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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • March 17, 2021
KnowBe4 buys security firm MediaPro

KnowBe4's purchase of MediaPro will allow Clearwater-based IT security company to expand its privacy and compliance training modules.

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  • March 16, 2021
BRP Group promotes trio to C-Suite positions

Tampa-based insurance firm BRP Group Inc. elevates three current executives to new roles

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  • March 15, 2021
DataLink Software hires chief technology officer

Lynn Mettler brings a quarter-century of technology-related experience to new executive job at Tampa-based DataLink Software.

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  • March 12, 2021
Epicurean Hotel names new general manager and executive chef

Epicurean Hotel owner Mainsail Lodging & Development has tapped two company veterans to run operations at the Hyde Park hospitality project in South Tampa.

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  • March 10, 2021
Restaurant tech firm backed by Lightning owner names new CEO

Clearwater-based Omnivore also named a chief revenue officer.

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  • March 10, 2021
Bank, focused on climate issues, names pair of executives

Edmund O’Carroll and Brian Kruse join values-based Climate First Bank ahead of its scheduled Spring opening in St. Petersburg.

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  • March 9, 2021
Longtime county economic development chief to retire

Mike Meidel has worked as the director of Pinellas County Economic Development since 2004. He plans to leave the job at the end of next month.

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  • March 8, 2021
Area bank surpasses $1 billion in PPP loans

First Home Bank's CreditBench division's lending of PPP funds is part of the COVID-19 Relief Act passed in 2020 by Congress.

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  • March 5, 2021
Area man arrested in alleged securities investment scam

Office of Financial Regulation accuses Claude Saint Jean of role in alleged affinity fraud investment scheme and acting as securities dealer without a license

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  • March 4, 2021
Area college teams up with Emmy Award-winning video production studio

Partnership between University of Tampa and Emmy Award-winning video production studio will provide film students with hands-on experience in the industry

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  • March 3, 2021
Developer debuts movie theater of the future in region

Two-story Grove Theater, Bistro and Entertainment complex will feature a restaurant with in-movie dining, sushi bar, spin bike room, comedy club, acting studio and game arcade.

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  • March 2, 2021
Chicago pizza chain makes Florida debut in region

Billy Bricks Wood Fired Pizza adds to Chicago restaurant portfolio in Clearwater

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  • March 1, 2021
Flood insurance firm receives $100 million capital infusion

HCI Group subsidiary TypTap Insurance Group will use Centerbridge Partners’ $100 million investment to expand nationally.

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  • February 26, 2021
Bayfront Health names top medical, nursing officers

Dr. Trina Espinola and Lorraine Parker had worked in interim capacities prior to their promotions at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg.

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  • February 25, 2021
National outdoor specialty retailer to make debut in region

REI Co-Op's 23,000-square-foot outdoor specialty store to kick off a wave of retail and other debuts within $500 million Midtown Tampa mixed-use development

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