Tag: business
New Paycheck Protection Program Funding Starts with Focus on Minority Businesses
By Jeffrey McKinney
Black Enterprise
Armed with $284 billion in new funding, the Payment Protection Program (PPP) resumed this week to give small businesses fresh arsenal to help...
Mayor Randall Woodfin Names Cornell Wesley New Director of Office of...
City of Birmingham
Mayor Randall L. Woodfin has appointed Cornell Wesley to serve as the new director of the Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity...
Birmingham Business Alliance names Ron Kitchens as President, CEO
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
Veteran economic developer Ron Kitchens has been named president and CEO of the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA). With an economic development career...
Jaiden Smith, 17, Ramsay HS Senior, Opens Business Selling Quarantine Essentials
By Caleb Jones
For the Birmingham Times
Building a business from the ground up can be strenuous. The dedication and sacrifice required are hard enough for...
Alabama Innovation Commission announces partnership with Stanford’s Hoover Institution
By Alabama Newscenter Staff
The Alabama Innovation Commission on Wednesday announced a partnership with one of the nation’s leading think tanks – the Hoover Institution...
AT&T Hires Its First Black CFO
By Brittney Oliver
Essence
On April 1, 2021, WarnerMedia’s Pascal Desroches will become AT&T’s first Black chief financial officer. This news comes after the recent announcement...
Amazon Adding Two Delivery Stations in Birmingham, Creating 80 Jobs
www.birminghambusinessalliance
Amazon Logistics announced this month it will open two new Birmingham delivery stations, including a 112,000-square-foot delivery station in Bessemer, adding 80 full-time jobs...
Rep. Sewell’s 9th Annual Job Fair to Be Held Virtually This...
Sewell.house.gov
Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced the opening of registration for Alabama’s 7th District 9th Annual and first Virtual Job Fair.
Job Fair 2020 will be...
Regions’ Survey: How small businesses withstand financial pressures amid COVID-19
regions.com
A new survey from Regions Next Step, Regions Bank’s financial education program, finds that nearly half of small business owners (46%) have invested more money in...
Major redevelopment will replace former Carraway Hospital site
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The former Carraway Hospital property in North Birmingham, vacant since 2008, will get new life after the Birmingham City...