Taste of Jamaica Offers Authentic Cuisine in LR
After eight years of serving jerk chicken out of their food truck, Grab-a-Bite, Rose Walker and her husband, Anthony, have opened Taste of Jamaica in Little Rock. read more >
Tagged: Ventures
Serial Entrepreneur Jamie Davidson Tries New Line of Work
Jamie Davidson, the Little Rock businessman who sold his Strong Suit Clothing company two years ago, has found his next startup: Tic Toc Auto. read more >
Snack Company Releases New Wicked Product
Moonlight Mixes of Little Rock has released a new snack product line called Wicked Minis in three flavors — Garden Dill, Garlic Parmesan and Crushed Red Pepper. read more >
UAMS Opens Neighborhood Clinic Near State Capitol
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has opened a new UAMS Neighborhood Clinic at Capitol Mall in Little Rock, offering both scheduled and walk-in primary care services. read more >
Verizon Revamps App, Wireless Plan
The new product allows Verizon customers to choose the amount of data they would like, make choices through the mobile app and change their plan size and options as often as they like. read more >
Vistage Expands With New Northwest Arkansas Group
Vistage, a worldwide facilitator of private advisory groups for CEOs, senior executives and business owners, has announced the first chief executive group in northwest Arkansas, led by Terry Bowen, Vistage chair and co-founder and CEO of Sew in Heaven LLC of Fayetteville. read more >
Koontz Electric Celebrates Graduates
Koontz Electric Co. of Morrilton recently celebrated a graduating class of 12 apprentice electricians from the Arkansas Construction Education Foundation electrical apprenticeship program. read more >
Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Offers New Dental Plans
The dental plans, aimed at lowering costs for Arkansas-based employers, will add to the existing DentalBlue dental insurance plans by offering companies a wider range of options when choosing between broad network access and network savings. read more >
Matt McLeod Fine Art Opens in Downtown Little Rock
Matt McLeod Fine Art of Little Rock houses an eclectic mix of contemporary art by owner Matt McLeod and other professional artists in and outside Arkansas. read more >
Bell & Co. Notes Third Acquisition
Bell & Co., a regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm, recently purchased the Little Rock accounting firm John P. Cullum CPA PA, celebrating its third acquisition in three years. read more >
Hi-Speed Is Noted for Quality Service
Hi-Speed Industrial, located in Little Rock and Memphis, was recently approved as an EASA Accredited Service Center by the Electrical Apparatus Service Association for its consistency in delivering quality electromechanical repairs that maintain or improve AC electric motor efficiency and reliability. read more >
Alliance Rubber Debuts ‘Mover Bands’
Alliance Rubber Co. of Hot Springs has added Mover Bands, heavy-duty rubber bands capable of stretching to nearly twice their resting length, to its list of products, the company announced recently. read more >
Inuvo Announces New Ad Product Called SearchLinks
Inuvo Inc., an advertising technology and digital publishing company in Conway, has launched SearchLinks, a suite of native ad units for mobile and desktop publishers, according to a company news release. read more >
HUB International Acquires Holmes Organisation
HUB International, a global insurance brokerage headquartered in Chicago, has entered the Arkansas market by acquiring Little Rock’s multiline brokerage The Holmes Organisation, a company news release stated. read more >
Southern Bank Now Offering Security App
Southern Bank — a $1.3 billion financial institution based in Missouri, but with locations in seven Arkansas cities — has launched CardValet, a security service in mobile app form allowing customers to control “when, where and how” their credit or debit card is used, a bank news release said. read more >
RaiseTheMoney.com Promises To Revolutionize Political Fundraising
RaiseTheMoney.com, a nonpartisan online fundraising company in Little Rock, signed on 71 new campaigns in June, totaling more than 200 accounts since its founding 18 months ago by Chris Stewart, the company’s CEO. read more >
Sissy’s Log Cabin Heights Location to Grow
The Sissy’s Log Cabin location at Grant and R streets in Little Rock is set to expand this summer “in an effort to continue making Sissy’s Log Cabin an exciting customer experience,” a company press release said. read more >
Painting With a Twist Opens Fort Smith Art Studio
Seth McCurry, a 26-year-old entrepreneur with Painting with a Twist art studios in North Little Rock and Little Rock, has opened a location in Fort Smith. read more >
Farmers Insurance Now Offers Rideshare Coverage
Farmers Insurance recently announced that it has begun offering Arkansas drivers rideshare insurance coverage in response to the state’s new ride-sharing law, Act 1267, which was signed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in early April. read more >
Redfin Enters Little Rock Market
William Porterfield — a long-time executive broker at Pike Realty Group and then executive broker for Blackwood Realty, both of Little Rock — has been appointed to head Redfin’s central Arkansas operation as market manager and principal broker. read more >
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