by CareerSource NEFL | Jan 12, 2024 | Finance
A wave of minimum wage increases is on the way in 2024 (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) — Minimum wages are going up in dozens of cities and states on Jan. 1, in large part because of automatic increases set by legislation. The highest minimum...
by CareerSource NEFL | Jan 5, 2024 | Finance
Jacksonville tumbles in foreign investment rankings (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) — Although Jacksonville once again got high marks in the amount of “aftercare” it provides foreign companies looking to expand in the U.S., the city...
by CareerSource NEFL | Dec 29, 2023 | Finance
Meet the inaugural class of Rising Stars: Finance (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) — Jacksonville is a growing city — and growing younger city, with more and more people seeing the First Coast as a good place to start their career. In the decades...
by CareerSource NEFL | Dec 22, 2023 | Finance
End of key tax break could spell doom — and surprise bills — for some businesses (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) — Karamedica is a small, 7-year-old biomedical startup in Raleigh, North Carolina, whose lifeblood has been a pair of grants from the...
by CareerSource NEFL | Dec 15, 2023 | Finance
Community First buys property for Beachwalk branch in St. Johns County (Courtesy of the Downtown Daily Record) — Community First Credit Union announced Nov. 2 it bought a 1.23-acre site at Beachwalk in St. Johns County for development of its 23rd branch...
by CareerSource NEFL | Dec 8, 2023 | Finance
Jacksonville investors acquire The Claxton Bank in Georgia (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily Record) — A group of Jacksonville investors led by former EverBank executive Scott Verlander has acquired control of a South Georgia Bank. Southern Bankshares Inc.,...