Professional Services
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Blue Bell Accounting Firm Didn’t Account for Growth that Now Requires an Office Renovation
A little over a year since McCarthy & Co. moved into its new Blue Bell headquarters, the accounting firm has already outgrown the space, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. In the past three years, McCarthy & Co. has more than doubled its local headcount and has almost done the same with annual…
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Why It’s Important to Differentiate Your Brand
A crucial part of branding is differentiating your brand from your competitors, so you stand out. Color Differentiation Although consistency is super important, so is differentiating yourself from your competitors. Consumers need to be able to see a brand and identify who’s talking to them and what they are saying. Otherwise, you could quite literally…
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Newtown Square-Based Search Firm Rebrands to Reflect Its Expanded Capabilities
RxPro Services, established in 1998 as an expert witness search firm connecting law firms with medical experts, has rebranded as Versed to reflect the Newtown Square-based firm’s expanded capabilities. Versed now provides expert witness identification services for its clients’ needs across all industries and sectors. “Our expertise has grown to include finding experts in all…
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State Small Business Credit Initiative Provides Funding to Entrepreneurs
The State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), which was originally introduced in 2010 after the Great Recession of 2008–2009, has been reinstated. The program offers funding to small business owners and entrepreneurs and is administrated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. As part of the program, $10 billion is given to states, territories, the…
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Temple Ambler Can Save You from an 11-Hour Chore You Don’t Want to Do in the First Place — For Free
Perhaps they haven’t arrived yet, but they will soon: the steady stream of mailed forms needed to fill out annual tax returns. Henry Savage, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, reported that assistance with this annual, complex chore is not only close (Temple Ambler) it’s also free. Temple Ambler has been using its students and faculty to…
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Royersford Barber Helps Customers Show Their Belief That the Eagles Are Indeed a Cut Above
Sal’s Barbershop proprietor Sal Giannone has been preparing Royersford Eagles fans for the NFC Championship by giving them haircuts that honor the Birds. Stacey Coleman cut to the chase to bring the story to The Keystone Gazette. Giannone has developed a particular method to create an impression of the well-known Eagles brand on the back…
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Colmar Driver Okay after Car Accident in Most Unlikely Place: Inside a Car Wash
A 77-year-old Colmar driver was injured and required rescue from inside a neighborhood car wash. Sharifa Jackson at 6abc reported the story. The accident occurred at around 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 4 at the Wave Car Wash on Bethlehem Pike. Rescuers theorize the driver’s foot may have slipped onto the accelerator pedal. The car had…
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Drill Nights Keep Jenkintown Fire Department Firefighters — Both Novices and Veterans — Trained and Ready
Jenkintown Fire Department’s Thursday drill nights are key to its responders — the Pioneer Fire Company and the Independent Fire Company — staying sharp. An Abington Patch story from Communication Solutions Group explained. “Getting to an incident and trying to figure out what to do is not an option,” said Independent Chief Ken Lynch. “During…
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Owner of Conshohocken’s Chimney Scientists Offers Tips on Fireplace Safety
Joseph Ochal, owner of Chimney Scientists in Conshohocken, knows a lot about fireplace safety, writes Michaelle Bond for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The chimney sweep founded his company in 2014 and has been keeping the region’s fireplaces clean and safe ever since. He noted that one of the most important things homeowners need to do is…
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West Chester’s IT Edge Aiming to Give Businesses a Gift This Holiday Season
With the holidays right around the corner, everybody is buying gifts. Owning and operating a business is hard work, don’t you think that you deserve a gift as well? West Chester based technology and digital marketing company, IT Edge, sure does. This holiday season, IT Edge encourages you to treat yourself and your business to…
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MONTCO Careers: TLC
The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC) in Audubon is a social enterprise company serving the Greater Philadelphia Area for over 50 years. Founded in 1970 and incorporated in 1983, TLC is an entrepreneurial nonprofit providing innovative education, coaching, and counseling services to public school students and their families. Lincoln Center positions cover a…
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Montco Kindnesses Past: Tradition Sees Multi-Faith Volunteers Taking Christians’ Dec. 25 Work Shifts
A local charitable program that had Jewish volunteers work on Christmas day so Christians can spend the day at home was a resounding success since its inception in the late 1960s. Lou Perfido updated a 1987 Philadelphia Inquirer article about the practice in a 2019 edition. The local idea was formulated at Holy Redeemer Hospital…
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Conshohocken Chimney Servicer Works to Ensure Safe Holiday Season … and Easy Santa Access
Joel Ochal, founder of Conshohocken’s Chimney Scientists, is seven years past his decision to career-hop from being a simple flue cleaner to full-service fireplace maintenance provider. Along the way, he’s learned the value of investing in his company’s assets — both equipment and staff. Sophie Ireland, of CEOWorld Magazine, reported how he’s cemented these values…
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Donna Urian, Board Chair, YMCA of Greater Brandywine and Shareholder at Fischer Cunnane & Associates
Donna Urian, Board Chair of the YMCA of Greater Brandywine and Shareholder at Fischer Cunnane & Associates Ltd, spoke to MONTCO Today about growing up in Springfield and Glen Mills. As the oldest of six children, she sold greeting cards door-to-door at age 10 to earn her own money. She chose a career in accounting…
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Regional Pizzeria, Looking to Spice Up Its Brand, Tosses to Customers for New Mascot Name
Tony Roni’s, a regional pizzeria, recently deepened its brand presence by adding a mascot named Peppi Roni. He is being positioned as as a unique visual in the active Phila. metro pizza market. After deciding on a look — a happy slice of pie with a distinctive crust mustache (he’s currently sporting a festive Santa…
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Blue Bell-Based Accounting Firm Expands Office Space to Accommodate Its Growth
Blue Bell’s McCarthy & Co. is ending the year on a high note: It has expanded its team, acquired accounting firm Frank Leonard & Associates, and is now moving into a new office in Tinton Falls, N.J., to accommodate its growth, writes Jessica Perry for NJBIZ.com. The 6,600-square-foot office space is still under construction, but…
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Hatfield Blasting Firm Has Dynamite Success with Service That Uses Common Household Baking Soda
ESCA Industries, Hatfield, is into professional blasting, a service it supports with no explosives. Eric Garbe explains in Engine Builder Magazine. ESCA — Environmentally Sensible Chemical Alternatives — is a rental company that supplies specialty cleaning equipment and media. Its “blasting” is the high-pressure application of sprayed material used to remove dirt, grime, graffiti, paint,…
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Catholic-School Upbringing Acclimated Narberth EMS Responder to a Career in Uniforms
Narberth Ambulance EMS responder Rory O’Connell knows a thing or two about wearing uniforms. He’s been in one since his elementary-school days, according to a Communications Solutions Group–provided item in the Narberth-Bala Cynwyd Patch. O’Connell, originally from Delaware County, attended Catholic elementary and high school, giving him years of experience wearing standard attire. The habit…
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