Big banks host back-office operations
Regional back-office banking operations based in Missouri’s backyard
January 2014
Denise Nelson of Accounting Plus
1. How can an accountant help a business navigate the financial landscape? What’s the benefit? Accounting firms such as Accounting Plus that focus on small businesses are familiar with the unique bookkeeping, payroll and tax challenges and requirements faced by small-business owners. An accounting firm can help keep the business owner abreast of tax deadlines,
All Things Machens
In 1969, Hee Haw, The Brady Brunch and Room 222 made their debuts on TV, Hollywood released the blockbuster Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. In the same year, Joe Machens purchased his first car dealership, which lead to the creation of a multi-franchise company and made him
Flat Branch Home Loans bags Inc. Magazine’s Hire Power Award
Amidst the 2009 mortgage meltdown, Flat Branch Home Loans expanded its 4-year-old business into a full-service mortgage banker. Then, like our waistbands at Thanksgiving dinner, the company continued to expand. Due to its rapid growth, Inc. Magazine ranked it No. 3 in the state of Missouri for its incredible addition of employees and awarded the
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Rescue Innocence strives to end human trafficking
Human trafficking has the guise of a Third World problem, concentrated only in poverty-stricken countries where freedom is easily compromised, but organizations across the globe are working to show the issue isn’t just prevalent overseas. Locally, the nonprofit Rescue Innocence, officially operating since May 2012, strives to raise awareness and promote prevention of human trafficking
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Movers and Shakers: January
True North: Two additions have been made to the True North Board of Directors. Lee Terry Russell, CEO of the Columbia Board of Realtors, and Linda Bennett, assistant in the Provost Office at the University of Missouri, will both help make crucial decisions about safety and assistance for domestic violence victims who seek the shelter’s
901 E. Broadway
THE NORTHEAST CORNER of Broadway and Ninth Street has a long history in the financial sector. Boone National Savings and Loan Association was established at the 901 E. Broadway location on Jan. 1, 1896. Previously, this location housed Richard Gentry’s tavern. Anne Hawkins Gentry, the second female postmistress in American history, also conducted business here
By the Numbers: January
Money makes the world go round, but how does money move in Columbia? How much are we making, spending and saving – and how does that compare with our neighbors nearby, around the state and across the country?
Downtown Development Pause
Some were not surprised to learn that the complex web of largely buried downtown utility infrastructures — water, electric and sewer — is about to be overwhelmed if the accelerated pace of downtown development, some of it high-rise in nature, is allowed to continue. These alarms represent the opportune time for broad reviews of citywide infrastructure amidst growth that’s both enviable and vexing. Until the recent
Out of Office
By Kristie L. Wolfe This summer, I did something unusual. All at once, I increased my productivity, enhanced my creativity, and enriched my problem-solving abilities. My energy level increased and my tension decreased. It didn’t require a prescription or a co-pay. It cost my employer not a cent, but improved my mental and physical health,