A Wilmington call center company that planned to focus on the medical industry while hiring part of its employees from special needs and disadvantaged communities has widened its focus and shifted its name. BlindSight Delaware Enterprise, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social business enterprise founded in 2021, received a $608,000 grant from the Delaware Strategic Fund last year to help it grow.. …
Five Delaware entrepreneurs will compete Sept. 25 for a $10,000 prize in the Emerging Enterprise Center’s Swim with the Sharks pitch competition. The finalists are: Coffee Rendezbrew Color + Blow Droneversity Kai Coders Sindri Materials Corp. The 12th annual “Shark Tank”-style pitch contest, presented by the Delaware Division of Small Business Office of Supplier Diversity, will be hosted by DETV’s Ivan Thomas at Penn …
Who would think that so many people would be so passionate about a parking lot? John M. Young got dozens of comments in the Facebook “what’s going there in Delaware” group when he posted this: “The owners of Branmar Plaza are reworking the parking lot. New drains (much needed) and new curbing creating new lanes.” Maybe the interest is because …
Five Delawareans have been selected as the 2024 Delaware Business Leaders Hall of Fame Laureates. Picked by the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Delaware and Delaware Business Leaders Hall of Fame board, the recognition honors those who serve as role models to thousands of Delaware youth. This year’s class focuses on the arts and Wilmington Riverfront, and inductees …
A woman-owned organic dairy headquartered in Newark has been given an $858,400 state grant to help update equipment. Stephanie McVaugh, who in January bought Natural Dairy Products Corp., where she had been working since 1991, will apply that money to $4.3 million in new equipment to support the company’s Shelf-Life Extension Project. The dairy will replace aging, inefficient filling machines, …
The Delaware Nature Society, Courageous Hearts, RiversEdge Advisors and Surf Bagel have been named the 2024 Superstars in Business by the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce. The honorees will be recognized at an awards ceremony Nov. 6. Joining them will be Award of Excellence recipients Down Syndrome Association of Delaware (nonprofit); Jack Lingo Asset Management (1-14 employee category); Tevebaugh Architecture …
Delaware biopharmaceutical company Incyte was named the winner of the Pete du Pont Freedom Foundation’s 2024 Freedom Award. The award, named for the former Delaware governor, who died in 2021, at the age of 86. The award is given annually to an individual or organization that has championed a successful idea that has led to economic growth and brought innovation …
A Frankford company that makes high-performance protective cases (think “Call of Duty”) out of recyclable plastic, has sold a majority of its shares. Lagercrantz UK today has acquired 87% of the shares in the company that owns CP Cases. It’s CP Global Ltd, a British company. CP Cases designs and manufactures cases and racks made of recyclable plastic, aluminum and …
A new Crumbl store expects to sell 10,000 cookies this weekend when it opens in Prices Corner Shopping Center. It’s the third Crumbl store for partners Devin Acton, Nico Niccoli and Kyler Roney, who also own the franchises in Newark and Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. The Price’s Corner store expects to have a soft opening Thursday before its grand opening this …
American Airlines on Wednesday unveiled a luxury tarmac-to-tarmac bus service from Wilmington Airport to the Philadelphia airport. American’s deal with the Landline Co. makes the airline the first to offer service in all 50 states and allows passengers to clear Transportation Security Administration in little ole Wilmington, bypassing the lines in Philly. The premium motorcoach service will begin Oct. 7. …
