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SBAM Are We in the “Big Stay” Now?

Michigan Business Network
March 20, 2024 7:00 AM

Are we now in the “Big Stay?”

MyPerfectResume surveyed nearly 2,000 Americans, finding that 80% predict 2024 will be the year workers stay with their current employers.

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Michigan Business Beat | Lindsay Case Palsrok, Business Leaders for Michigan's Policy Outlook 2024.

Michigan Business Beat
March 19, 2024 7:00 PM

Chris Holman welcomes Lindsay Case Palsrok, Vice President of Government Affairs, Business Leaders for Michigan, Detroit, and Lansing, MI,

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MEDC | THIS JUST IN: MEDC’s Talent Action Team Gains Global Recognition in Most Innovative Companies List

Michigan Business Network
March 19, 2024 11:00 AM

Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list ranked the MEDC’s Talent Action Team No. 4 in Business Services, while Houghton-based Orbion Space Technology ranked No. 7 in the Space category

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Business Spotlight: AP Lazer

Michigan Business Network
March 6, 2024 4:00 PM

For the month of March, 2024, Michigan Business Network is spotlighting AP Lazer from Mason, Michigan.

MASON, MI – AP Lazer manufactures laser engraving and laser cutting machines.

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Employers to Benefit from New Kinexus Group Acquisition of HR Collaborative

Michigan Business Network
March 1, 2024 1:00 PM

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – An acquisition was announced today that will bring HR professionals and workforce experts together to offer an array of services to support employers across Michigan in a big way. The team at Kinexus Group announced today that they have officially acquired HR Collaborative, a
west Michigan-based, women-led community of fractional HR professionals, to meet unmet demand and to serve more employers than ever before.

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SBAM Recognizes Six Legislators for 100 Percent Pro-Small Business Voting Record in 2023

Michigan Business Network
February 28, 2024 11:00 AM

Small business owners thank lawmakers for working to ease tax burdens, support antidiscrimination in the workplace, and promote broad economic growth

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ICYMI: Department of Energy and Governor Whitmer Announce Funding for Clean Energy Jobs in Michigan

Michigan Business Network
February 23, 2024 4:00 PM

Lansing, Mich-– Thursday Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined leaders from President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) to announce new conditional commitments for loans to expand manufacturing and create jobs in Michigan. The announcement included a $544M conditional commitment to Bay City’s SK Siltron to expand manufacturing of critical wafers that are important to electric vehicle electronics, along with $165 million to American Battery Solutions in Lake Orion to expand their assembly facility to create next-generation battery packs that cut carbon emissions and boost EV efficiency.

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Merit Network Inc. Receives USDA Grant to Expand High-Speed Internet Access for Rural Michigan

Michigan Business Network
February 23, 2024 12:00 PM

ANN ARBOR, Mich., February 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Merit Network is the recipient of a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant for $997,000 to develop a connectivity and digital equity strategy to promote the expansion of high-speed internet in underserved rural Michigan communities.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Josh Verhulst, New Partner and Chief Growth Officer, Refreshed Tech

Michigan Business Beat
February 14, 2024 12:00 PM

Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Josh Verhulst, newly a Partner and Chief Growth Officer, Refreshed Tech, Grand Rapids, MI,


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Michigan Business Beat | Josh Verhulst, New Partner and Chief Growth Officer, Refreshed Tech

Michigan Business Beat
February 13, 2024 4:00 PM

Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Josh Verhulst, newly a Partner and Chief Growth Officer, Refreshed Tech, Grand Rapids, MI,


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