Guelph Awarded $35,000 to Attract Foreign Direct Investment

The City of Guelph in Ontario has been awarded $35,000 in funding from Global Affairs Canada as part of their Invest Canada – Community Initiatives program (ICCI). The funding will be used by the City to promote the Building Partnerships initiative to both Canadian and foreign investors.

“This Global Affairs…

Union County, South Carolina

“ Our County may be small in numbers, but we are competitive by nature which is one reason why we have been successful in targeting our growing industry clusters—advanced manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics– through a three-step process by:  1) thinking globally, 2) embracing regionalism and 3) putting words into…

Cape Fear Region

The Cape Fear Region is made up of Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender Counties in southeastern North Carolina. “We have come together only recently as a region to market the assets we have to offer; we want to share those assets with folks looking at making an expansion or…

Worker Friendly Overtime Ruling in California

Overtime pay in California is based on the employee’s “regular rate of pay,” which is not always an employee’s normal hourly wage and must include almost all forms of pay that the employee receives.

But how do you calculate the regular rate of pay when an employee receives…

City of Maricopa 2018 Economic Summit

On Thursday, April 26, the City of Maricopa in Arizona will host the 2018 Economic Summit: Where Entrepreneurs Meet Opportunity. The summit will include a rich discussion on the City’s entrepreneurial assets with keynote speaker Mo Collins, a New Economy Specialist with over 20 years of academic, non-profit…