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Nine St. Pete businesses make prestigious Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies

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Nine companies based in St. Pete have made the 2015 Inc. 5000 list. The list is an annual ranking of the nation’s fastest growing private companies. Trident Technical Solutions, a veteran-owned small business that helps with staffing and recruitment services, is the top-ranked company, coming in at number 446 on the list. The company has grown more than 1,000 percent and has an annual revenue of $3.4 million. The next St. Pete company to make the list is Tower Cloud.…

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St. Pete looks to create public-private economic development corporation

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St. Pete could soon be more aggressively chasing down employers to expand or open up shop in Mayor Rick Kriseman’s beloved Sunshine City. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the city is looking to capitalize on its downtown boom to attract quality businesses providing jobs in the marine science and healthcare fields. To do that, city officials are looking into launching an economic development corporation similar to that in Hillsborough County that would be a public-private partnership. Currently the city’s…

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Tampa Bay region adds 31,000 jobs in past year, unemployment drops to 5.4%

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Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday that the Tampa area added 31,800 jobs between July 2014 and July 2015, causing a 1.1 percentage-point drop in the region’s unemployment. “With the second-highest number of jobs of all areas in the state last month, the Tampa economy continues to thrive,” Scott said in the announcement. “We will keep working to cut taxes and grow opportunities to make Florida the global destination for jobs.” The tourism industry added 14,400 jobs during the 12-month period…

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Rick Scott announces that Tampa company will expand to create 108 new jobs

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A Florida company is expanding to create a total of 108 new jobs in the state. Tampa Tank, Inc. and Florida Structural Steel will add 24 jobs to its Ybor City headquarters and another 84 to a manufacturing facility in Gibsonton. “Manufacturing companies like Tampa Tank provide great jobs for Florida families, which is why we eliminated the sales tax on manufacturing equipment to create more opportunities for manufacturers to succeed in our state. We look forward to Tampa Tank’s…

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CareerSource Florida booming for second year in a row

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CareerSource Florida provided training and employment services to a record number of businesses for the second year in a row. In a statement, Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced nearly 125,000 businesses received employee services between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015. That represents a 23 percent increase over the previous year. The agency also helped more than 445,000 Floridians find employment during that period. “Because CareerSource Florida is connecting job creators with important employment and training services, Florida businesses…

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Florida adds 13,700 jobs in July, new report shows

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The July ADP Regional Employment Report estimates Florida added 13,700 jobs for the month, with most new jobs in the service-producing sector. The report pegs the Sunshine State as the second-best performer in the South region, with Texas taking the top spot after adding 15,500 last month. Nationally, California had the biggest gain at 27,600 jobs. The Florida numbers are short of the state’s six-month average of 15,910 new jobs a month, which spiked after a 21,400-job gain in June. Released…

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Rick Scott announces Frontier Communications Corp. to expand, add jobs in Deland

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Gov. Rick Scott’s office announced Thursday that Internet and phone service provider Frontier Communications will expand its operations in DeLand, adding 400 jobs and making about $2.5 million in capital investments. “I am excited to announce that 400 jobs will be created in Deland thanks to Frontier Communications’ newest expansion,” Scott said in a news release. ”This great news means hundreds of new opportunities will be available to families in Volusia County.” Deland Mayor Bob Apgar and Department of Economic Opportunity chief Jesse Panuccio…

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