Business

Managing your weight as you age

Planning for the future is just as important when you’re 50, as it was when you were 18. To stay physically fit and in good health as you get older, it’s smart to manage your weight now.

Controlling your digital assets after death

In this digital age, most people have digital assets. These include social media accounts, financial accounts, email and everything in-between. Many of these assets will need to be accessible after your death.

Health care in the SCV: an evolving marketplace

The Santa Clarita Valley Business Journal and the SCV Chamber of Commerce welcomed leaders from the SCV’s health care community to have a discussion about the issues facing this sector of the business community.

Accurate finds fulfilling new direction

Tony Demma remembers being in an office so small, he’d touch backs with a partner when he stood up. Today, Demma, company president, and his associates at Accurate Freight Systems are housed in the IAC Commerce Center, which has allowed them the opportunity to shift into new business ventures.Tony Demma remembers being in an office so small, he’d touch backs with a partner when he stood up. Today, Demma, company president, and his associates at Accurate Freight Systems are housed in the IAC Commerce Center, which has allowed them the opportunity to shift into new business ventures.

Resources employers should know

When the team from the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corp. talks to SCV companies about the issues they’re facing, workforce is always at the top of the list. Business owners want to know where they can find qualified employees, and they want to know how to access training courses.

Resources growing in SCV’s fight against cancer

Being diagnosed with cancer can be a scary and overwhelming time in one’s life. The disease takes an enormous emotional, physical and financial toll out on, not only those it touches, but their family and friends, as well.

Transform your hearing aids into a wireless headset

The Oticon Opn is one of the most recommended hearing aids for our patients at Audiology Associates. This revolutionary device allows those with all levels of hearing abilities to achieve better hearing without exerting too much effort.

Why isn’t my revenue growing faster?

I’ve identified several reasons why your company’s revenue is flat, declining or has a growth trend that is unacceptable; use this checklist to make the needed improvements in your company.

August condo price sets record high

Pushed by low interest rates, single-family home sales increased 8.7% during August, while the median price of condominiums that changed owners tied the record high and the inventory of properties listed for sale fell for the second consecutive month, the Southland Regional Association of Realtors reported in September.

Small businesses: the backbone of California

There are 4 million small businesses in California, which account for 99.8% of California businesses, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2019 Small Business Profile.

I mainly go to the gym because I like food.

I find that if I don’t go to the gym, I become a bigger version of myself, but not in a good way! Joking aside, I have always enjoyed health and fitness. My wife and I met at a gym nearly 27 years ago and, in fact, we’re part way through a long-term goal of running a half-marathon in every state.

Four Questions: Roger E. Seaver

Roger E. Seaver is president and CEO of Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, the Santa Clarita Valley’s only community-based hospital, which is licensed for 368 beds. The hospital has been serving the Santa Clarita Valley since 1975.

Four Questions: Dr. Christian Raigosa

Dr. Christian Raigosa works with Kaiser Permanente’s Department of Family Medicine and is also the physician-in-charge for the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clarita Medical Offices.

A peek inside SCV’s industrial centers

Do you ever pause to consider what’s going on inside those big, boxy industrial buildings you see when you drive around the Santa Clarita Valley on your way to work, shopping or school drop off?

Paul Butler: Workplace aristocracy

Are you sitting down as you read this?   Good.   This might shock you — I don’t like “Downton Abbey.” There, I said it.   In fact,