On banking business in pandemic: ‘We really have had to find ways to make sure that our customers know that they are still top of mind — that they are still our top priority’
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce welcomes the news that Congress has approved the new federal emergency relief package, and did so in a bipartisan manner.
The direct payments to families and the availability of additional unemployment funds are critical to those whose job status has been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tom Bracken, the CEO of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, has been a frequent critic of Gov. Phil Murphy’s economic policies.
On Wednesday, he said he found an ally.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce welcomes the news that Gov. Murphy and state legislative leaders have agreed on a new economic incentive program for New Jersey.
Any sustained economic recovery in New Jersey must have a competitive and robust incentive program such as the one these state leaders have crafted, and this program will serve as a foundation for that recovery.
When the annual corporate funding for the New Jersey chapter of the Jobs for America’s Graduates program started to wane because of COVID-19, Withum CEO and Managing Partner Bill Hagaman stepped up — reaching out to his colleagues with the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and imploring them to find funding for the program.
Congratulations to Bill Hagaman, managing partner of Withum and an executive committee member of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, who received the ‘National Network Leadership Award’ on Thursday from the national Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program.
In a move that will be good for racial equity and opportunity throughout the country — and figures to have a lot of benefits for New Jersey, too — African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey head John Harmon was named to the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday.
New Jersey is lowering the number of people allowed to gather both indoors and outdoors to fight the surging second wave of COVID-19, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday morning, after the state set back-to-back record days for new coronavirus cases over the weekend.
Improving diversity at companies of all sizes has never been of higher priority. Diverse businesses are shown to be more profitable, more innovative and better places to work.