Marketing seminar set at WCBA at YSU

Marketing seminar set at WCBA at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN

From 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 8, the Youngstown SCORE chapter will host a “Financing and Marketing Your Business” workshop at the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University.

The free seminar will include topics on business plans, projections, profit, loss and marketing with no money.

To register for the workshop, call 330-941-2948 or email ysuscore@yahoo.com. SCORE’s office hours are 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday.

NCST to host open house Nov. 6

NEW CASTLE, Pa.

The New Castle School of Trades will host an open house from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 6.

The school’s new Industrial Maintenance with Wind and Solar Technology Program also will be introduced.

Participants will be able to tour the facility and receive information on the school’s programs and services and hear from many of the region’s successful companies.

Representatives from General Electric, J.S. Paris Excavating, Dearing Compressor, Encore Express (FedEx), Biketown Harley- Davidson, Lincoln Electric, Cleveland Brothers, General Fabricating Services and Industrial Piping Specialists will be on hand. To register for the open house, contact the school at 800-837-8299 .

PUCO warns of telephone scam

COLUMBUS

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio reminds gas- and electric-utility customers to beware of a payment scam that has surfaced across the state over the past several weeks.

This scam targets electric- and gas-utility customers both residential and small businesses.

A caller will claim to be from a utility company and inform the customer that money is owed from a past bill and it must be paid immediately or service will be terminated. Customers are instructed to purchase a pre-paid debit card and call a toll-free number to transfer the money.

Customers who get such calls are encouraged to contact their utility companies and local authorities.

Penn-Northwest receives award

MERCER, PA.

Penn-Northwest Economic Development Corp. received the large-agency-of-the-year award at the Pennsylvania Economic Development Association’s annual fall conference this week in Hershey, Pa.

Penn-Northwest was recognized for its development of a program of work in Mercer County that focused on new industry recruitment, a local business-calling program, local entrepreneurship and workforce development, marketing and membership, and business administration.

PEDA is the statewide association of local, state, corporate and nonprofit economic-development professionals.

Staff reports