Knoxville’s job market is expected to slow slightly in the fourth quarter, although some employers will be adding workers, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
Twelve percent of the Knoxville area companies surveyed said they planned to hire more employees from October through December, while 11 percent expect to reduce their payrolls, according to [...]
Entries from September 2009
September 17, 2009
Manpower survey: Modest 4Q hiring in Knoxville region
September 16, 2009
Risk-takers key to Asheville’s revitalization
As Pat Whalen likes to tell it, there were more pigeons than people in downtown Asheville 20-25 years ago.
Today, it’s hard to imagine that places like the Grove Arcade, Malaprop’s Bookstore, The Laughing Seed Café and the Haywood Park Inn were boarded-up buildings.
Whalen, who runs the development company Public Interest Projects, says the right combination [...]
September 16, 2009
Western North Carolina economy limping back
The local economy in general and the real estate market in particular are on the road to recovery, but it will be a slow process, two experts said Tuesday.
“There’s really nothing I see that’s going to turn things around sharply,” said the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Tom Tveidt, referring to home sales. “It’s going [...]
September 9, 2009
Commercial Vehicle’s Concord plant lands contract
Commercial Vehicle Group Inc.’s plant in Concord has signed a deal to make cabinets and other materials for a Navistar International Corp. subsidiary.
Commercial Vehicle says the additional business from Navistar’s Heavy Truck Product Group will generate $4 million to $5.5 million in annual revenue over the next year.
Production is slated to start in the first [...]
September 9, 2009
Meineke inks deal with Peak 10
Meineke Car Care Centers Inc. has hired Peak 10 Inc. to house its data at Peak 10’s local operations in Charlotte.
Meineke is an automotive-service company with more than 900 franchises in the United States and Canada. The company is based in Charlotte.
“Outsourcing to Peak 10 is a smart decision for us because of its secure, [...]
September 9, 2009
Study: Climate-bill changes to add jobs
A study from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy says additions to the Waxman-Markey bill could net more than 1 million jobs in the United States by 2030.
The report, released today, says 31,900 of those jobs would be created in North Carolina, with 14,000 added in South Carolina.
Those jobs would be created if increased [...]
September 9, 2009
Restauranteurs think there’s room for more downtown
Is there enough demand to support a classic cocktail lounge and a cafe offering farm-fresh Southern food with a modern twist in downtown Asheville?
Jack and Lesley Groetsch think so, and later this year they’ll start finding out whether they’re right.
The couple plan to open Sazerac, a bar named after what’s considered to be the first [...]
September 9, 2009
Teamsters help unemployed find jobs
This Labor Day many Americans are having a hard time finding a reason to celebrate.
But Henry Devault is not one of them.
He is happy to be serving barbecue on this Labor Day at one of many union picnics that were held across the country.
He’s happy to be serving his fellow union members because [...]
September 9, 2009
Company’s new distribution center creates jobs in Knoxville
Melaleuca Inc., an Idaho-based maker of wellness products, broke ground Thursday on a 231,000 square foot distribution center in the Forks of the River Industrial Park.
Officials said Melaleuca will immediately employ several hundred sub-contractors and local tradesman. The company is making a capital investment of $22 million in the construction.
“Knoxville has been a great [...]
September 9, 2009
Cash for Clunkers pays off for Morristown auto parts workers
The poor employment picture at JTEKT Automotive in Morristown was the product of a bad economy.
The manufacturer of auto parts had to put about one fifth of its workforce on furlough earlier in 2009. It was an involuntary furlough of 101 employees in February.
Now seven months later, JTEKT has announced some good news. Not [...]
