Starting with a keynote address from Governor Rick Snyder and concluding with a meet-and-greet with the state’s new automotive adviser, Nigel Francis, MICHauto’s inaugural Michigan Automotive Summit was a resounding success. The daylong event held at the newly renovated COBO …
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Business Attraction Leads Trade Mission to China, Joins Governor in Beijing
Opportunities for China firms to invest in the Detroit region have never been greater, and the Chamber’s Business Attraction continues to provide potential investors the demographic and industry information they need in their investment decisions. Recently, Business Attraction’s Justin Robinson …
Continue ReadingDetroit Scholarship Fund Enrolls Over 500 Students in First Year
More than 500 Detroit high school graduates from the class of 2013 have enrolled as full-time community college students this fall, with the help of the new Detroit Scholarship Fund (DSF). Administered by the Detroit Regional Chamber, the DSF offers …
Continue ReadingChamber Hosts New Automotive Adviser, Promotes Industry at Frankfurt Auto Show
The Detroit Regional Chamber’s Business Attraction team attended the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany from Sept. 12-13. The event is the world’s most comprehensive auto show for vehicle developers and manufacturers. The Chamber coordinated research, and outreach for meetings …
Continue ReadingMICHauto’s ‘Michigan is Auto’ Piece Wins MEDA Award
The Detroit Regional Chamber’s MICHauto program received a prestigious Michigan Economic Developers Association (MEDA) award recently for its “Michigan is Auto” marketing piece. Maureen Krauss, the Chamber’s vice president of economic development-business attraction, and Rob Luce, program manager of MICHauto, …
Continue ReadingOpTech Repeats as a “Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For”
September 27, 2013 – OpTech, a Troy, Michigan-based information technology and engineering workforce solutions provider, announced today that the company has been named one of “Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” for the fourth time by …
Continue ReadingThe 50-Employee Threshold: Key Staffing Decisions
For employers skirting the 50 employee threshold, a key staffing decision related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be whether to move to more part-time workers. Even though employers of 50 or more full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) got a …
Continue ReadingFamilies to Pay $7,450 More Over the Next Ten Years? We Doubt It
A Forbes blog post on September 23 asserted that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will cost the average American family of four an additional $7,450 from 2014 through 2022. The estimate was derived by dividing Medicare actuaries’ estimated health care expenditures each …
Continue ReadingPure Michigan Business Connect Brings Michigan Companies to Seattle Supplier Summit
Eleven Michigan based companies connected with Boeing representatives last month at a Pure Michigan Business Connect (PMBC) led Seattle Supplier Summit. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s PMBC subsidized this out-of-state travel opportunity for the companies to pitch new products to 20 …
Continue ReadingThe Detroit Region’s Key Industry Drivers, 2010-2013
The Detroit region is one of a handful of regions that have outpaced the national average for job growth since 2010. During this period, the rate of job growth in the metro Detroit area has been at 7 percent, compared …
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