The following are recently issued business licenses in Chesterfield County. Absher Contracting Service (contractor); licensee Robert J. Absher Jr., 8711 Dorsey Road, Richmond 23237. Global Environmental Solutions (business service); licensees Jennell Greene & Jasper Spratley, 5000 Nairn Lane, Chester 23831. The Reliable Craftsman (contractor); licensee Thomas H. Hailey, 11803 Christina Court, Chesterfield 23832-3656.

The following are recently issued business licenses in Richmond. Ofir Buchnik (janitorial service); licensee same, 7140 Cherokee Road, Richmond 23225. Best Practice Business Processes Inc. (other personal services); licensee same, 701 E. Franklin St., Richmond 23219. Virginia Hair LLC (beauty parlor); licensee same, 14 S. 15th St., Richmond 23219.

The following are recently issued business licenses in Henrico County. GM&M Architecture Engineering (professional service, contractor); licensee Gooss, Miller & Manson Inc., 3704 Meadow Run Court, Glen Allen 23060. Adrienne Hammond (retail merchant); licensee same, 517 Stone Dale Drive, Richmond 23223. Cervantes Landscaping (lawn maintenance); licensee Victor M. Cervantes, 1312 Mountain Road, Glen Allen 23060.

The following are recently issued business licenses in Chesterfield County. Gary Arrington Construction (contractor); licensee Gary Arrington, 10306 Duncan Road, Petersburg 23803. Virginia’s Best Grocery (retail merchant); licensee Best Choice Buy Inc., 21113 Chesterfield Ave., Petersburg 23803. Valerie F. Caricofe (direct seller-retail); licensee same, 830 Club Crest Blvd., Chester 23836.

After three Wachovia Securities executives were offered a chance to move to St. Louis or lose their jobs, they spent a lot of time at the library. Every Tuesday night the trio met, hopping from one branch to another. Borne out of those gatherings was Oyster Consulting LLC, a firm that works with brokerage houses and investment advisers to help them with compliance and technology needs.

Mark Landa and his staff at Boulevard Flower Gardens in Colonial Heights are busy preparing the company’s more than 10,000plant poinsettia crop for the upcoming holidays. The colorful plants, everything from red to a Jinglebell mix, take up nine greenhouses. The company grows poinsettias along with in-season bedding plants and vegetables.

Mark Landa and his staff at Boulevard Flower Gardens in Colonial Heights are busy preparing the company’s more than 10,000plant poinsettia crop for the upcoming holidays. The colorful plants, everything from red to a Jinglebell mix, take up nine greenhouses. The company grows poinsettias along with in-season bedding plants and vegetables.