PBMARES ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF NEUMAN & ASSOCIATES – Accounting Firms Combine to Expand Baltimore Footprint, Tax Experts
Richmond, VA and Baltimore, MD (March 23, 2016) – PBMares, LLP, a leading public accounting and consulting firm serving clients nationally and internationally, and Baltimore-based Neuman & Associates, LLC have combined effective February 1, 2016. Neuman & Associates is a specialty tax practice that strengthens the Baltimore practice under the PBMares name. Ricka Neuman, CPA, and Caroline […]
Virginia Business Coalition on Health Workshops: Building a Culture of Wellbeing
The upcoming events are in Norfolk (April 5) and Richmond (May 3), and provide HR Certification credits. Registration for the half-day workshop includes lunch and is only $50 for non-VBCH members. Workshop: Building a Culture of Wellbeing Building a Culture of Workplace Wellbeing Tuesday, April 5 in Norfolk Tuesday, May 3 in Richmond Looking at […]
Chamber Briefings Newsletter – March 11, 2016
The 2016 General Assembly Session is scheduled to adjourn sine die tomorrow, Saturday March 12. It has been a busy final week, with budget negotiations being finalized and the election of a new Supreme Court justice. Over the next several weeks, our government affairs team will be working to provide you with a full recap of the […]
Norfolk Students Receive Mobile Broadband from AT&T through ConnectED Initiative
As a recipient of one of 114 grants from Apple as part of the company’s involvement in the White House ConnectED initiative, each student at Berkley Campostella Early Childhood Center recently received a new iPad equipped with mobile broadband by AT&T. The iPads were presented in a Jan. 22 ceremony at the school, officials said […]
Chamber Briefings Newsletter – March 4, 2016
There is just one full week left in the 2016 General Assembly session, which will adjourn sine die next Saturday, March 12th. Budget conferees are working to address differences in the House and Senate budgets and must complete their work by midnight on Saturday, March 5th. Below, you’ll find a list of items that we submitted […]
Governor’s Veto Makes Compliance with Clean Power Plan Less Transparent and Accountable
RICHMOND – Virginia Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President of Corporate and Government Affairs Ryan Dunn issued the following statement after Governor McAuliffe vetoed Senate Bill 21, which would require General Assembly approval of a plan to comply with the federal Clean Power Plan: “We are disappointed that Governor McAuliffe vetoed legislation that would have […]
Chamber Briefings Newsletter – February 26, 2016
On Sunday, both the House and the Senate revealed their respective versions of the two-year budget. Below, you’ll find highlights of some of the items included in each. Both bodies were required to pass their own version of the budget by Thursday, February 25th, The House has named Delegates Jones, Landes, Cox, O’Bannon, Greason and Torian as […]
Barry DuVal: Virginia needs Atlantic Coast Pipeline
IN THE VIRGINIA Chamber’s Blueprint Virginia business plan for the commonwealth, we called for a balanced, sustainable energy policy that supports economic development and job growth while meeting the growing needs of our population and business community. Demand for natural gas as a fuel for power generation is expected to triple over the next 20 […]
Virginia Business: Huntington Ingalls Industries opening employee health center next week
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is providing its employees with another option in order to keep them healthy. On Tuesday HII is opening a 22,000-square-foot health center just outside the gates of Newport News Shipbuilding, the shipbuilding company it operates in Newport News. The center will offer eligible shipyard employees and their families primary […]
Candidates: It’s Time to Commit to Comprehensive Tax Reform
On the eve of this Tuesday’s presidential primary election in Virginia, it is time for the candidates to publicly embrace comprehensive tax reform in America. The current system has been allowed to evolve into an unwieldy, overly burdensome, wildly complicated, and wholly unfair mess. The current tax code penalizes success, impedes innovation, discourages growth, and […]
