Entrepreneur builds up property improvement company — with plans for more growth

A Scottish business owner moved stateside to start a new dream — buying and building up a company focused on property improvements.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. June 29, 2018
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Lori Sax. John Smyth is the CEO of Above & Beyond Property Improvement.
Lori Sax. John Smyth is the CEO of Above & Beyond Property Improvement.
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From his backyard in Scotland, John Smyth typed the words “Sarasota place to live” into an internet search.

 

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