Categoría: Small Business

22.07.2021.

City of Houston launches new 311 platform

City of Houston launches new 311 platform New system provides more efficient service, Houstonians encouraged to download app HOUSTON – The City of Houston has launched an innovative 311 platform that makes interaction easier, quicker, and more convenient for customers to request information…

10.07.2021.

Applications Now Open for Liftoff Houston Startup Business Plan Competition

Applications Now Open for Liftoff Houston Startup Business Plan Competition HOUSTON – Today, Mayor Sylvester Turner kicked off the City of Houston’s 2021 Liftoff Houston Startup Business Plan Competition (Liftoff Houston), sponsored by Capital One Bank and administered by the Houston…

07.07.2021.

Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Awards $5.6 Million in Grants to Arts and Culture Non-profit Organizations

Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Awards $5.6 Million in Grants to Arts and Culture Non-profit Organizations HOUSTON – The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) will award $5,612,433 in grants to 132 arts and culture nonprofit organizations. The grants will fund sponsored projects across…

18.06.2021.

Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Statement on Juneteenth National Independence Day

Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Statement on Juneteenth National Independence Day HOUSTON – Please attribute the following statement to Mayor Sylvester Turner. “I commend President Biden for signing a bill to recognize June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day. From this day forward,…

11.06.2021.

Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, and Reliant officially launch the 2021 Beat the Heat Program

Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, and Reliant officially launch the 2021 Beat the Heat Program HOUSTON – Today, Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, and Reliant officially launched the 2021 Beat the…

08.06.2021.

Hundreds of Jobs Available in Mayor Turner’s Hire Houston Youth Program

Hundreds of Jobs Available in Mayor Turner’s Hire Houston Youth Program HOUSTON – As the school year winds down and summer heats up, Mayor Sylvester Turner encourages young people ages 16 to 24 to participate in his signature Hire Houston Youth program. While…

16.01.2016.

Truckers strike four shipping companies at Southern California ports

Tractor-trailer drivers who haul freight from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach went on strike on Monday against four trucking companies, a Teamster union official said, in a move that could revive labor tension at the nation’s busiest…

16.01.2016.

RHS Sunflower seed giveaway

April 14-20 is National Gardening Week, the RHS’ annual attempt to get us off the sofa and onto the beds with a series of events and initiatives. It has extra oomph because 2014 is also the 50th anniversary of Britain…

16.01.2016.

UK construction growth bolsters economic recovery hopes

Britain’s construction industry grew at the fastest pace in nearly a year in February, bolstering expectations that the UK will escape a double dip recession. February data from economic research firm Markit signalled a solid rise in construction output, extending…

16.01.2016.

‘Stem rust’ fungus threatens global wheat harvest

The world’s leading crop scientists issued a stark warning that a deadly airborne fungus could devastate wheat harvests in poor countries and lead to famines and civil unrest over significant regions of central Asia and Africa. Ug99 — so called…