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Ten Va. companies make 2021 Forbes list of top tax, accounting firms
Ten Virginia-based companies made Forbes’ top tax and accounting firms list for 2021. Of 450 companies across the nation, 250 companies were awarded the America’s Best Tax Firm 2021 title and 200 companies were awarded the America’s Best Accounting Firm 2021 title. Tax and account professionals and their clients were surveyed between August and September. […]
Shenandoah University announces partnership with esports league
Shenandoah University announced Monday that it has entered into a partnership with the Washington Justice, a professional Overwatch League, for internships and learning opportunities for students. This marks the first partnership between a university and a professional Overwatch League team (esports). The Washington Justice re[...]
Va. COVID-19 rate now exceeds 10%
Virginia’s coronavirus rates continue to rise, with 21,035 new cases and 146 deaths in the past week, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Dec. 7 update. As of Dec. 3, the state’s seven-day positivity rate was at 10.8%, a jump of more than 3% over the previous week. In parts of Southwest Virginia, p[...]
Auto component supplier announces $4.6M Strasburg expansion
Automotive components and systems supplier International Automotive Components Group (IAC Group) will invest $4.6 million to expand its Strasburg operations and add auto component lines and products to its existing facility, creating 47 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. Headquartered in Luxembourg, IAC Group is a supplier of instrument panels, console systems, door panels, headliners […][...]
Chesterfield industrial building sells for $2.77M
An industrial building in Chesterfield County sold for $2.77 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. Located at 8801-8899 Whitepine Road, the 28,600-square-foot Adbel Business Village sits on 4.1 acres. SMW Warehouses LLC purchased the property from Harrison & Hine LLC as an investment. Constructe[...]
Va. expects 480,000 COVID vaccine doses by end of December
Virginia expects to receive 480,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer and Moderna by the end of December through the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed program, the Virginia Department of Health announced Friday, based on new information available. Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that the state expected only 70,0[...]
Virginia State Bar selects 2022 president-elect
The Virginia State Bar has chosen Richmond’s Stephanie Grana, a partner with the law firm of Breit Cantor Grana Buckner, as its president-elect for 2022-23. A personal injury litigator, Grana won nearly 55% of the vote over David Neumeyer of the Virginia Legal Aid Society in Lynchburg. Grana will take over presidency of the VS[...]
Tysons IT company acquires Fla.-based tech training company
Tysons-based information technology company By Light Professional IT Services LLC announced Friday it has acquired Port Orange, Florida-based technology training company Raydon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, By Light provides engineering, cyber, modeling and simulation services to defense and government agencies, employing more than 2,000 people. Raydon, which formed […][...]
Navy awards Bechtel $1.14B in contract modifications
The U.S. Navy awarded Reston-based Bechtel Corp.’s plant machinery company two contract modifications with a combined $1.14 billion in value to provide propulsion components for the branch’s nuclear-powered ships, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. The goal is to provide the military with effective nuclear propulsion plants and ensure that they are safe and reliable, […]
Richmond launches 2nd grant program for small businesses
The city of Richmond announced a second small business grant program Friday that will provide applicants with grants of $15,000 for COVID-19 pandemic relief. Richmond Recovers II will be funded with $2 million from the city’s CARES Act appropriation. Applications can be submitted online starting Monday, Dec. 7 and continuing through Dec. 16, according to […]
Va. employment may not fully recover until 2023 to 2025
Virginia may not get back to full, pre-pandemic employment until 2023 to 2025, according to Moody’s Analytics employment forecasting, but Stephen Moret, president and CEO of Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) thinks that the commonwealth can recover sooner. “We not only want to accelerate the path back to full,[...]
Carly Fiorina elected chair of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation board
Former GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has been selected as chair of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s board of trustees. The former chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Fiorina was the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company and made an unsuccessful bid for the 2016 GOP nomination for president. Fiorina has ser[...]
