April 2018

Florida Unemployment at 3.9% for Sixth Straight Month

\”For the sixth month running, Florida’s unemployment rate held at a nearly 11-year low of 3.9 percent in March as steady job gains continued. While many factors kept Florida’s economy chugging along, three industries stand out for leading year-over-year job growth: professional and business services; hospitality and leisure; and construction. Together, those three sectors accounted […]

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Healthcare Firm to Create \’Medical City\’ with 500+ jobs in Central Florida

\”The city of Oviedo is slated to get what Aventus Health LLC calls its first \”medical city.\” The Winter Springs-based health care firm, which has labs, pharmacies and medical facilities, plans to break ground in the next five to six weeks on the beginnings of the $40 million, 150,000-square-foot medical city project that will create

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Walmart to Spend $200 Million on Store Construction, Remodeling and Technology

“New stores will come to Central Florida, Jacksonville and Miami-Fort Lauderdale. A new distribution center is coming to the City of Cocoa. And there will be remodels in Central Florida, the Panhandle, Tampa Bay, West Palm Beach, and other parts of the state. Walmart will also analyze opportunities to expand online grocery pickup, Mobile Express

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Wisconsin Construction Company Charged with $200M Minority Business Fraud

A Milwaukee construction company and its owner have been indicted by a Wisconsin Grand Jury with a total of 22 counts of fraud for falsely creating minority and veteran-owned businesses in order to win more than $200 million in federal construction contracts which were set aside for those groups. According to an article on ConstructionDive,

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