The Garrity Group Public Relations is the firm that leading organizations turn to for critical opportunities and issues that impact their operations in New Mexico. Continue reading
Author Archives: Taura Costidis
Hire Power: Laws Set Path for Employment Relationship
Contributor Joy J. Forehand, MPA, deputy secretary of the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions
By Finance New Mexico with assistance from Joy J. Forehand, MPA, deputy secretary of the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions
A business owner might find the paperwork involved in hiring an employee to be intimidating, which is why many delegate those duties to a payroll service if they have enough workers to make the expenditure worthwhile.
According to Joy J. Forehand, deputy secretary of the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, “entrepreneurs who do not outsource their payroll to an outside firm and choose to do it on their own need to know what state and federal laws apply to the employer-employee relationship.”
MEP to Showcase Products Made in New Mexico
The New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership is taking the “buy local” concept to a broader level with its New Mexico Made program.
The initiative aims to promote the companies that create and fabricate goods in New Mexico, where manufacturing is a $5.9 billion industry representing 7.4 percent of the total gross state product, according to the National Association of Manufacturers.
It does so by certifying qualifying businesses on the New Mexico Made website directory, raising the profile of the state’s manufacturers and giving participating businesses access to promotions and networking opportunities.
Continue readingStarting a Business Means Getting All the Right Permissions
By Finance New Mexico
Everyone who starts a business in New Mexico expects to fill out lots of forms. Besides the application for a Combined Reporting System, or CRS, the business owner might need special permits to handle food or alcohol sales or to operate in specific industries.
But other permissions are required for a range of business activities that might not be as obvious. And it’s the duty of the business owner to know what they are. Continue reading
Collaborative Forums
New Mexico’s entrepreneurs, innovators and creative types have access to the following collaborative, idea-sharing forums: Continue reading
Revitalizing New Mexico’s Historic Centers of Commerce
Economic development in New Mexico is often a joint effort of individual communities and the state’s Economic Development Department (EDD), which oversees multiple programs designed to bolster the state’s infrastructure and support the entrepreneurial ambitions of New Mexicans.
Three high profile initiatives are the New Mexico MainStreet Program and two programs that fall under its umbrella: the Frontier Communities Initiative and the Arts and Cultural Districts Program.
Coworking in Roswell
We are not aware yet of any coworking communities in Roswell, but if you know of one, please let us know by filling out the intake form to the right.
Coworking in Las Cruces
Though we are not aware yet of any coworking communities in Las Cruces, there are incubator-style work-ready spaces and many other resources especially useful to startups in technology-based businesses at the Arrowhead Technology Center. Continue reading
Coworking in Clovis
We are not aware yet of any coworking communities in Clovis. Shared office services, flexible office leases and networking opportunities are some of the resources Continue reading
Coworking in Farmington
We are not aware yet of any coworking communities in Farmington, however, office and warehouse space, and many other business resources can be found Continue reading