When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered fitness studios and gyms, Patty Sibbach, who co-owns Precision Training Concepts in Harrisburg with her husband, Bryan, viewed the shake-up as an opportunity to refocus on a product that had fallen to the development back burner – virtual personal training sessions.

With four months of virtual meetings and educational programs under its belt, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capitol Region is ready to take on virtual fundraising.

With a new school year approaching and communities still reeling from the varied impacts of COVID-19, Sharice Johnson is leaning into her role as mentor and advocate for students more than ever.

RKL partners Bethany Novis and Ryan Hurst sat down recently with the Central Penn Business Journal to talk about COVID-19 challenges, as well as looking ahead to what recovery looks like. The full video of their interview is below. CPBJ: What have these past three months been like? What have you seen as some of ...

The recipients included barbershops and salons (21%), retail stores (18%) and restaurants and food businesses (17%). More than 55% are located in downtown Lancaster.

Jill E. Gilbert, an Elizabethtown CPA and partner with the Lancaster-based consulting firm RKL LLP, was elected president of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) for the 2020-21 fiscal year at the institute’s June 12 annual meeting.

Sometimes a Zoom call is exactly what we needed.  Say that again?  Yes. A Zoom call. 

Businesses in the midstate asked panelists how they could be more aware of their unconscious biases when looking to hire Black employees and what they could do to address current world events with their employees during a webinar held by the Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC.

State officials provided more guidelines for the $225 million small businesses grant program announced earlier this week, which officials say will start accepting applications by the end of June.

Mary Oliveira has been appointed as chief membership officer for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, a role which will see her spearhead the chamber’s efforts to deepen and broaden member relationships, officials said in an announcement this week.

An executive with five years of experience at WellSpan Health will be taking over as the York-based hospital system’s senior vice president for the central region and the president of WellSpan York Hospital.

Agility is a key for businesses trying to cope during COVID-19, according to officers with Momentum Management Consulting of Camp Hill. The company practices what it preaches.

Executive coaches Claudia Williams and Chad Harvey share insight into what they have been relaying to business owners during the past few months.

Remember the first week of March this year?  Yeah, me neither. Well, that’s not 100 percent true.

Nine of this year’s Central Penn Business Journal’s Women of Influence and Circle of Excellence honorees have something in common: They’re graduates of one of Leadership Harrisburg Area’s programs.