CHEP Services LLC is laying off 99 employees from its Kansas City facility at 1501 Southern Road.
CHEP Services is part of CHEP, a global supply-chain logistics company that owns and manages a pool of about 300 million reusable pallets, crates and containers. It has more than 750 service centers, including the one in Kansas City, where it repairs and cleans pallets and containers for reuse. Companywide, CHEP employs 12,500 people, and its customer base includes brands such as Procter & Gamble, Sysco…
One local startup says its only corporate account was at Silicon Valley Bank. The bank also had a number of venture capital firms as customers, including one that made sizable investments in Kansas City companies.
Kathy Nelson can't seem to wrap her mind around the word "No." That's good news for Kansas City, which will see the NFL Draft and its significant economic benefit roll into town in April. Nelson talks about her and her team's efforts to score the league's big event.
Co-founder Alan Fairless says the startup is helping school systems keep students safe by making their buses smarter. "Why can you track your pizza but not your child?” he says.
Kathy Nelson was fed up with hearing, “No.” For the second time, Kansas City lost out on being host city for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship.
“I’m a big wrestling fan, and I was so frustrated,” said Nelson, CEO of the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission & Foundation. “So I flew to the committee members and said: ‘Why did you not pick Kansas City? What are we missing?’ … And I’ll never forget — the chair of the NCAA wrestling committee from Oklahoma City said, ‘Your…