Briefs
By Lynn Wolstenholme
Openings
State Farm Insurance has opened a new office at 45593 Shepard Drive, Suite 201, Sterling. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
CVS has opened at 24795 Pinebrook Road in South Riding. The store is open 8 a.m.-10 p.m. seven days a week and has a full-service pharmacy.
Middleburg Bank, Circuit City and Five Below all have opened in Fort Evans Plaza, Leesburg.
FruitFlowers, a business that makes bouquets using fresh fruit, has opened at 43150 Broadlands Center Plaza, Ashburn, near BoneFish Grille. For more information go to www.FruitFlowers.com.
Whole Pet Central, a natural pet food and supply retail outlet, has opened in Ashburn Farm Market Center. For more information, go to www.wholepetcentral.com.
Leesburg resident Pam Early has opened a Bookkeeping Express office in the county. Services include setting up a chart of accounts and general ledger; monthly data entry; processing and managing accounts payable and accounts receivable; producing regular monthly reports; and tax reporting. For more information, call 703-669-5659.
Signs by Tomorrow
Dulles-based Signs by Tomorrow is celebrating 10 years in business. The store at 45449 Severn Way, Dulles, is still run by the Lawson family.
State tops in business
Forbes.com has ranked Virginia the Best State for Business. This is the third consecutive year Virginia has been top-ranked. It has won since the inception of the ranking in 2006.
Forbes.com examined economic climate, growth prospects, labor supply and regulatory environment.
Nova Medical honored
Nova Medical, which includes Nova Medical Group, Nova Urgent Care and The Medical Spa at Nova, has been awarded the Environmental Excellence Partner Recognition Award from Practice Greenhealth for its environmental efforts.
Nova Medical has four locations: Ashburn, Sterling, Leesburg and Warrenton.
Froots Smoothies new owner
Leesburg's Froots Smoothies in Lansdowne has a new owner, Tani Patel. Patel also owns the Froots Smoothies in Ashburn.
Menu items include smoothies, juices, shakes, salads and wraps. The store is open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sundays.
High Gear Truck Repair
High Gear Truck Repair at 341 N. Maple Ave., Purcellville, celebrated its first anniversary in July. Garage hours are 6 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday and on-call as needed. The hourly rate is $75.
High Gear, a division of Loudoun Stairs Inc., serves single-vehicle customers or entire fleets.
For more information, call 540-338-7400 or go to www.highgear.biz.
Miller & Smith honored
Miller & Smith has been named one of the top 10 medium-size companies to work for in the Washington Business Journal's annual survey of Best Places to Work.
More than 300 businesses were nominated via employee surveys.
Miller & Smith has 149 employees and is ranked No. 9 among medium-size companies.