Companies I work with are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to fill roles at any level. Entry level talent is as difficult to recruit as PHDs. The best employees are receiving offers that are eye popping to leave their current positions and move to a new opportunity. Poaching is in full swing.

Both the U.S. and Europe already have some experience with this kind of aggressive transition away from traditional fuels toward more renewable power. And the results are troubling.

Riverview Financial Corporation, the holding company for Harrisburg-based Riverview Bank, announced this week that it consolidated two of its Pennsylvania banks.

My advice for all small businesses is to truly evaluate the relationship with your financial institution. The dividends will push into perpetuity when fostered well. 

National medical marijuana dispensary chain Curaleaf Holdings is set to open its first Pennsylvania Curaleaf dispensary in Harrisburg on Wednesday.

“The first round was helpful but it created a lot of uncertainty and anxiety,” Josh Kesler, restaurant owner said. “In the second round, the process was much clearer because everyone including the SBA, financial institutions and borrowers had all been through it before.”

“This has been a two-year process for us,” says Jim Hostetter, president PaulB Hardware, which will open its third store in Mechanicsburg this fall. PHOTO / SUSAN L. ANGSTADT

Scranton-based Peoples Financial Services Corp., the holding company for Peoples Security Bank and Trust Co, which has branches throughout the Lehigh Valley, Poconos and Central Pennsylvania, has announced a stock repurchase plan.

Univest Financial Corporation opened its first location in York County, a regional office providing comprehensive financial services to both business and consumer customers.

In 2020 banks took on new challenges, such as declining interest rates, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, navigating the Paycheck Protection Program and working with community businesses to help them stay afloat in any way possible during government shutdowns and restrictions.

Jeffrey Engle, managing partner for Harrisburg-based law firm, Shaffer & Engle, announced his candidacy for judge on the Dauphin County Court on Saturday.

A Lehigh Valley Realtor is now president of the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors.

After surveying Harrisburg residents and businesses for more than a month, entrepreneur Dave Schankweiler, announced his candidacy to be the capital city’s next mayor.

In a time fraught with challenges, New Hope Ministries, a Christian social service agency with facilities in Dillsburg, Lemoyne, Hanover, Mechanicsburg, Dover, Littlestown and New Oxford, has expanded to East Pennsboro Township to meet a rising need for help.

NRF panel discusses how mentorship is changing for women in 2021 and beyond