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Every state talks about its positive business climate.
In Virginia, we’ve let others do the talking. For the fourth straight year, Virginia
is ranked the Best State for Business by Forbes.com. And, Virginia is the
Top State for Business according to CNBC. In each analysis, cost of doing business,
quality of workforce, and regulatory environment all drove Virginia to the top.
A Virginia business location will positively impact your bottom line. Let us show
you how.
- Streamlined permitting process
- Recruitment training programs to help new businesses
become operational faster
- Right-to-work law allows individuals the right to work
regardless of membership in a labor union or organization
- AAA bond rating
- 6 percent corporate income tax rate has not been increased
since 1972
- Programs at little or no cost to help businesses increase
international sales
- 29 publicly-funded and nonprofit small business incubators
- The Richmond Metro Area placed among Forbes.com’s top
ten Best
Places For Business And Careers: 2008 while Lynchburg, Northern Virginia,
Virginia Beach, and Roanoke placed within the top 100 large metro areas
nationwide. Additionally, Charlottesville and Blacksburg were chosen among
the top ten Best Small Places For Business And Careers while Winchester
and Harrisonburg were ranked among the top 50 small metro areas nationwide.
- In Governing Magazine’s Government Performance
Project, Grading
the States 2008 survey, Virginia earned an overall grade of A- for management
of state government. This is a testament to Virginia's long term planning
and management of money, people, infrastructure, and information. Two other
states, Utah and Washington, received an A- grade, and the national average
was B-. Virginia also received an A- ranking in the most recent “Grading
the States” assessment in 2005.
- Chief Executive Magazine ranked Virginia as
the 4th Best State for Business in its 2008
CEO Confidence Index.
- Virginia ranked 6th in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s
2008 State Liability Systems Study at doing the best job of creating a fair
and reasonable litigation environment as evaluated by corporate America.
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