SCBIZ Daily for Oct. 1, 2020

Pine View Buildings establishing Barnwell County operations

The outdoor storage building manufacturer is investing more than $1.4 million in a new manufacturing and storage facility expected to create 55 jobs. The N.C.-based company was founded in 2013.

The Harbor prepares to open West Ashley workspace

West Ashley’s Epic Center welcomes another tenant, The Harbor Entrepreneur Center, which partners with area business leaders to support regional startups and developing entrepreneurs. Harbor center founder John Osborne previously served on the West Ashley Revitalization Committee and was drawn to the long-term vision and activity of the Epic Center.

Engineering firm investing $9.1M in Marion County facility

Florence-based Rivers Plumbing and Electric Inc.’s new facility in Mullins is expected to create 150 jobs and be operational by the first quarter of 2021. The location is the company’s fourth in South Carolina.

Truist grant for CommunityWorks to support small business

CommunityWorks received a $300,000 grant from Truist Financial Corp. to support small businesses facing the effects of COVID-19 throughout South Carolina, with $50,000 bound for companies in Spartanburg.

Southwest offers nonstop flights from GSP to Houston

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport customers can now book nonstop Southwest Airlines flights to Houston's William P. Hobby International Airport for November. The destination joins Atlanta and Baltimore in Southwestern's lineup for nonstop flights from the Upstate airport.

Microsoft: Ransomware is fastest growing scam attempt

In a new report on “digital defense,” Microsoft says it blocked over 13 billion malicious and suspicious emails in the last year, and more than 1 billion of them were URLs set up to launch phishing credentials attacks.

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