• New Handyman Services in Upper Merion Offer Help the Military Way

    New Handyman Services in Upper Merion Offer Help the Military Way

    Following the success of his veteran-focused JDog Junk Removal & Hauling brand, Jerry Flanagan is starting an offshoot in Upper Merion centered on handyman services, writes Gary Puleo for The Times Herald. JDog Handyman Services, which currently covers the King of Prussia and Main Line area, is offering help with all manner of home improvement…

  • Prominent Bryn Mawr Couple Donates $5 Million to Temple

    Prominent Bryn Mawr Couple Donates $5 Million to Temple

    Bryn Mawr’s Leonard Barrack, the successful plaintiff class action lawyer, along with his wife Lynne, have made a generous donation of $5 million to Temple University, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Temple will use the money to establish the Barrack Scholars in Law, a five-year scholarship initiative under development by the university’s…

  • Audubon’s Liquid Biotech Relocating to Penn’s New Technology Incubator

    Audubon’s Liquid Biotech Relocating to Penn’s New Technology Incubator

    Liquid Biotech USA is relocating from its Audubon premises to the University of Pennsylvania’s new Pennovation Center, an incubator for business and technology, when it opens next month, writes Jacob Adelman for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “We think they will contribute to the overall ecosystem and the environment we are creating here,” said Ed Datz, executive…

  • Survey Reveals Greater Philly Lagging Behind America’s Metro Regions in Startups

    Survey Reveals Greater Philly Lagging Behind America’s Metro Regions in Startups

    A new U.S. Census Bureau survey of the nation’s entrepreneurs puts Greater Philadelphia behind several other metro regions on a number of key economic growth indicators, writes Fabiola Cineas for Philadelphia Magazine. Philly lags behind America’s other major regions for the number of new businesses in the area and for its total of minority- and…

  • Cisco Systems Renews Contract with Blue Bell’s Strategic BCP

    Cisco Systems Renews Contract with Blue Bell’s Strategic BCP

    Cisco Systems has renewed its three-year contract with Blue Bell’s Strategic BCP for the use of its ResilienceOne platform, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. ResilienceOne tracks people, facilities, and systems to speed up decision-making during disaster recovery and business interruption. The maker of computer networking equipment first decided to use Strategic BCP three…

  • Montgomery County Careers – Express Scripts

    Montgomery County Careers – Express Scripts

    With a location in Blue Bell, Express Scripts is a leading healthcare company serving tens of millions of consumers. It provides integrated pharmacy benefit management services to manage drug plans for health plans, self-insured employers, and government agencies. Express Scripts is always looking for individuals who are passionate, creative, and committed to creating systems and…

  • Fort Washington’s Velis4 Wins Prestigious Award in Telecommunications Industry

    Fort Washington’s Velis4 Wins Prestigious Award in Telecommunications Industry

    Velis4 – a Fort Washington company that focuses on the needs of businesses looking to consolidate, improve, and streamline communications and technology by leveraging the cloud – won the award for Best Collaboration Tool at the Carriers Ball in Washington D.C. The award is voted on by peers and agents that sell or resell various…

  • King of Prussia Town Center Offers Different Shopping Experience from Mall

    King of Prussia Town Center Offers Different Shopping Experience from Mall

    The much-anticipated King of Prussia Town Center is bringing a walkable, outdoor-oriented shopping experience to the area, one store at a time, writes Gary Puleo for the Times Herald. The idea behind the Town Center is to provide an all-encompassing shopping experience that is reminiscent of the old Plaza of the 1960s and ’70s, before…

  • Bala Cynwyd’s Duffy Brothers Introduce New Amazon Show Featuring Emeril Lagasse

    Bala Cynwyd’s Duffy Brothers Introduce New Amazon Show Featuring Emeril Lagasse

    Fraternal twins Mike and Tim Duffy of Bala Cynwyd are continuing the family tradition of melding cooking and television with their new Amazon show Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse, writes Tirdad Derakhshani for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The six-episode season that debuts on Friday on Amazon will follow Emeril as he visits a new country…

  • Nuclear Plant in Limerick to Hold Open House Tonight

    Nuclear Plant in Limerick to Hold Open House Tonight

    Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station will host its annual Community Information Night today from 4-7 PM, according to a staff report from The Phoenix. Local residents are invited to attend to learn more about the role nuclear power plays in supplying electricity to Pennsylvania and the benefits it provides to the tri-county area. Visitors can…

  • Montgomery County Careers – DiD

    Montgomery County Careers – DiD

    With locations in Ambler and Philadelphia, DiD is a professional and consumer advertising agency committed to helping people discover and experience great health and wellness brands. DiD builds connections that drive results by finding new ways to link products to customers that other agencies miss. Because of its experience across all media, DiD is able…

  • Advertising Agency’s Remodeled Office in Ambler Fosters Collaboration, Communication

    Advertising Agency’s Remodeled Office in Ambler Fosters Collaboration, Communication

    Once an eyesore, the Ambler Boiler House has preserved its historic feel while employing alternative design features in a multi-tenant workplace setting that the DiD Agency now calls home, writes Jacqueline Tanner for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The building, remodeled several years ago by Heckendorn Shiles Architects, is now filled with six different companies, including…

  • Robert Hart: King of Prussia Mall Will Evolve as Customers’ Tastes Change

    Robert Hart: King of Prussia Mall Will Evolve as Customers’ Tastes Change

    The King of Prussia Mall has pretty much finished its massive expansion, with every aspect overseen by its general manger, Robert Hart, according to a feature in the first edition of Greater Philadelphia Business magazine. It was not a new experience for Hart, who had already gone through one major expansion during his past 12…

  • Montgomery County Careers – Harmelin Media

    Montgomery County Careers – Harmelin Media

    Located in Bala Cynwyd, Harmelin Media was founded in 1982 by Joanne Harmelin and was one of the region’s first agencies solely dedicated to media planning and buying. From a very modest beginning with three employees and a handful of loyal accounts, Harmelin Media has grown into one of the largest independent media services firms…

  • Lower Merion Poised for Massive Infusion of New Apartments

    Lower Merion Poised for Massive Infusion of New Apartments

    Six new projects are poised to bring an influx of around 1,000 new apartments to Lower Merion over the next three to five years, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Already on the drawing board is a $54 million, 206-unit project from Roseland Property in partnership with Keystone Property Group at 150 Monument…

  • Conshohocken Duo Creates Butter Sculpture to Celebrate Team USA’s Olympians

    Conshohocken Duo Creates Butter Sculpture to Celebrate Team USA’s Olympians

    Conshohocken’s Jim Victor and Marie Pelton have created a butter sculpture celebrating Team USA’s Olympians for the New York State Fair, writes Debbie Groom for the Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times. As the Milk Life campaign sponsored Team USA in the Rio Olympics, this year’s sculpture was commissioned to pay tribute to them and, in particular,…

  • Price of Real Estate in King of Prussia Soars

    Price of Real Estate in King of Prussia Soars

    With an increasing demand for housing and soaring property prices, King of Prussia seems like the place to be these days, writes Candy Woodall for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. A 744-square-foot home that has not been updated in six decades is currently listed for $205,000, even though the same property elsewhere in Pennsylvania would barely fetch…

  • Montgomery County Careers – Almac Group

    Montgomery County Careers – Almac Group

    With a location in Souderton, the Almac Group is a group of established businesses at the forefront of the pharmaceutical industry. It is a recognized, global, knowledge-based leader for the research, development, and delivery of pharmaceutical services. Almac Group’s services extend from drug discovery through all areas of clinical trials to the commercialization of pharmaceutical…