A proposed 200-acre residential development in Pratt City could bring 300 homes over the next five years, according to Fox 6. Birmingham Mayor William Bell discussed the proposal at a memorial event in Pratt City on Friday, which was the one-year anniv... »
Much of our coverage of the one-year anniversary of the April 2011 tornadoes has focused on the industries or companies that were directly impacted by the storms. But the events of the day transcended industry lines and truly altered the way many compa... »
The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability will locate in Birmingham, thanks to a $3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to a release, the center is locating in Birmingham as part of a colla... »
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s printing press, displaced by the new ballpark, has a new home. UAB recently leased 24,000 square feet in the former National Biscuit Co. building near Railroad Park, which was renovated last year by Shannon Wal... »
Employment in Birmingham's retail sector is down 5.4 percent since February 2008, according to a new report from On Numbers. That decline ranks 53rd among the nation's 100 largest metros. Retail employment in Birmingham fell from 62,400 four years ago ... »
NaphCare Inc. has secured its first contract in Virginia. The Birmingham-based provider of health care and technology services for correctional institutions has signed a deal with Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Va. Virginia will be the 25th... »
Eastwood Festival Centre’s new Canadian ownership group today said it would invest “millions of dollars” to update and rename the 300,280-square-foot shopping center. Investor Mark Gold, owner of Buyers Group Inc., and general partner Skyline Internati... »
In this week's print edition of the Birmingham Business Journal, we published our list of Birmingham's Most Affluent ZIP codes. Using data from Esri and the U.S. Census Bureau, we ranked ZIP codes in the Birmingham metro area based on the percentage of... »
A bill to streamline the way businesses file state and local taxes in Alabama is on its way to Gov. Robert Bentley. According to the Birmingham News, the state Senate on Thursday signed off on changes made by the House to a bill that would create a sin... »
A spokesman with the University of Alabama at Birmingham said personal information for 8,000 former students that includes Social Security numbers and some academic records was posted on the Internet. According to the Birmingham News, spokesman Clinton... »
Former Regions Bank (NYSE: RF) employee Sonja R. Hornbuckle, 33, was sentenced Thursday to one month in prison for taking more than $27,000 from bank customer accounts. According to the Birmingham News, Hornbuckle was immediately released, though, beca... »
In today's print edition of the Birmingham Business Journal, we looked at the lingering impact of the April 2011 tornadoes on the business community at the one-year anniversary of the storms. We examined the tornadoes' impact on the insurance industry,... »
Hoffman Media LLC said in a release today it has acquired the national New Orleans-based Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine. Birmingham-based Hoffman Media said it will keep the magazine’s headquarters and staff in New Orleans, where it plans to make an invest... »
Former Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has been appointed to the board of Alliantgroup, a Houston-based tax services firm. Alliantgroup, which works with CPA firms and their clients to help companies receive tax incentives and credits, said in a statement it ch... »
The manufacturing sector in Birmingham lost 7,700 jobs from February 2008 to February 2012, according to a report from On Numbers of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The report shows Birmingham had 43,000 manufacturing jobs in 2008, but that numbe... »
