WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) –To promote businesses, entrepreneurs and higher-paying jobs in the area, UNCW’s Entrepreneurship Center and the Greater Wilmington Business Journal will be presenting the Coastal Entrepreneur Awards this spring, according to a release from a Business Journal spokesperson.

Any company, new or old, in New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender counties is eligible, and according to a statement, businesses submitted for consideration “…Must be actively engaged in entrepreneurial activity – creating new products or services for people in the Wilmington region or beyond.”

Companies can either submit applications themselves or be nominated by clicking here.

Nominees will go through two rounds of judging. Category winners will be chosen by a group of judges selected from area business leaders as well as the competition’s sponsors.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Brunswick County’s unemployment rate decreased 0.6 percent in November when compared to the results from a year ago.

Of the 49,144 people in the labor force, 5,106 are unemployed, according to a report from the N.C. Department of Commerce’s Division of Employment Security. That 10.4 percent rate is down slightly from the 10.5 percent in October, which is an estimate subject to large seasonal patterns.

To read more about the report’s findings in the WECT viewing area, click here.

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