Economic Development

CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) has acquired Jenkins & Vojtisek SC, a certified public accounting firm based in Racine.

Mason Wells, a Milwaukee-based middle-market buyout firm, announced that effective immediately, Thomas Smith will assume the role of executive managing director, succeeding John Byrnes, who has held the position since the inception of the company in 1998.

U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, as the national unemployment rate remained at 7.8 percent, the Labor Department announced.

Spring Bank announced that it will move from its current location at 16655 W. Wisconsin Ave., Brookfield, to a larger location at 16620 W. Bluemound Road, Brookfield.

Milwaukee private equity firm Mason Wells announced its portfolio company, NEX Performance Films Inc. has acquired Charter Films Inc.

Wastebuilt Environmental Solutions LLC has acquired Stepp Equipment Company in Menomonee Falls.

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A prominent coalition of professional economic forecasters is predicting more modest growth in 2013, but they expect the rate of growth to accelerate later in the year.

Wisconsin businesses reported better trends in 2012, with more than 50 percent of businesses reporting increased sales, according to The First Business Economic Survey for Dane County, Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties and the northeast region of Wisconsin.

Todd Sivak, partner at Sivak Financial Group in Brookfield, has earned a Certified Family Business Specialist certification.