• Take Charge Consultants Teaches Life Skills To Enhance Youths’ Futures

    Take Charge Consultants Teaches Life Skills To Enhance Youths’ Futures

    A Coatesville consulting firm is aiming to take charge of an opportunity to instill leadership skills in disadvantaged Chester County youth, thereby helping shape a brighter future for them. Take Charge Consultants recently stepped up to volunteer its expertise in coaching individuals to become self-sufficient, self-empowered and mindful leaders, according to a Daily Local News…

  • Aqua America’s DeBenedictis A Role Model Throughout His 20+ Years at the Helm

    Aqua America’s DeBenedictis A Role Model Throughout His 20+ Years at the Helm

    Nick DeBenedictis, Chairman, President and CEO of Aqua America, knows what makes a good CEO. So says Craig Ey, Editor-in-Chief of the Philadelphia Business Journal in an editorial in the business journal’s May 22nd edition. Serving as CEO of Aqua America for the past 23 years, the water company has risen from a market cap…

  • Physiotherapy Corp. Rebranded As Physio

    Physiotherapy Corp. Rebranded As Physio

    The 25-year-old Exton-based provider of rehabilitation services to help people move at the speed of their own lives is itself moving at the speed of business, its nationwide network of 540 clinics with a new name, logo and tagline. Physiotherapy Corp., now known simply as Physio, promises to help patients of all ages “Live Better,…

  • A Decade Later, SunGard Will Return To NYSE With IPO

    A Decade Later, SunGard Will Return To NYSE With IPO

    Almost a decade after being acquired by seven private equity firms, Wayne, Pa software firm SunGard Data Systems is preparing for an initial public offering. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group are reportedly set to lead the IPO with the goal of raising $750 million. Formed as a spin-off of Sun Oil…

  • Talented Urban Designer Becomes New Bernardon Haber Holloway Shareholder

    Talented Urban Designer Becomes New Bernardon Haber Holloway Shareholder

    A familiar face will help Kennett Square’s renowned Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects design the future of the growing regional firm. A BHH architect since 2007, Michael S. McCloskey has stepped into a new leadership position as shareholder and associate principal. “During his tenure here, Mike has distinguished himself as a talented architect and has demonstrated…

  • Second Coatesville ACTION Job Fair Announced For Next Week

    Second Coatesville ACTION Job Fair Announced For Next Week

    On Wednesday, May 20 from 12PM – 4PM the recently formed community coalition, Coatesville ACTION will host its second Career & Training Expo. Currently slated to host 35 area employers with over 400 job vacancies, the event will focus on the entire job search experience. On-site interviews, a computer lab, and training seminars will also…

  • CCIU’s Auto Collision Experience Returning Saturday

    CCIU’s Auto Collision Experience Returning Saturday

    Auto repair school tours, demonstrations, workshops and the giveaway of two restored cars will collide at the Technical College High School Brandywine Campus in Downingtown on Saturday for the free 2015 Auto Collision Experience Spotlight. Culinary treats, raffle prizes and hands-on access to “fast-growing and high-paying auto collision repair” career opportunities in graphic design, advertising,…

  • A. Duie Pyle Leading Innovation in Shipping Industry

    A. Duie Pyle Leading Innovation in Shipping Industry

    Businesses tired of orchestrating the logistics of product delivery have a new best friend in West Chester-based A. Duie Pyle, which recently revolutionized its diverse warehouse and distribution services with an innovative, first-of-its-kind all-in-one supply chain solution. “We believe this is the model for the future,” COO Randy Swart said in a Commercial Carrier Journal…

  • Berwyn Ad Agency Quattro Direct Named Global Financial Marketing MVP

    Berwyn Ad Agency Quattro Direct Named Global Financial Marketing MVP

    In a world inundated with marketing buzz and lofty promises, a Berwyn-based marketing and advertising agency has risen to the ranks of the globe’s elite business partners by garnering one of just 20 Most Valuable Partners in Financial Marketing awards from a network encompassing 33 of the world’s leading financial institutions. Quattro Direct received that honor…

  • Nick DeBenedictis’ Leadership Far From Drying Up At Aqua America

    Nick DeBenedictis’ Leadership Far From Drying Up At Aqua America

    The man who built Aqua America into a reservoir of success will not step back from the water’s edge when he steps down as CEO this summer. The name of Nick DeBenedictis will grace the ballot for non-executive chairman of Aqua America, the Bryn Mawr-based multi-state water utility in the wake of his retirement as…

  • New West Goshen Gym, iCore Fitness, Training Ninja Warriors

    New West Goshen Gym, iCore Fitness, Training Ninja Warriors

    A new extreme gym in West Goshen brings the edge-of-your-seat excitement of American Ninja Warrior within arm’s reach — for both first-time adventure seekers and elite athletes. As a result of “two years going through hell to make it happen,” Owner Mark Falcone’s iCore Fitness gym boasts “the first straight-line metal-fabricated Ninja Warrior course in the country,”…

  • New Pharma Deal Brings Clinical Supplies Management To Malvern

    New Pharma Deal Brings Clinical Supplies Management To Malvern

    An acquisition of the clinical supplies division of a large local pharmaceutical company has brought a North Dakota-based supply chain solutions company to the Great Valley Corporate Center in Malvern. Clinical Supplies Management just signed off on a 22,500-square-foot office and warehouse lease with Liberty Property Trust in order to gain access to its clients in…

  • Year-Long Transition Leads To The End Of New Era

    Year-Long Transition Leads To The End Of New Era

    Two dozen New Era Tickets employees could be phoning a friend for help with a new job before their phones go dead April 28. The Exton call center has reached the end of its era, having been merged into California-based ticketing service Paciolan by parent company Comcast-Spectacor. “Paciolan is transiting its call centers from Exton to Comcast…

  • Malvern’s DentalEZ Finds Its Next President

    Malvern’s DentalEZ Finds Its Next President

    There’s a perfect smile on the face of Malvern’s global supplier of integrated dental health products and services, DentalEZ, now that its nine-month search for a new company president is complete. Former CONMED Corp. Orthopaedics Vice President of Marketing Heather Trombley brought her 25 years of leadership experience to the top office of DentalEZ this week.…

  • Wayne-based Argosy Private Equity Bets On Library Systems Makeover

    Wayne-based Argosy Private Equity Bets On Library Systems Makeover

    Wayne-based Argosy Private Equity is putting money on the table to see if it can streamline the operations and growth of an outsource library services provider. Earlier this year, Argosy acquired a controlling ownership interest in Maryland-based Library Systems & Services. While it will maintain LSSI’s current leaders, “Argosy believes the company presents an excellent opportunity…

  • Vertex Named Top Work Place

    Vertex Inc. of Berwyn has made the 2015 Philly.com Top Workplace list. This is the second time since 2010 Vertex, a national provider of corporate enterprise tax solutions, has made the list. Vertex ranks 11 out of 30 large organizations. Jeff Westphal, Vertex CEO, said the firm is honored to make the competitive list, which…

  • LiquidHub Acquires Third Salesforce Firm In As Many Months

    LiquidHub Acquires Third Salesforce Firm In As Many Months

    The customer is always right, and Wayne’s global digital integration company, LiquidHub, is amassing an army of customer relationship technology experts to ensure its healthcare and financial services clients deliver exactly what their customers want. With signage rebranding LiquidHub’s January acquisitions not even in place yet, the company has signed on to buy a third…

  • Barclays Chooses Sungard For Cost-Cutting Deal

    Barclays Chooses Sungard For Cost-Cutting Deal

    Barclays is handing over some of its regulatory reporting obligations and post-trade processing to SunGard of Wayne, Bobsguide reports. The move will help Barclays cut IT costs by 20 percent. The decision to outsource post-trade processing activities is significant for Barclays and is triggered by the enormous amount of reporting and processing costs from new…