and STEM community in Northwest Arkansas.

Haxton Studio Moves Downtown

Haxton Road Studios owner Neil Greenhaw is planning a development near the square in Bentonville.

Roma Italian in Rogers to Reopen as Pinnacle Bar & Grill

The Bowman Restaurant Group project has a target opening date of Jan. 7.

Jury Trial Set For Elizabeth Millard on Theft Charges

A Benton County judge has ordered a jury trial for a woman charged in October with two felony counts of embezzlement from a Fayetteville doctors office.

Lauren James Co.: Not a Startup Anymore

Lauren James Co. is undergoing a million-dollar expansion, including installation of what they describe as Arkansas most state-of-the-art screen-printing operation inside the companys 80,000-SF warehouse and shipping facility in south Fayetteville.