The growth of the craft beer, wine and spirits industry has led Northampton Community College to offer a Craft Distillery degree for those interested in a career in the industries. 

Chatty Monks Brewery and Unique Snacks, two Reading craft businesses, have partnered to create Split Face, an Amber Lager featuring a savory hint of pretzel. 

Soltech Solutions, Bethlehem, is the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Eastern Pennsylvania District’s Entrepreneurial Success of the Year. 

Celebrating Small Business Week, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Acting Secretary Neil Weaver toured downtown Reading today to highlight the importance of small businesses in the commonwealth. 

Vinyl Press Signs & Graphics has moved to the borough of Emmaus. 

Air Products of Upper Macungie Township announced that Air Products San Fu Co. Ltd has been awarded by one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers to supply industrial gases to the customer's new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan. 

Jordan Galasso, owner of Fit AF Nutrition, Carbondale, is the Eastern Pennsylvania Small Business Person of the Year for 2022. 

ByHeart, a baby nutrition company, officially announced the FDA registration of its Reading manufacturing facility, becoming only the fourth vertically integrated U.S. infant formula brand to have full oversight of their production, supply chain and R&D. 

Mental health is a topic that has reached high priority since the start of the pandemic, prompting companies to look a bit closer at their policies and procedures. While the issue isn’t new, the pandemic has caused a lot of uncertainty in people’s lives and managers need to learn how to approach employees in an empathetic way to find solutions. 

Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a $6 million increase for career and technical education in his final budget to prepare students for the workforce. Lehigh Career and Technical Institute, (LCTI), Schnecksville, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, would be a recipient of some of that money.