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Tom Sparks, who was vice president of wealth managemenftat U.S. Bank, has joined in Clayton. It’s part of Presidentg Bob Jones’ plan to double Central’x $3 billion in client assets within five Todo that, he estimatea the number of client accounts must increased at least 50 percent, from the current 2,400. Absolute Tile and Stone of St. Louis has been selected for a busineses makeover byFortune magazine’s Small Business edition. Four expertsz will analyze how to cut costs with environmental improvements andimprove sales, marketing and inventory Owner Sander Coovert applied after hearing about it throughu the St. Louis chapter of .
Absolute, a marble and tile design and installation had revenueof $2.2 million in 2008. has increased salez from $1.5 million when it was started five years agoto $11.54 million in 2008, reports Presideng Cary Dennis. Recent projects include the $5.7 million Hazelwood Aquatic Facility anda $1.5 millioh outdoor recreation center pool in Normal, Ill. It also has been hiresd as the aquatics contractor for Schlitterbahn Vacatiob Village resort inKansas City, Kan. Marketing and publivc relations veterans Jan owner ofthe , and Laura owner of , are combininf their businesses to launchj Cork Tree Creative, with a first-year revenue target of $250,000.
They have workesd together on various projects over the past 10 years and side by side for the last year and a half in a shared office indowntown Edwardsville. “Whlo says banks aren’t lending?” asked Tom St. Louis chairman of UMB, where loans increased by 24.4 percent, to $4.4 billion, in 2008 over 2007. “We’re going out and calling on people, and people are cominbg to us. We’re lending to peopld we know in the markets in whichwe work.” Adam a former minor league pitcher for the , has joined in Ill., to help develop clients and improve marketingy and community involvement.
Presideny John Munie said the which provideslawn service, landscaping and other outdoor has grown from $45,000 to $2.5 millionn in annual revenue in its 10 Benes’ brothers, Andy Benes and Alan Benes, pitchecd in the majors for the Cards.