Customers Bancorp recognized for performance
Wyomissing-based Customers Bancorp Inc., parent company of Customers Bank, has been recognized as the top-performing bank in Pennsylvania by Bank Director Magazine’s 2017 Bank Performance Scorecard.
Appeeling Fruit a Sweet Success
In 1991, Appeeling Fruit, Inc. was solely a processor of fresh bakery apples with no extended shelf life. The company started selling to bakeries throughout the northeast United States and with the help of a small group of employees, and family members they built a sustainable business supplying those bakeries. After eight successful years providing bakery slices, …
Trendsetting in Berks
Greater Reading knows what’s important to growing the local economy. There is a profound commitment to helping businesses expand, attract new companies and grow job opportunities.
Reading based developer earns tax credits
Shuman Development Group (SDG) is in the process of redeveloping the former Abraham Lincoln Hotel. After years of uncertainty for the historic property, the SDG last year launched an $11 million renovation of the former hotel into mixed-use apartments and retail that includes new markets tax credit (NMTC) and historic tax credit (HTC) equity. The …
Rentokil merges with Virginia based company
Reading-based Rentokil Steritech North America, one of the country’s largest pest control companies, has merged with a Virginia exterminator company, according to news reports. Connor’s Termite and Pest Control of Springfield was founded in 1974 and serves residential and commercial customers in the northern Virginia/Washington, D.C. area. The merger adds nearly 100 new full-time employees, …