Small Business
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B Gunther prizes customer service for 30 yearsJun 27, 2016 1:00 am - If you are looking for an impeccably etched crystal award for your top customer service person or just the "perfect fit" corporate gift for your best customers, you need...
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Mount Prospect restaurateur keeps tradition going in Crystal LakeJun 27, 2016 1:00 am - When Chef Chris Barth opened his second Retro Bistro in Crystal Lake on June 15, he at first didn't realize the significance of the day. It happened to be when he and tw...
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Mundelein weighing business grantsJun 24, 2016 1:00 am - Mundelein village trustees on Monday will consider awarding grants to three local businesses that will help pay for planned improvements. The applications came from: Sun...
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Suburban companies with ties to Britain face changes, uncertaintyJun 24, 2016 1:00 am - Pillarhouse USA Inc. has been doing business in Elk Grove Village since 1994. But it wasn't until Friday that the chance to take advantage of a dropping British pound lo...
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Daily Projects coffee shop opens in AlgonquinJun 22, 2016 5:30 am - There is a new spot along the Randall Road corridor to grab your favorite morning brew on the go, or to sip it inside while you work. Daily Projects Café and Eatery open...
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Several Palatine restaurants drop liquor licensesJun 21, 2016 1:00 am - Three Palatine restaurants will cease serving alcohol on or before July 1. Original Taco, Pie Five Pizza and Tore & Luke's have not renewed their class G liquor license...
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Tuned-in leadership helps chambers hold their ownJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - The chamber of commerce? Yep. Really? Yep again. Still around? Not only still around but in many cases developing programs that are reaching out to - gasp! - the Mi...
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From laundry to engineering, Lake Forest hospital's Niskanen rubs elbows with the bestJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - Dan Niskanen worked his way of up from the laundry department to systems engineer, spending about 50 years at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. The Gurnee resi...
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New Lombard bakery and cafe offers European treatsJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - Dragica Mitic always had dreams of opening her own bakery, but the time was never right. After moving to the U.S. from Serbia, Mitic got occupied being a mom and workin...
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Expert: Planning for the worst gives businesses best chance to surviveJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - Being ready for an emergency — whether tornado, flood or a violent attack like that occurred Sunday in Orlando — can keep a business from being among the 40 percent that...