A Pennsylvania company says it plans to reopen a piece of Birmingham’s manufacturing industry by spending $25 million on an old plant that will become a production, service and distribution center.
After careful consideration, Macy’s has decided to close our Brookwood Village location. This closure is part of the company’s strategy announced in early 2020.
Mike Kemp was elected as the BCA’s 36th chairman. Kemp has been a longtime leader with the BCA serving as the organization’s first vice chairman, an executive member, and chairman of ProgressPAC, BCA’s political arm.
The new contract includes cost of living wage adjustments for all employees and provides a graduation rate giving workers the chance to reach the pay rate of a six-plus-year employee.
Morgan Leigh Oldham is a junior on the Auburn Gymnastics team. She has been working on a NFT project for several months and is planning to go live with her landing page and NFT drop December15, 2021. She will be the first female collegiate athlete (that we’re aware of) that will have her own NFT in this new NIL world. Morgan talks about her new project and endeavor.
#BuyBlackBham is a holiday spending campaign and ongoing economic impact platform to encourage consumers to shop local, Black-owned businesses in Birmingham.
As costs go up on almost everything, savings bonds, the underdog of the financial investment market are back on the scene. Inflation bonds or I bonds are offering seven percent interest.
Supply chain issues continue to be a problem heading into the holiday shopping season. Some stores in Vestavia have been dealing with major shipping delays.
In November, Amazon plans to expand delivery services in greater Birmingham. This new station will employ approximately 150 people and create indirect job opportunities for hundreds of people through the empowerment of the Delivery Service Partner program.
The Clay County Board of Education will use funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission to renovate and convert the former Pete Phillips National Guard Armory in Ashland into a technical career development center.
October is National Financial Planning month. It’s a good time to start thinking about retirement and the money you’ll need to have saved up when you stop working and want to retire.
For the past 20 years, Disney parks have let guests skip the line with a FastPass for a specific time, at no extra cost. But taking a cue from regional park operators Six Flags and Cedar Fair, Disney will soon start charging for line skipping.
Alabama’s jobless rate dropped slightly to 3.1 percent last month and average wages increased, signs of what the governor’s office says is the state’s continuing recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Governor Kay Ivey joined the leaders of Wellborn Cabinet Inc. on Thursday to formally announce a $15 million expansion project that will ultimately create over 200 jobs at the company’s Ashland facility.
The Birmingham Airport Authority and the Birmingham Shuttlesworth Airport is hosting a job fair on Wednesday, August 25 in an effort to fill a variety of available positions.
After 18 months of questions, sacrifice and uncertainty, Birmingham Restaurant Week is celebrating 60 local places to eat and supporting local business.
Teenagers and college students helped fill the labor shortage for some businesses. In a few weeks, they’ll head back to the classroom and some business owners are concerned.
Elected officials and the owner of a new Chevron gas station and market held a ground breaking ceremony Thursday, to celebrate the newest business coming to Alberta.
Birmingham Restaurant Week is next month. Organizers want to make sure local restaurants are staffed and prepared, so they are launching a job recruitment database.
Birmingham has the lowest jobless rate in the country for metros over 1 million people. But it’s a catch-22 because even though our unemployment is so low, there are businesses that really need employees.
The grant will help Community Development Finance Institutions, or CDFIs, and other community lenders, support these businesses with a particular focus on those that are Black owned.
Charging your car at the Tesla stations in downtown Birmingham doesn't take long. Soon, we'll see similar fast-charging stations along a major throughfare in the state
Experts said the surge in prices is due to growing demand of goods and services as the economy recovers from the pandemic. But the big question remains: will this increase be short-lived or something consumers should worry about?
