While exposure to heat isn’t specifically covered under federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, Richard Hobbs, the newly appointed president and CEO of the Manufacturers Resource Center of the Lehigh Valley, said it’s still a company’s responsibility to keep staff safe from overheating.

As purveyors of Bitcoin seek out mainstream acceptance, the cryptocurrency – arguably the best-known in a diverse field – may have just gotten a boost in Pennsylvania.

For 30 years ending in 1977, General Electric discharged PCB pollutants into the Hudson River. In 1969 the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire. Happily, industry has become mindful regarding its impact on the environment since those days. To assist with your own company’s mindfulness, I have outlined a five-step program to help identify and remediate environmental hazards:

Would you be willing to put any and all of your employees in front of an important customer and allow them to have a conversation? If your answer is ‘no way,’ that’s an unfortunate statement about some of your people. It would be good to think about that.

Stephen Gift, 63, founded Gift CPAs (formerly Gift and Associates) in 1984 and is today its managing member. The firm was named the 2019 large practice Accounting Firm of the Year by the Professional Association of Small Business Accountants. Gift CPAs has offices in five midstate locations, including Mechanicsburg and Harrisburg.

Capital Region Water will hold three meetings over the next two months to answer questions about a proposed stormwater fee that would impact its Harrisburg customers, TheBurg reported on Thursday. 

New Penn Motor Express is moving administrative functions out of its South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County headquarters, resulting in layoffs for 98 employees.

A multimillion dollar update to High Concrete Group LLC’s largest production plant will set the company to become a market leader in the precast architectural façade industry, the group’s executives said.

A Montgomery County-based medical marijuana certification clinic’s new Harrisburg office will allow for more patients and services when it opens next week.

Building on its growth in Lancaster and York counties, Univest Bank and Trust Co. has hired its first commercial lender for Cumberland and Dauphin counties.

A new feature on the York County Economic Alliance’s website is designed to help entrepreneurs make sense of local data.

The Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies program recognizes the region’s most dynamic companies that have made significant contributions to the strength of our local economy. See the list of winners here.

After expanding its Maryland business through a merger this spring, Orrstown Financial Services Inc. has hired former BB&T executive Christopher D. Holt to head up its operations in the Old Line state.

Lancaster Parking Authority is shooting to have a quarter of its parking transactions made through its parking app by the end of the year.

A legal case over a stormwater levy enacted in 2016 by West Chester borough, one of dozens of municipalities around Pennsylvania that have added the fees over the last few years to cope with stormwater runoff and comply with environmental regulations, has pitted it against West Chester University.