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16 Mar

New Bank Forming in Virginia Beach: Integrity Bank for Business (In Organization) Geared Toward Small Businesses

Virginia Beach, Va. (March 16, 2021) — The first new regional bank since 2005 got one step closer to opening its doors with the help of an Economic Development Investment Program grant in the…

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22 Feb

New Grant Program Designed to Help Small Businesses Improve Physical Space or Add Equipment

The City of Virginia Beach Development Authority is taking applications for a new grant program that offers small businesses located in certain areas of the city up to $10,000 in matching funds…

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26 Jan

Regulus Global to Add 31 Employees to meet the Growing Demand of their Medical, Expeditionary and National Security Business

Virginia Beach Company with Global Customers Expands in Virginia Beach VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (January 26, 2021) — Virginia Beach headquartered, Regulus Global, LLC, will be adding 31…

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06 Jan

VA BIO will Direct New "Virginia BIO-Connect" Statewide Consortium

Governor Northam and the Virginia Biotechnology Association announced that GO Virginia has approved a grant request to help fund Virginia Bio-Connect, a $3.2 million Statewide industry cluster…

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16 Dec

The “cool” choice in logistics. A Virginia Beach Company went from 22,000 sf to 275,000 sf in six years

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (December 16, 2020) — Eimskip, founded in 1914, is a logistics company headquartered out of Iceland. Eimskip's slogan is the "cool choice in logistics" which could stand for the…

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18 Nov

Virginia Beach Pandemic Relief Partnership

LISC Hampton Roads is offering small business grants to assist Virginia Beach small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses…

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