Delaware Business Now
Industrial directory report shows slight loss in manufacturing jobs
Industrial employment in Delaware declined about one percent over the past year according to the 2014 Delaware Manufacturers Register. The performance came after a small gain a year earlier.
The industrial directory published annually by...
Delmarva seeks four-year rate plan
Delmarva Power filed a proposal with the Delaware Public Service Commission for what it calls a Forward Looking Rate plan.
The plan is designed to improve service and lessen the financial impact on customers by...
Check out the Oct. 9, 2013 edition of the Business Bulletin
Catch up on another busy week in the business world with the Business Bulletin.
The Business Bulletin offers a convenient weekly news package in a format geared to your laptop or tablet computer. You can...
Petition drive launched in support of The Data Centers
Newark-area resident Ken Grant has launched a petition drive in support of The $1.2 billion Data Centers project. The project involves construction of secure data center that would use heat from computer servers and...
Handyman Matters franchise opens
A new Handyman Matters franchise arrived in New Castle County last month under the ownership of Keith Orr Handyman Matters offers interior and exterior home repairs and remodeling.
After 24 years of active duty service...
Newark-based TekSolv acquires Pennsylvania company
A fast-growing Newark-area safety services company has acquired a Pennsylvania firm that works in the oil gas industry.
TekSolv announced Monday that acquired Crawford Technical Services, based in Hershey. The company's businesses include water monitoring...
(Video) Former Delaware Sierra Club officer makes case for data center
A former officer in the Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club is backing the Data Centers project in Newark.
Jim Black is the Founder of the Partnership for Sustainability in Delaware. He has served as...
Farm table dining comes to Toscana
Piccolina Toscana, Wilmington, has launched a new Farm Table dinner program.
The eight-to-ten guest table was installed near the kitchen, the farm table itself was crafted from reclaimed barn wood by Milk Truck Vintage.
A new...
Kudos: Delaware Veterans Directory: Working Mother & Astra Zeneca
The new Delaware Veterans Services Directory (VSD) was named a winner of the 2013 Digital Government Achievement Award in the Government-to-Business category.
The directory, accessible at http://www.delaware.gov/vsd, serves more than 79,000 Delaware veterans and their families....
Junior Achievement Delaware launches campaign to ensure its future
OakleyOriginals / Foter / CC BYJunior Achievement of Delaware has launched a Capability Campaign.
Carol Ammon, retired CEO of Endo Pharmaceuticals, is now also serving as the chairperson of a five-year JA Capability Campaign that...
Delaware City Refinery reports discharge into air
The Delaware City Refinery reported flaring early Friday afternoon. More than 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide was released into the air.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resoruces and Environmental Control did not release a cause for...
Friends of Graham Cancer Center holding gala on Saturday
The Friends of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, a group of more than 60 volunteers who support cancer programs at Christiana Care Health System’s cancer center, mark 10 years of supporting patients with...
SageOne works well in early going
A couple of months ago, I was asked to test Sage One, a simple online billing and bookkeeping system. from the British company.
Sage, which acquired Peachtree accounting software in the late 1990s, sees a vast...
Business People: Oct. 2, 2013
Webb returns to Easter Seals board
Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore’s newest board member Tom Webb knows from personal experience the impact Easter Seals has on the people they serve.
“My parents let me...
Updated: Axalta moves headquarters out of Delaware; R&D to remain
Axalta Coating Systems is establishing new headquarters for both its corporate and its North America operations in Philadelphia and suburban Delaware County, just north of Wilmington. The company will keep research and development jobs...
Eckert Seamans presents donation to Delaware Hospice
The national law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC announced that the Wilmington office presented a $5,000 contribution to the Delaware Hospice in support of its mission during an Open House at...
Delaware City, New Castle sites for River Towns Ride & Festival
moriza / Foter / CC BYThe first annual River Towns Ride & Festival, presented by Delaware City Refinery, Savage Services and Norfolk Southern, is a one-day event that is the first joint festival held...
Newark woman gets federal prison time for elaborate check fraud scheme
Carolyn Wall, 37, of Newark was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 81 months imprisonment and full restitution, after being convicted by a jury of 30 counts of fraud and identity theft in an...
Dover Post, Community News owner Gatehouse makes ‘prepackaged’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in Delaware
The owner of several Delaware newspapers and websites has filed for a “prepackaged” Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware that aims to reduce the burden of more than $1 billion in debt.
GateHouse Media, Inc., one...
Buildings with fiber-optic access
Buildings in Delaware where fiber-optic connections may now be available, according to Delaware Network Services include:
Dover: Duncan Center, Dover Downs Hotel & Conference Center, Sheraton Dover Hotel, Luther Towers of Dover, W. Richard Wynder...
