Theme park reports a surge in applications (Times-Dispatch) With company after company announcing layoffs, Kings Dominion is hiring. And applicants are flocking — often from long distances — to put their names in for a job at the 400-acre theme park in Hanover County. What recession? Avid grows again (Virginia Gazette) Seven years ago, the… Read more »
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Guest opinion: Business is like dating
The views expressed in Guest Opinions represent only those of the author and are in no way endorsed by Richmond BizSense or any BizSense staff member. “What time will you be home.” It’s a sentence, not a question: She knows very well I’ll be home at nine, if not way later. “Uh,” I hesitate, “nine?” … Read more »
Sale of Anderson Strudwick on hold
Updated 12:04 p.m. Wunderlich Securities is back at the bargaining table to buy Richmond investment bank/brokerage Anderson Strudwick, likely for a lower price.
Lawmakers seek to close lending loophole
It’s déjà vu all over again for payday lenders. Sen. Mark Herring (D-Leesburg) on Thursday introduced a bill that would tighten controls on car-title lenders and prevent payday lenders from evading regulations imposed in 2008.
Rally Caps: The Monday Q&A with Bryan Bostic
Bryan Bostic thinks he has pitched Richmond the sort of deal it can knock out of the park: a $60 million stadium that seats 7,500 and brings professional baseball back to Richmond with almost no public spending. And the 47-year-old is working more than 45 hours a week to convince Richmond’s various interest groups that… Read more »
Solar startup ready for sunrise on incentives
On a cold winter day, Bernie Stanley of Shockoe Solar puts the finishing touches on a solar panel array atop a veterinarian clinic in Glen Allen. Stanley, as far as he knows, is the only solar panel installer in Central Virginia. But that could change if Gov. Tim Kaine’s proposal to give businesses and residents… Read more »
Real estate lawyer leaves Richmond firm for North Carolina
Elaine R. Jordan, a shareholder of the law firm Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, has left Richmond for a job with the Coastal Companies of North Carolina. In a news release, Jordan said, “This opportunity developed from the close working relationship that I and the firm have built with Coastal over the past years.” “I… Read more »
Help Wanted: VCU alum
Virginia Commonwealth University is launching a new website Monday to help alumni find jobs and help employers find alumni to hire. The site is operated by the Business and Engineering Career Center and initially will only be open to alumni of the business and engineering schools. Alumni will be able to fill in some identifying… Read more »
Job lines outside Red Lobster
Yesterday I got a strong dose of what a rapidly-rising unemployment rate looks like. For more than three hours, job hunters gathered outside a Red Lobster in Eastern Henrico. Yesterday morning I drove past the new Red Lobster on Laburnum Ave, which is at the White Oak Village development. There were at least 30 people… Read more »
Inauguration draws lodgers to Richmond
The buzz of Obama-mania stretched down to Richmond yesterday, and a handful of local businesses saw a boost of tourism dollars. Trains between Richmond and Washington were sold out all day yesterday, according to a station representative, and the Amtrak station was twice as busy as a normal Tuesday. Sales were also brisk over the… Read more »