Category: Business Development

How To Attract and Retain Employees

Are you struggling to hire quality employees? Has the shortage of employees struck you hard? This is not going to be alleviated anytime soon. COVID-19 accelerated numerous retirements, spurred entrepreneurship, or pursuit of other opportunities while people were furloughed, and with the challenges of finding

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Why Security Matters to Your Employee Benefit Plans

Employee benefit plans are a common perk for many organizations. They are often seen as a necessary employee benefit, but they also come with a strong need for compliance. Specifically, ERISA-covered group health plans and retirement plans can be subject to HIPAA privacy and security laws, assurance

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Greater Mankato Growth Sends Letter to Governor Walz

Today, Greater Mankato Growth sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz providing statistics to create awareness of talent challenges facing our region. The Department of Employment and Economic Development has taken great strides to ensure that individuals receiving unemployment insurance are aware of the job

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Restaurant Revitalization Fund: A Deeper Look

EDIT: April 20, 2021 – The SBA has launched their website on the Restaurant Revitalization fund and has released a program guide (PDF). A DUNS number or a SAM.gov account will no longer be required. In our blog post on the small business support included

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MN Governor Announces Changes to COVID restrictions

Today, Governor Walz announced reduced COVID-19 restrictions (Executive Order 21-11) for social gatherings, increases to business capacity limits, and increases to large venue capacity limits. A summary was provided from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic development: Effective Monday, March 15th, at 12:00pm (Noon): 

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