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Oldsmar shares the wealth through employment! Nerdwallet, a website that crunches financial data, conducted a statewide poll of 268 Florida cities and rated them for launching a small business.  The rating factors covered cities with over 10,000 populations and scored each location based on: business climate; average revenue of businesses; the percentage of businesses with…

In support of the Hillsborough County Manufacturing Academy initiative, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners approved a partnership with Hillsborough Community College (HCC) July 15 to enhance workforce training for manufacturing careers. The County’s $322,000 investment will provide two years of programming enrichment and $80,000 in new and upgraded equipment for functional training. Read…

NewsBrief, July 2015 - Sandwiched In: What To Do When Everyone Depends On You - Northwestern Mutual Sandwiched In: What To Do When Everyone Depends On You - NM Article This year, Millennials are expected to surpass Baby Boomers as the largest living generation of Americans, according to a recent Pew Research report. But there’s…

The Florida Chamber of Commerce has just published it's post-session list of lawmakers rating them on their scale of supporting pro-jobs and pro-business  legislation.  Several of our local lawmakers received A ratings. These include: Senator Jack Latvala Representative Dana Young Representative Chris Sprowls Representative Chris Latvala Here's a statement from Governor Scott on job creation…