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Business & Industry Services

Business and Industry Services offers expert assistance at every stage of your company's development.

Whether you’re:

  • Establishing or locating a new business
  • Expanding an existing business
  • Relocating an existing business

Our specialized teams include dedicated professionals located in:

  • Our B & I Development Team consists of our Raleigh office, focusing on nationwide and international resources and opportunties, while regional offices offer expert assistance specific to the state’s seven economic development regions.
  •  International Offices, which help foreign companies locate in North Carolina and North Carolina companies do business overseas.
  • The Business ServiCenter, a one-stop shop for assistance in starting, relocating or expanding your business.

Our full list of services includes.

 

Research and Analysis

  • Labor market analysis
  • Wage data and comparisons
  • Custom tax analysis
  • State-to-state comparisons
  • Climatological data
  • Legal aspects
  • Costs of conducting business analysis
  • Customize site location/community research and investigation

Site Evaluation and Selection

  • Statewide building and site database
  • Recommendation of appropriate building and sites
  • Location, site and topographical maps and photographs
  • Community/site evaluation based on project needs
  • Personalized building/site/community tours
  • Logistics/travel assistance
  • Statewide network of allies

Human Resources

  • Labor market data
  • Identification of qualified workforce
  • Employee recruiting and screening
  • Wage and benefit surveys
  • Labor productivity data
  • Current employer interviews
  • Customized worker training

Environmental assistance

  • Permitting assistance
  • Site/building evaluation
  • Recycling consultation
  • Mediation between company and state environmental regulators
  • Services of an environmental consultant without regulatory interferences
  • Identification of opportunities to reduce costs in handling pollution/waste products

Financial program guidance

  • Tax credits for qualified businesses
  • Low-interest loans
  • Industrial Revenue Bonds
  • Energy Improvement Program
  • Coordinated state, regional and local incentive programs
  • Assistance with infrastructure improvements
  • Expediting of permits and applications
  • Customized worker training

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