Tag: business
Invest in Birmingham’s small businesses
By Josh Carpenter and Tene Dolphin
For the Birmingham Times
This week, May 5–11, is National Small Business Week. All across the country, cities are celebrating...
Dozens of minority-owned businesses seek ventures with Jeffco
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
About 100 small and minority business owners gathered at the Linn Henley Research Library on Monday for the Jefferson County...
Jeffco to hold seminar for minority businesses on May 6
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
The Jefferson County Purchasing Department will hold a free half-day seminar for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) on Monday, May 6,...
Former Bessemer City Hall to Get $10M Renovation
Times staff report
The former Bessemer City Hall will undergo a $10 million renovation and become a 60 unit mixed-use housing development designed for millennials,...
Jefferson County takes step to exit the healthcare business
Times staff report
On Tuesday, a divided Jefferson County Commission committee voted to move forward on a university health care authority to manage medical services...
Economic Alliance to help struggling black businesses
Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Black Economic Alliance held its third crowdsourcing event at Bizarre: The Coffee Bar on Saturday April 6 to help...
Regions Bank working to prevent elder abuse among older customers
By Veleka Finch
www.doingmoretoday.com
Scenario 1: An elderly bank customer receives a call from someone posing as his son-in-law. The caller says he’s in jail and...
Rashad Grimes once faced capital murder charge, now in Cumberland School...
Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
At age 17, Birmingham-native Rashad Grimes faced a capital murder charge in the slaying of another person in his Ensley neighborhood....
CakEffect opening new location in Hoover on March 9
Special to The Times
A tasty treat will be coming to The Village at Brocks Gap in Hoover.
CakEffect, “The Little Shop with a Grand Effect,”...
Sonequa Murray delivers sweet treats with homemade pound cakes
By Keisa Sharpe
Alabama NewsCenter
Sonequa Murray has a lot of family support when it comes to running her business.
But make no mistake, Murray’s creative culinary...