Month: December 2015

PBMARES HIRES RONALD PACHINO AS TAX MANAGER

December 7th, 2015

NEWPORT NEWS, VA (12/7/15) – PBMares, LLP – a leading accounting and business-consulting firm serving clients nationally and internationally – is pleased to welcome Ronald Pachino, CPA, ABV, CFF, CGMA, MBA, as a Tax Manager in the firm’s Baltimore office. With more than 30 years of public accounting experience – including an extensive knowledge of […]

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Virginia Gazette: Economic report details state’s recent hard times

December 5th, 2015        Steve Vaughan        The Virginia Gazette

Employment overcame the jobs lost to the recession in 2009 quickest in Northern Virginia, Charlottesville and Blacksburg. Hampton Roads is still 22,800 jobs short of full recovery.” But all economic indicators are looking up, according to the report. “Although we’re still going to have that 1 percent lag,” Clower said. Predicted economic growth for Virginia […]

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Richmond Times-Dispatch: Report shows Virginia economy struggling to cope with federal cuts

December 4th, 2015        John Reid Blackwell        Richmond Times-Dispatch

The story of Virginia’s economy since the recession is like a “Shakespearean tragedy in reverse.” That was one of several metaphors used Friday at the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s sixth annual economic summit in Williamsburg. More than 700 people attended the meeting, where economists with Old Dominion University revealed a 175-page report on the state […]

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Virginian-Pilot: Federal spending cuts have taken a toll on Virginia’s economy

December 4th, 2015        Sarah Kleiner        The Virginian-Pilot

Last year, the state ranked 48th in gross domestic product growth with a year-over-year increase of 0.02 percent, according to Old Dominion University professors who presented the first “State of the Commonwealth” report Thursday morning at the Virginia Economic Summit in Williamsburg. Only Alaska and Mississippi had slower growth rates. Since 2010, Virginia’s real gross […]

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Koch: Better times are on the way for Virginia

December 4th, 2015        James Koch        Richmond Times-Dispatch

For better or worse, the commonwealth continues to be highly sensitive to changes in federal expenditures — and this is particularly true in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. Federal wages and salaries, procurement and other activities account for more than 40 percent of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan economy, and defense spending by itself accounts for […]

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Blake R. Christopher Joins Vandeventer Black LLP’s Construction and Government Contracts Practice Group

December 3rd, 2015

Norfolk, VA. (December 3, 2015) – Vandeventer Black LLP is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Blake R. Christopher to the firm. Blake will be focusing his practice in construction and government contracts matters are part of the firm’s Construction and Government Contracts Practice Group. Blake will work principally in the firm’s Norfolk office. Blake […]

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Spencer Guld Joins Richmond’s Vandeventer Black LLP

December 3rd, 2015

Richmond, VA. (December 3, 2015) – Vandeventer Black LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Spencer Guld to the firm’s Richmond office. Guld concentrates his practice in professional liability, commercial litigation, and employment matters.  He provides representation to both businesses and professionals, including accountants, engineers, architects, contractors, and financial service providers in a variety […]

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National Survey Shines Light On America’s Emerging Peer-to-Peer Culture

December 3rd, 2015

Americans utilizing peer-to-peer platforms do not do so as users of separate tools but as members of a larger culture that crosses platforms and demographics Washington, D.C., December 3, 2015 – Peer-to-peer, or sharing economy, platforms are vital to American travelers and consumers. These findings are highlighted in a nationwide consumer survey commissioned jointly by […]

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VCC Closes First Solar Energy Loan

December 3rd, 2015

VCC is excited to announce the closing of its first solar energy loan.  This is one of two brand new lending products recently launched by VCC: Virginia Solar Loan Product Virginia Energy Efficiency Loan Product The past nine years, VCC has provided a double bottom return and is now moving toward a triple bottom return with these new lending products.  This is another […]

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Congratulations to the Vandeventer Black LLP Attorneys Recognized as 2015 Virginia Legal Elite

December 2nd, 2015

Norfolk, VA. (December 2, 2015) – Twenty-Four Vandeventer Black LLP attorneys have been selected as Virginia’s Legal Elite. 3,461 Virginia lawyers were nominated by more than 1,300 of their peers for consideration. The 24 attorneys from the firm who made the list are: Christopher Ambrosio (Real Estate/Land Use); Stephan Andrews (Construction); Anne Bibeau (Civil Litigation); […]

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