Montgomery Business Journal

Q&A with Roger Fortner

Roger Fortner is director of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Postsecondary Education. He was recently interviewed by Montgomery Business Journal’s David Zaslawsky

David Zaslawsky

Trustmark Bank

Now, Trustmark Bank has made a move to downtown with a small branch on the bottom floor of the Alabama Center for Commerce Building on Adams Avenue and moved its local lending and corporate offices to the top floor of the seven-story building built by the Retirement Systems of Alabama.

David Zaslawsky

Q&A with Sam Munnerlyn

David Zaslawsky

$35 Million Investment

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United Inc. has been in an expansion mode, adding 10 locations, 1,000-plus employees and more than 20,000 customers during a 238-day span last year.

David Zaslawsky

Building on Jobs

The message was loud and clear: When a business adds employees, it plans to remain in the area.

David Zaslawsky

Legislative Agenda

The old saying goes something like this: If you want to create 5,000 jobs it’s easy for 5,000 small businesses to each create one job.The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) would like to see a “greater emphasis” on small business during the legislative session that starts in March, according to the organization’s president and CEO, William J. Canary.

David Zaslawsky

Another Banner Year

Hyundai Motor Co. is performing quite well on the world stage with a No. 40 ranking on Interbrand’s Best 100 Global Brand.

David Zaslawsky

Top-Flight Honorees

City official Ron Sams was told to be at the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting at 5:30 p.m. There was almost nobody there besides Chamber staff.

David Zaslawsky

New Technology in Hand

An architect designing a commercial building went to The UPS Store on Zelda Road and had a 3-D printing made of the building.

David Zaslawsky

Warren Averett Technology Group

Running a business has always been challenging. On top of that, success in the Digital Age now requires organizations to stay on the cutting edge of information technology. With advances in IT occurring constantly, that can be overwhelming. There is hope, though. Warren Averett Technology Group is one company that works to make IT systems not only more manageable for businesses, but also more profitable.

Melissa George Bowman