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Hillsborough business expands HQ to create 100 more jobs

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Hillsborough County is getting an extra 100 jobs thanks to the expansion of a transportation management company. BlueGrace Logistics is expanding its Riverview headquarters to provide additional jobs in a variety of fields, including technology, accounting, legal and other professional services. ā€œIā€™m proud to announce that BlueGrace Logistics is creating 100 new jobs in Riverview, which is great news for Florida families,ā€ said FloridaĀ Gov. Rick Scott. ā€œWe are working every day to make Florida the number one state for job…

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Rick Scott celebrates new LEGOLAND hotel

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Gov. Rick Scott was in Lakeland Friday to celebrate the launch ofĀ the newest LEGOLAND Florida resort hotel. LEGOLAND Hotel will create about 150 new jobs in the area. ā€œWe are excited to celebrate the grand opening of the new LEGOLAND Hotel at the LEGOLAND Florida Resort today,ā€ said Scott. ā€œNot only will this hotel encourage many more families to visit Florida, but it is also creating 150 new jobs for families in the Winter Haven area. Our tourism industry has…

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St. Pete acquires new corporate HQ

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St. Pete has successfully wrangled a new corporation to base itself in downtown. TwinLab Consolidation Corp. has entered into a lease with First Central Tower that begins May 1. According to its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, TwinLab has signed a 12-year, nearly $4.5 million lease to occupy more than 30,000 square feet spanning two floors in the Central Ave. business tower located in the 300 block. Twinlab will create 80 jobs in the area; however the…

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Tampa Bay job demand outpaces other Southern cities

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The Tampa Bay region leads the southern U.S. in job demand. According to the online job posting and search site, ZipRecruiter, the Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater area ranked number one among cities in the ā€œSunbelt.ā€ Tampa Bay is ranked with a +140.0 hiring demand index measured by relative monthly job growth across the entire country. ZipRecruiterā€™s data shows the biggest job growth with higher numbers, but any positive number represents a ā€œsignificant hiring demand.ā€ The Tampa region doubles its next closest follower,…

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Florida unemployment rate remains steady

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Gov. Rick Scott continues to preach from the Book of Low Taxation while a choir of number crunchers sings about more people going to work. The Florida jobless rate remained unchanged in January at 5.7 percent, above the national rate of 5.5 percent but showing an increase of 13,900 jobs compared to December and 274,000 more jobs than a year ago, according to the Department of Economic Opportunity. ā€œFloridaā€™s exceptional economic turnaround makes it clear that we are enacting policies…

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U.S. adds a robust 295K jobs; jobless rate falls to 5.5%

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U.S. employers extended a healthy streak of hiring in February by adding 295,000 jobs, the 12th straight monthly gain above 200,000. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent from 5.7 percent. But the decline in the rate occurred mainly because some people out of work stopped looking for jobs and were no longer counted as unemployed. The strong job gains weren’t enough to boost wages by much. The average hourly wage rose just 3…

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Jeff Greene to outline ‘Jobs for Florida Plan’ in Miami today

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On Monday, July 5 at 1:30 pm, Democratic Senate candidate Jeff Greene will be in Miami to meet with local community leaders in Liberty City to discuss jobs and economic development. During the campaign stop, Greene will outline portions of “The Jobs for Florida Plan” aimed at helping workers and small business owners in distressed communities. Jeff Greene is running for the U.S. Senate to revitalize Florida’s economy. Creating jobs is a center piece of his platform and as a…

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