Workplace COVID-19 tests, April brings optimism to Greenville business climate, BMW Pro-Am, Legacy Square

Development underway for workplace COVID-19 testing

As industry begins to reopen across the state, life science companies turn their sights to expanding COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody testing options for the workplace. A high-throughput COVID-19 diagnostic program and smartphone-based employee welness platform using an RFID thermometer is in the works at Greenville-based Precision Genetics.

April more optimistic for Greenville business than expected

Another survey launched by the Greenville Chamber, city of Greenville and Greenville Area Development Corporation charts an increase in optimism among business owners despite a 45% cut in gross income over the month of April.

BMW Charity Pro-Am hosts Tournament Week of Giving

BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by Synnex Corp. will support local charities through a Tournament Week of Giving hosted June 1-7 in lieu of its canceled 2020 tournament. The event will feature an online auction beginning at 10 a.m. on June 1.

Addition to Verdae’s Legacy Square named after late CEO

The newest addition to Verdae’s Legacy Square will be dubbed The Sumerel in honor of the development’s late president and CEO, Rick Sumerel. The 50,000-square-foot mixed-use space at Rocky Slope Road will house NHE Inc.’s new headquarters, Willson Jones Carter and Baxley, DeHollander and Janse Financial Group and a newly announced AO-The Space, a day spa and salon.

SCDOT projects $78 million revenue reduction

The S.C. Department of Transportation projects a $78 million revenue reduction as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on gas tax and car sales receipts.The forecast predicts a $54 million shortfall in gas tax revenue and a $24 million decrease in vehicle sales tax through July

DHEC exceeds goal of testing 2% of population for COVID-19

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has exceeded its goal of testing 2% of the state’s population, or 110,000 people, for COVID-19 by May 31. DHEC announced Tuesday that 110,316 tests have been performed in South Carolina since May 1.

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