Business News

The Baton Rouge metro area is at its lowest unemployment rate, 4.2%, since February 2020, and the region has enjoyed four consecutive months of job growth. 

Rural Sourcing, a software development firm based in Atlanta, plans to open a development center in downtown Baton Rouge, officials announced today. 

Agave Blue Tequila and Taco Bar is opening its second location, this one in the Americana development in Zachary, Elifin Realty announced Wednesday.

An oil refinery in Belle Chasse that was flooded during Hurricane Ida is being shut down and turned into a storage terminal, prompting local leaders to assess the potential economic impacts that could come with losing one of the area’s biggest employers.

Stephen Moret, former head of Louisiana Economic Development and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber,...

Networking is all about building relationships. And in the eyes of networking expert Ivan Misner, it is during tough stretches such as the one brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic that businesspeople need to work harder than ever to maintain their networks.

S&W Wholesale Foods is developing a $12 million multi-temperature wholesale food distribution center near Hammond, according to an announcement from Gov. John Bel Edwards. 

The Metro Council today will take up Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s plan for spending nearly $12.6 million in federal grant money. 

One of the silver linings of “going virtual” during the pandemic, at least for local organizations, was being able to reach a broader digital audience, and, in turn, gathering ideas from experts who might not have been able to visit Baton Rouge otherwise.

An Amedisys-owned business has landed a partnership with Penn State Health and Highmark Health to operate Penn State Health Home Recovery Care, a venture launching in the first half of 2022.