When it comes to new business opportunities for small businesses, there are two potentially lucrative markets that are sometimes overlooked: the state and local governments. In fact, the Commonwealth ...

What’s the Virginia SWaM Program you may ask yourself? The SWaM Procurement Initiative was established to enhance business opportunities for small, women and minority-owned businesses and to ensure a ...

Governor Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday signed Executive Order 20: Advancing Equity for Small, Women, and Minority Owned Businesses (SWaM), which expands contracting opportunities for small businesses in ...

The City of Virginia Beach has received the Governor’s 2013 Supplier Diversity Award. The award recognizes the city’s efforts to improve contracting for small businesses and those owned by women or ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Small, women, and minority-owned business owners got a chance to connect firsthand with contracting opportunities in Virginia Beach. Monday morning marked the city's second ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As the landscape of today's entrepreneurs diversifies, there's a resource in Virginia Beach specifically designed to help small business owners, women and minority groups ...