Working together
Lylab Technology Solutions Inc. wants to be the company its clients confidently turn to when they have a question — or a complaint.
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Wheels keep on turning
Keystone Mobility Inc. started out like a lot of small businesses: by accident.
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Brave new retail
Sandra Gunthorpe's house is like any other in Cumberland County: Average size, nice yard, two-car garage, a yapping Dachshund puppy running around your feet and jumping up for attention.
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Behind the seams
For Filling's Inc. clothing store in Lancaster, some things haven't changed for more than 80 years. But with a new location, an increase in customers and the challenges of running an independent company, some things are significantly different.
Read More »The 12-step process of successful estate planning
Estate planning can be an uncomfortable topic to address, but it is one that should not be ignored. A properly formed estate plan is necessary to ensure proper growth of your assets throughout your life, execution of your wishes in times of illness and distribution of your estate after your passing.
Read More »Five tips for improving cash flow for small businesses
For the nation’s small businesses, the economy is finally exhibiting signs of improving. But many small-business owners still need to strengthen cash flow in 2012.
Read More »The Whiteboard: With another campaign, Pepsi battles bulletproof brand of Coke
If Pepsi-Cola were a baseball team, it would undoubtedly be the Atlanta Braves. The Braves had an incredible run of success from 1991-2005 in which they won their division 14 times in row. But although they made it to the World Series five times in that period, they won only once, in 1995.
Read More »Sound Off
Last week’s question: Do you network with nearby companies to keep business local? Tell us why.
Read More »New 401(k) fee disclosures may shock you
Do you know how much the financial institution that provides your 401(k) plan is really charging you and your employees in fees? Most employers — especially small and midsize companies — don’t have a clue.
Read More »Five years of new business
In Central Pennsylvania, most business entities are required to register with the state's Corporation Bureau.
Read More »Small banks nurture small-business partners in Central Pa.
Far away from the world of headline-making “too big to fail” institutions, the midstate's small banks say they are quietly building productive relationships with local small-business owners.
Read More »Norfolk Southern recruiting for 1,900 additional positions
Poised to add 1,900 more employees this year, Virginia-based railroad giant Norfolk Southern Corp. will hold a recruitment session May 31 at the Wildwood Conference Center on HACC Drive in Harrisburg.
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Making their own markets
Manufacturers compete in an expanding global economy where a small, virtually unheard-of factory in Central Pennsylvania has to best the cost and quality of large factories on the other side of the planet.
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Historic legacy
Three former employees of one of York County's most historic manufacturing names have their own small businesses, making products that are promoted on the county's factory tour circuit, local tourism officials said.
Read More »It’s a small world
The vast majority of business establishments in the midstate employ fewer than 50 people and, for all five counties, the average portion of the private workforce employed by them is more than 42 percent, according to state figures from 2011.
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