Small Business
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Turn employee departures into business growth opportunitiesSep 20, 2025 12:30 pm - Properly interviewing prospects for job openings is vital to hiring someone with the right skills and is a proper core value fit for your company. However, some employers neglect to collect valuable feedback from departing employees and conduct thorough exit interviews.
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New children’s bookstore in Fox River Grove aims to conjure reading magic
Sep 16, 2025 2:03 pm - Former grade school English teacher and Crystal Lake resident Susan Kelly remembers how magical books were for her growing up. Now she’s aiming to pass on that same feeling in her newly opened independent children’s bookstore in Fox River Grove.
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Live entertainment venue proposed for downtown Algonquin
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The Biz Week That Was: New grocer, dining options, and workforce housingSep 13, 2025 12:45 pm - ‘It’s really pretty’: Heinen’s grocery store opens in Naperville A sign in the meat department of the new Heinen’s grocery store in Naperville introduces customers t...
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Batavia’s Sturdy Shelter Brewing to hold third OktoberfestSep 10, 2025 12:04 pm - Sturdy Shelter Brewing in Batavia is preparing to host its third Oktoberfest from Friday, Sept. 12, through Sunday, Sept. 14.
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Fall Flavor Fest at Smokin’ Deal BBQ features tastes, demos, industry prosSep 10, 2025 11:34 am - A Barbecue Hall of Famer who is also a best-selling author. A grilling enthusiast with more than 3.5 million social media followers and his own line of rubs and seasonings. A certified pizzaiolo, who is the corporate chef for Lakeview Appliance Distributing. Visitors will find all three at the Fall Flavor Fest from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Smokin’ Deal BBQ in Vernon Hills.
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Facing stiff competition, remote workers up their game
Sep 10, 2025 10:25 am - The trend of ditching traditional office space to work from living rooms and hotels accelerated when the coronavirus hit in 2020. But now many large companies have begun calling workers back into the office, making competition for remote jobs fierce.
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First Tri-City Business Expo launches Sept. 17 at Eagle Brook Country ClubSep 09, 2025 1:39 pm - The Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles Chambers of Commerce will host the inaugural Tri-City Business Expo on Sept. 17 at Eagle Brook Country Club, 2288 Fargo Blvd., Geneva.
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‘This is what we need here’: Cluster of small shops proposed for MundeleinSep 09, 2025 1:38 pm - A community group has proposed Mundelein create a walkable marketplace of small shops for boutique clothiers, artists, bakers and other merchants.