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Greater Gainesville celebrates Manufacturing Month in October
The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Advanced Manufacturing Council kicked off its second annual Manufacturing Month with facility tours for Alachua County middle school and high school students. More than 200 local students visited 16 manufacturing facilities to learn about the many things #madeinGNV! Regional manufacturers providing tours included Fracture, Sandvik, Phalanx Defense Systems, Exactech,...
Mérieux NutriSciences relocates state-of-the-art food testing laboratory, bringing 100 jobs to East Gainesville
Mérieux NutriSciences, a leading international network of accredited food testing laboratories, announced today that it will begin relocation plans to move its food testing facility from Southwest Gainesville to a 22,700 square foot location one mile east of Downtown Gainesville, close to the University of Florida campus. The new location, slated to open in April 2017,...
10 mobile apps for legal & financial assistance
Ask a Lawyer The Ask a Lawyer mobile app provides fast, free access to a lawyer via mobile chat. Lawyers are matched with you based on your location and the area of expertise you’re looking for. Chat quickly with a lawyer in your area — at no cost to you! Ask a CPA Similar to...
Making “cents” of community banking
The relationship between business and banking is most certainly grounded in the numbers. Business loans, lines of credit, deposits, withdrawals, all play daily roles in the necessary transactional partnership. But the interaction between the small business owner and the local, community bank has been one keenly interlaced with each other’s mutual success. Amidst the turmoil...
Nanotherapeutics receives NIAID contract as part of a multiple award pool for task orders valued at up to $159.4 million
Nanotherapeutics, Inc., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), recently announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded the company a contract for advanced biologics manufacturing services as part of a multiple award IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity) pool. The contract has a...
Sabore rolls out new menu
The good ones always look to reinvent themselves, and in doing so, continue to push for improvement and progress. Sabore, with Chef Valero at the helm, has recently rolled out a complete overhaul of their menu. For years, many of the items on the menu were carryovers from the previous regime. The results of the...
The business benefits of working with a CPA
Q&A with Tom Porter of ProActive Tax & Accounting The Business Report sat down with Tom Porter to discuss the many important reasons why business owners benefit from working closely with a CPA. TBR: For those who may not be certain, can you start by explaining what CPA stands for and what it means? Porter:...
Use these end-of-the-year financial planning tips for increased success in 2017
As we head into the last two months of the year, it’s the perfect time for local businesses to conduct a review of their 2016 finances and begin planning for increased success in 2017. Not sure where to start? Here’s a list of go-to tips from experts to help guide your end-of-the-year financial planning. ...
Mentor-Protégé relationships: a foundation for business success
The value and importance of mentor relationships cannot be emphasized enough. From our earliest, informal interactions learning the ropes on the playground, to managing the social interactions in high school, then college when an upperclassman took you under his or her wing, to the workplace, where more formal relationships began to be established, mentoring has...
UF Health Emergency Center Opens
University of Florida Health celebrated the opening of its newest freestanding emergency room, the UF Health Emergency Center – Kanapaha, Monday, September 26th. The new facility will provide access to emergency care for residents of southwest Gainesville. The facility expands emergency care at UF Health to four sites, including the UF Health Shands E.R. on...