Check out state's Christmas tree farms for a fresh conifer
(From the Delaware Department of Agriculture
Families searching for fresh Delaware-grown Christmas trees don’t have to go very far to find the perfect holiday centerpiece...
Small Business Saturday press conference
http://youtu.be/bCCVLEZnFrU
A press conference was held in support of Small Business Saturday at Delaware Running Company in Newark. In the order of appearance, were:
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Using social media to do a better job of customer service
Pay attention or risk seeing your company hit hard in Facebook, Twitter posts
Matt Hamm / Foter / CC BY-NCEver emailed or called a company’s...
Liquor sales in Md. hurt by tax hike – Southern Maryland Online
kern.justin / Foter / CC BY-NC-NDFigures from an industry group indicate that liquor sales rose only slightly in Maryland during the past year as...
Vet brews up an espresso business in Dover
(From the Small Business Administration)
Image from Barney Wrightson / Foter / CC BY-NC-SASo just how and why does a U.S. Marine from a Scout Sniper Platoon with two special...
Updated: Newport-area store owner stabbed to death during robbery
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The 57-year-old owner of a Newport convenience store was died of knife wounds inflicted during a robbery Friday night.
Delaware State Police identified...
Guest column: Serving underserved small businesses
By Natalia Olson-Urtecho
Editor's note: Olson-Urtecho is Regional Administrator for the Small Business Administration
One of the Small Business Administration’s top priorities is to provide access...
Cash mob event planned in Hockessin
The first RelyLocal Cash Mob is planned for Hockessin on Monday. The purpose of the cash mob is to support local business and the...
Entrepreneurship program kicked off at University of Delaware
(From the University of Delaware. Photo of Charles Horn speaking at the event).
Nearly 200 students, faculty, entrepreneurs and guests gathered earlier this month to...
Hearing tonight on regulating food trucks in Middletown
The soaring popularity of food trucks and the issue of whether the take-out establishments hurt existing restaurants are expected to be the topic of...
PNC Report: Small business owners keep lid on hiring
(From PNC)
A soft sales outlook on sales has one in four small business owners planning to hire in the next six months as business...
Older Americans and business start-ups theme of session
Jim Provo
AARP and the Small Business Administration teamed up on Tuesday for an Encore Entrepreneur event in Wilmington.
It was one of a number of...
Pa. juvenile arrested in connection with home invasion that led to slaying of diner...
Dover Police are seeking this person of interest after the murder of a diner owner. Photo courtesy of Dover Police.
A teen has been arrested...
Joseph Frederick & Sons receives Carrier President's Award
Brian, Rob Fredericks.
Joseph Frederick & Sons, recently received the 2012 President’s Award from Carrier.
One of Carrier’s highest honors for its dealers, the President’s Award...
Small business CEO seminars slated for late September, early October
A seminar for CEOs, owners and other top execuives in the Delaware area is slated for late September and early October.
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The two-hour event will...
Protection 1 acquires Glasgow, Del.-based security company
Protection 1, the second-largest business and home security company in the nation, announced the acquisition of Glasgow, Del.-based Integration Logistics. Financial terms were not announced.
The...
State initiative offers opportunity to open rent-free store during shopping season
Downtown Delaware, a program of the Delaware Economic Development Office announced a rent-free holiday retail initiative intended to increase business activity and reduce downtown...
Small Business Administration offering drought loans
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that federal drought-related economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged...
TechWorld Medicals marks opening in Milford
TechWorld Medicals held an event to mark the opening of their facilities in Milford, Del. U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, Alan Levin, director of the...
Apple picking already in full force at Del. orchards: UDaily
Apple picking – typically synonymous with autumn weekends – is in full force at T.S. Smith and Sons Orchards in Bridgeville. “We finished picking...
