Press Releases
Governor Names Department of Commerce Secretary
Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that Machelle Sanders, current Secretary of the NC Department of Administration, will now serve as Secretary of the Department of Commerce. Sanders will replace Tony Copeland who stepped down at the end of January.
11 Exporters and Two Partners Receive N.C. Governor’s Awards
Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced 13 winners of the 2020 Governor’s Export Awards, ranging from a small wooden-boat builder in southeast North Carolina to one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in the world.
Governor Cooper Announces Gilead Sciences Will Create 275 Jobs in the Research Triangle Region
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq; GILD), a leading biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines, has selected North Carolina’s Research Triangle region as the location for a major business services and information technology hub, creating 275 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
North Carolina’s December County and Area Employment Figures Released
Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 55 of North Carolina’s counties in December, decreased in 28, and remained unchanged in 17. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 10.2 percent while Watauga County had the lowest at 4.3 percent.
29 Small Technology Companies Win Innovation Grants
Twenty-nine innovative companies across North Carolina have received grants to foster job creation and promote research and technological development in response to the pandemic, the Department of Commerce announced today.
North Carolina’s December Employment Figures Released
The state’s seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate was 6.2 percent, remaining unchanged from November’s revised rate. The national rate remained unchanged at 6.7 percent.
National Mortgage Company to Create Hundreds of New Jobs in Wake County
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., a California-based specialty financial services firm, will create more than 300 jobs in Wake County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
N.C. Small Businesses Take Advantage of Pandemic Financial Assistance, Show Interest in Recovery Tools
Most North Carolina small businesses remain open but have seen revenues decline in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results from a new survey of North Carolina small businesses released today by the Department of Commerce. The report also shows more than half of the respondents to
Clinical-Stage Gene Therapy Company Will Add More Than 200 Jobs in Durham County
Governor Roy Cooper announced today that Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc., a California-based gene therapy company targeting unmet medical needs in ocular and rare diseases, will invest $82.8 million for a new gene therapy manufacturing facility in Durham County.
North Carolina’s November County and Area Employment Figures Released
Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 76 of North Carolina’s counties in November, decreased in six, and remained unchanged in 18. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 10.5 percent while Watauga County had the lowest at 4.2 percent.
NC Commerce News
- Flooring Manufacturer Mohawk to Invest $87 Million in Davidson County Expansion
- North Carolina’s August County and Area Employment Figures Released
- Statements from Governor Roy Cooper and Commerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders on INEOS Automotive HQ Decision
- Governor Cooper Announces Corning Optical Communications Will Create 200 Jobs through Catawba County Expansion
- Software Company to Expand in New Hanover County with 104 New Jobs
