Delaware Business Now
Greenville gas station to get makeover under new lessee
Pettinaro announced that The Wills Group Company has recently signed a lease for the Greenville gas station and is in the planning stages of a full renovation.
The projected date of completion is early spring...
Benchworks makes the Inc. 5000
Benchworks has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies.
Benchmark is based in Chestertown, MD.
Benchworks is ranked at number 933 with a three-year sales growth of 471%. The company consists...
Noel to head the Delaware Division of Revenue
Delaware Department of Finance Secretary Rick Geisenberger has announced the appointment of Jennifer Noel, Esq. as the new Director for the Division of Revenue.
Noel has represented the Department of Finance, the Division of Revenue,...
Cecil County’s successful job quest
Good morning, Over the years, I had a more than routine interest in neighboring Cecil County, MD.
After all, I spent a good part of my career in Delaware, working for Chesapeake Publishing, a newspaper...
Applebee’s franchise to hold hiring event later this month
The largest Applebee’s franchisee will hold a hiring event at its locations in Delaware and New Jersey.
On October 9th, Apple American will hold open interviews at 26 locations for 150 immediate positions that include...
Business people: Oct. 3, 2017
DCRAC to honor Elder, Zebleckes and Barclaycard
The Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council Inc. will honor banker and business executive Robert G. Elder, architect Joe Zebleckes and the marketing team of Barclaycard US, at the...
Process of rolling out new Coastal Zone permit option begins
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced the initiation of the process to amend Delaware Coastal Zone Act regulations to incorporate the provisions of the Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act
Governor John...
DuPont Tate & Lyle helps make French baby food plant more earth friendly
Bio-based heat transfer fluids using DuPont Tate & Lyle Susterra propanediol are making at the Danone Blédina, Brive site more earth-friendly. The site is Europe's largest baby food plant.
Climalife, Europe’s specialist in cooling fluids...
Fenwick, Bethany, South Bethany to get beach replenishment projects
A multi-million dollar contract for beach replenishment projects in Bethany, South Bethany and Fenwick Island has been awarded.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District awarded Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company a $17.2...
Windpower working group comes at right time
Good morning,
Gov. John Carney is fond of forming working groups on big issues. The groups typically feature legislators from both parties, a couple of experts and scattered other players from business and elsewhere.
Some might...
Delmar tire recycler gets cease and desist order
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin issued a cease and desist order to Anderson’s Recycling, Inc. The DNREC order prohibits Anderson’s from transporting or accepting scrap tires for a...
Carney appoints members to wind power working group
Gov. John Carney on Friday announced appointments to the Delaware Offshore Wind Working Group.
Carney had earlier signed an executive order that authorized the group to study potential environmental and economic development benefits of offshore...
Corporate governance group partners with UD’s Weinberg Center
The Investor Stewardship Group (ISG), a collective of some of the largest U.S.-based institutional investors and global asset managers, along with several of their international counterparts has partnered with the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate...
One chapter in the Wilmington Trust tragedy will play out in court
Good morning - After years of delays and speculation, the trial of Wilmington Trust executives will get underway.
Barring some last-minute plea deal, a jury will decide whether the management practices of the bank rise...
Falgowski joins Burr & Forman’s Wilmington office as partner
Burr & Forman announces that J. Cory Falgowski has joined the firm’s Wilmington, Del., office as a partner in the Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Group.
Falgowski serves corporate clients in complex Chapter 11 cases,...
$85 million distribution center coming to Cecil County’s Principo Business Park
An $85 million distribution center is coming to Cecil County’s Principo Business Park between North East and Perryville.
Project Melo, a U.S.-based manufacturer. Maryland’s Department of Commerce has conditionally agreed to loan Project Melo up...
WBOC and other Draper TV stations blacked out in contract dispute
Verizon's FiOS system has dropped locally owned WBOC, FOX21 and WBOC Classics from their lineup after failed contract negotiations.
"Our goal is always to give our customers the best TV experience while keeping prices as low...
Trial of former Wilmington Trust execs to get under way
The trial of former Wilmington Trust executives gets underway this week.
In 2015, Former Wilmington Trust President, Robert V.A. Harra and other executives have been indicted on federal charges related to concealing information on bad loans...
Price at the pump drops in Delaware as gas demand dips
More than a month after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, motorists are finally seeing consistent declines in gas prices.
The price dropped nearly a dime over the past week in Delaware, according to Wilmington-based AAA...
