Best Places to Work
Magical moments
Vaco Richmond prioritizes employee autonomy
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2023 BEST PLACES TO WORK — LARGE EMPLOYERS WINNER The pandemic put a damper on workplace culture, which was particularly difficult for service-oriented organizations like Vaco, a Tennessee-based national staffing
13th annual Best Places to Work
2023 winners of small, midsize and large categories
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This is the 13th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied
Health first
SmartEdge IT prioritizes employee health and well-being
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2023 BEST PLACES TO WORK — SMALL EMPLOYERS WINNER SmartEdge IT LLC, a Herndon-based business software development company, places a high premium on employee health and well-being. SmartEdge pays 100%
A balancing act
Best workplaces grapple with hybrid challenges
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While there was no way to predict that a global pandemic would disrupt office life as we knew it, one Virginia-based company already had a grip on one trend impacting
Business Person of the Year
By the book
The 7 habits of the highly effective Stephen Moret
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On a sunny, crisp fall morning in late October, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam stood at a lectern in the atrium of Danville’s Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, announcing to
Health-care visionary
The innovative leader of Inova Health System has embarked on his most ambitious project
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Knox Singleton, CEO, Inova Health System, Fairfax is the 2015 Virginia Business Person of the Year
Turnaround CEO
Nassetta transforms ‘sleeping giant’ into the world’s largest hotel company
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2014 Virginia Business Person of the Year
Christopher J. Nassetta
President and CEO Hilton Worldwide, McLean
2013 Virginia Business Person of the Year
Tonya Mallory wants to revolutionize the practice of medicine in the U.S.
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Tonya Mallory, Chief executive officer of Health Diagnostic Laboratory in Richmond is the 2013 Virginia Business Person of the Year.
CEO Pay
Them’s the brakes
Top CEOs saw flat pay growth in 2022, with bonuses down
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Total compensation for S&P 500 CEOs nationwide last year marked its smallest year-over-year increase since 2015, with pay increasing 0.9% from 2021. Here in Virginia, CEOs faced even greater headwinds
DXC rejects buyout proposal from Asian firm
Ashburn tech company was approached in September
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Ashburn-based Fortune 500 company DXC Technology Inc. has ended buyout talks after a “financial sponsor” failed to raise enough capital, the company announced Monday. DXC was approached in late September
Virginia CEO pay report
Executive compensation at Virginia’s major public companies
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All about the Benjamins
Despite pandemic, Va. CEO pay was up in 2020
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After a tumultuous and unpredictable pandemic year, the executives leading Virginia’s largest publicly traded companies still brought home sizable pay increases in 2020. While median salaries for Virginia’s top CEOs
Coronavirus 2020
Va. CEOs say labor shortages, inflation hurting business
Sales, employment expectations lower than Q1, Q2
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Labor shortages and inflation are negatively impacting Virginia businesses, and expectations for sales, employment and capital spending are less positive than during the previous two quarters, according to the third
April Va. hotel revenues down slightly from pre-pandemic
Lagging NoVa hotel market drives state numbers down
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Virginia hotel revenues in April were down 3.5% compared with pre-pandemic April 2019 revenues, largely due to the lagging Northern Virginia market, according to data released Wednesday by STR Inc.,
Va. CEOs expect increased sales despite shortages
In Q1 survey, 70% expect sales to increase in next six months
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About 70% of CEOs expect sales to increase in the next six months, despite supply chain and labor shortages, according to the first quarter CEO Economic Outlook survey conducted by
Va. hotels expect 28% drop in 2022 biz travel revenue
National revenues expected to be 23% below pre-pandemic levels
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Virginia hotel revenue from business travel this year is projected to be down 28.3% from pre-pandemic levels, or about $674 million less than the $2.39 billion the lodging industry took
Fantastic 50
Veterans helping veterans
Vet-owned tech firm contracts for U.S. Veterans Affairs
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September 2019 was a big month for B3 Group Inc. The Herndon-based information technology services company was among the contract winners for a $686 million task order from the U.S.
2020 Virginia’s Fantastic 50
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A list of Virginia’s fastest-growing companies, the 2020 Fantastic 50. Subscribe to Virginia Business. Get our daily e-newsletter.
A catalyst for change
Alpha Omega Integration focuses on customers, workers
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An unhappy customer was the engine for change at Alpha Omega Integration LLC — and is a major factor the Vienna-based information technology solutions company attributes to its success. Alpha
Charting growth
Fairfax County is home to state’s fastest-growing companies
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As the Virginia Chamber of Commerce marks its 25th year of celebrating the commonwealth’s 50 fastest-growing companies, this unfortunately will be the first year that Virginia’s Fantastic 50 award winners
Generous Virginians Project
The 50 largest Virginia charities
The 2023 list of the commonwealth’s major charities as ranked by Candid.
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Great expectations
Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift
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In the mid-1990s, Diane and Paul Manning were thinking about moving from New Jersey with their three children. Like many families, they took many factors into consideration. “One of the
Donations by companies and corporate foundations
A sample of donations of at least $100,000 made to Virginia nonprofits in 2022.
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Check the numbers: Donations by individuals and family foundations; total corporate donations Read more: Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift
Donations by individuals and family foundations
A sample of gifts and pledges of $1 million or more made to or announced by Virginia nonprofits in 2022.
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Read more: Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift Check the numbers: Donations by companies and corporate foundations; total corporate donations
Hampton Roads Business Guide
Flying high
Norfolk airport sees banner year
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Norfolk International Airport is on track to have the best year since its 1938 opening. In June, the airport reported a 7.5% increase in passenger activity, with 431,637 passengers —
An overview of Hampton Roads
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With a population of 1.79 million people in 17 localities, Hampton Roads is the second most populated region of Virginia, just behind Northern Virginia. Virginia Beach, with approximately 457,000 residents,
Space race
Class A office, industrial space in high demand
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Leaders of a regional engineering firm figured finding office space in the Town Center of Virginia Beach would be a breeze. Newspapers were reporting that demand for offices was down
A rising tide
Port lifts Hampton Roads office, industrial markets
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The Port of Virginia continues to drive commercial real estate activity in Hampton Roads as shipping and logistics companies seek footholds. The region’s office vacancy rate rose this year —
Legal Elite
Construction Law 2022
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Stephan F. Andrews O’Hagan Meyer PLLC, Richmond Bruce E. Arkema Durrette Arkema Gerson & Gill PC Richmond William E. Artz William E. Artz PC Tysons D. Stan Barnhill
Immigration Law 2022
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Hadeel Abouhasira Fragomen New York Pratibha K. Agarwal Agarwal Law Group Arlington Miriam Ruth Airington-Fisher Airington Law Glen Allen D. Earl Baggett Williams Mullen Richmond William J. Benos Williams Mullen
2022 Labor/Employment Law Q&A
Elizabeth M. Ebanks
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Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Richmond Title: Equity shareholder Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree and MBA, University of Richmond Family: My lovely and very active toddler, Isadora, and
Young Lawyer 2022
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Brandon S. Allred Kaufman & Canoles PC Norfolk Carly M. Anderson Cooper Ginsberg Gray PLLC Fairfax Jessica C. Beatty Stiles Ewing Powers PC Richmond Clark J. Belote Kaufman & Canoles
Maritime Guide
New rules
Shipping bill takes aim at inflation
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In theory, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) would, among other things, help reduce inflation by adding transparency to container handling fees. In practice, though, it’s not that simple. When
Building a hub
Fairwinds Landing to support offshore wind, defense, shipping
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Fairwinds Landing LLC is demolishing dilapidated infrastructure, preparing to construct new facilities and signing tenants as it transforms Norfolk Southern Corp.’s Lambert’s Point Docks in Norfolk into Fairwinds Landing, a
Port of Virginia
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The Port of Virginia again set a cargo record in fiscal year 2022, handling 3.7 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) and surpassing its 2021 record by 14.7%. The six-terminal port,
Electric avenue
Trucking companies enter era of electric vehicles
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Electric trucks still have some shortcomings — including difficulties covering long distances, and the fact that it’s taken manufacturers as long as five years to deliver on some vehicle orders
Regional Report
Generation next
A new cohort of regional economic developers band together
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There’s a new wave of “super collaborators” driving economic development in the Roanoke and New River valleys. Many of the top positions in the region’s public and private sector economic
A Roanoke reawakening
Regional revitalization strategies gain traction
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The Roanoke area is anything but sleepy when it comes to economic development these days. In fact, “the opportunity for Roanoke is greater now than it has been in quite
Scott Ukrop joins New Richmond Ventures
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He has been named director of business development.
New normal in downtown D.C.
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Consistent rental rate growth appears unlikely, says Studley report.
Site Locator
Virginia’s Fortune 500 companies
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Virginia continues to perform well on the Fortune 500, with 21 companies from the commonwealth making the 2022 list, which ranks the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the United
Youngkin, CNBC see room for growth in Va.
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In July, Virginia ceded the top spot in CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business rankings to neighboring North Carolina, with Virginia taking third place in the annual list. Virginia had
Big deals
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These are some of the state’s biggest economic development announcements in 2021 and 2022, expected to create at least 100 jobs each. CENTRAL VIRGINIA Chesterfield County: Lego Group, the manufacturer
2021 Virginia Business Site Locator
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Welcome to the 2021 Virginia Business Site Locator Guide! Inside you’ll learn how Virginia stacks up, how Virginia companies rank and learn about big deals in all regions of the
Super CPAs
Commonwealth formally transfers Fort Monroe land to National Park Service
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Historic site will become national monument.
Top CPAs offer insights on their accounting fields
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Introduction to a special report of
the 2013 Super CPAs as well as
twelve Super CPAs profiles and lists by category
The Big Book
Civilian life
Community colleges train veterans for new careers
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Paul Valentine is on a winding career path. After leaving the Army more than a decade ago, he got his commercial driver’s license at Blue Ridge Community College in Weyers
Virginia CEO pay report
Executive compensation at Virginia’s major public companies
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Chambers of commerce
A sampling of statewide chambers and business organizations from around the commonwealth
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STATEWIDE Asian American Chamber of Commerce | Tysons | (571) 633-9754 asian-americanchamber.org Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce | Ashland | (804) 344-1540 aabac.org Virginia Chamber of Commerce | Richmond |
Crying wolf?
Recession predictions abound, but no downturn yet
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It’s “the most predicted potential recession in memory,” Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President and CEO Tom Barkin quipped in January, but it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe. During the first
Virginia CFO Awards
Making an impact
CFO stakes claim in rural community development
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Virginia Business’ 2023 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Small nonprofit | Clyde Cornett, Executive vice president and CFO
Fate in finances
CFO has lifelong connection to Boys & Girls Clubs
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Virginia Business’ 2023 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large Nonprofit | Jim Barker, chief financial officer Delta Dental
Leading by example
Markel Food Group CFO prioritizes mentorship
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Virginia Business’ 2023 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large business | Cindy Yao, CFO and executive vice president
More than bean counters
From talent shortages to AI, finance chiefs face challenges
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Chief financial officers have long been tasked with managing the fiscal responsibilities of companies — everything from financial planning to tracking cash flow. But increasingly, other C-suite executives and board
Virginia Meetings
Rolling with the punches
Meeting planners adjust in pandemic’s second year
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Flexibility is once again the name of the game for meeting planners in 2021. In 2020, most planners’ clients postponed or canceled conferences, while others decided to go virtual instead
Virginia’s largest conference hotels
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Related: Despite pandemic, hotels press forward Meeting planners roll with the punches
Be our guest
Despite pandemic and staff shortage, hotels press forward
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It’s no secret that the hospitality industry is hurting from the ongoing pandemic. Although widespread shutdowns are in the past, hotel executives are now challenged by the sector’s labor shortage
2020 Virginia Meetings
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Welcome to the second issue of Virginia Meetings. Below you’ll find content about how hotels have reopened with caution during the pandemic and how virtual conferences have become the new
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2021 Virginia Economic Expectations Survey
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2023 Economic Expectations Survey Results
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Read VSCPA member interviews and more about the survey.
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2023 Interviews
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SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA Tara E. Adams, CPA Partner | Adams & Delp PC | Wytheville What are the benefits of living and working in Southwest Virginia? I love the mountain scenery,
Belabored shortages
Labor woes, inflation expected to persist
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Faced with a shortage of drivers, Trevor Dunlap had to find a new way to recruit interested candidates for his Chesapeake-based trucking and warehousing companies, Givens Transportation Inc. and Givens
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2022 Virginia Economic Expectations Survey interviews
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HAMPTON ROADS Richard E. Groover, CPA Shareholder | Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer PC Norfolk What local industries/sectors do you think have potential for growth? Continued growth around the Port of
