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  • By Andrick & Associates |
  • July 18, 2025
Local Connections Power Andrick’s Printing and Direct Mail Success

In an era dominated by online transactions and outsourced services, Sarasota-based Andrick & Associates has embraced a different approach: staying local.

  • Andrick & Associates
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 13, 2024
Florida's 573 Family Dollar stores in crosshairs as chain closes 1,000 stores

Dollar Tree announced Wednesday that it is closing 970 Family Dollar and 30 Dollar Tree stores, starting with 600 early this year.

  • Florida
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 18, 2024
Sarasota EDC awards SRQ airport chief its highest honor

The Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County surprised Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport's Rick Piccolo with the Clyde Nixon Leadership Award at its annual meeting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 10, 2024
4K sheltered at SMH during Milton, 7 babies delivered

Medical evacuees and pets were among those receiving shelter and care at Sarasota Memorial Hospital's two hospitals and freestanding ER as Hurricane Milton arrived.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 27, 2025
Bank of America pushes minimum wage to $25 an hour

The move impacts more than 800 employees in the Naples, Fort Myers, Sarasota and Bradenton metro areas.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 30, 2025
State College of Florida breaks ground on $40M Parrish campus

The campus in north Manatee County will provide general education courses, preparing students for universities or the workforce.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 24, 2026
White Castle, Sarasota company to deploy 1K burger kiosks across US

Automated Retail Technologies is rolling out its ready-to-eat meal kiosks filled with items from the popular burger chain.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 22, 2025
National firm acquires Tampa builder behind prominent projects

Construction management firm Moss announced Monday that it has acquired Tampa’s Ellison Construction.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 13, 2026
Tennis legend Mike Bryan lists St. Pete Beach home for $2.6M

The retired tennis professional and his wife bought the house on Boca Ciega Bay in 2024 as a weekend house.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 10, 2026
Wahlburgers opens at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport

Its SRQ outpost marks the fifth airport location for the celebrity-founded restaurant chain.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 26, 2026
Entrepreneur's Lido home lists for nearly $13 million

An author and co-founder of a health product company is selling her waterfront estate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 9, 2022
Jabil calls holiday plant closings and layoffs 'normal course of business'

St. Petersburg-based Jabil told California officials in October it was temporarily closing six plants and laying off about 1,400 employees for a few days.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 3, 2025
Funding cuts to youth jobs program leads to 120 layoffs in St. Pete

The U.S. Department of Labor has paused Job Corps centers operations nationally leading to the shuttering of a St. Petersburg center and the layoffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 29, 2026
Nonprofit to buy building for Sarasota apprenticeship academy

Suncoast Apprenticeship Academy has launched a $7.8 million fundraising campaign as it plans to purchase and renovate property on Fruitville Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • May 6, 2026
Tampa Bay among national leaders in coworking space growth

Both the number of offices and space in those offices is on the upswing in the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • May 13, 2026
'50s-inspired dining, nightlife and supper club coming to Tampa

The Sapphire: Lounge & Supper Club combines luxury dining with cocktails and live entertainment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 26, 2012
Title Town

Allegations of mortgage industry irregularities, mixed with connections to a controversial religion, confront a Gulf Coast company. But Nationwide Title Clearing has withstood the salvos.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 17, 2022
How to make your firm's women leadership program shine

The struggles some businesses face in cultivating successful women’s leadership programs, says a highly accomplished woman leader, can be rectified. 

  • Leadership
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 13, 2024
Fairgrounds operator seeks appreciation, less 'poking fun' from officials

The Sarasota County Fairgrounds operator calls the open space and civic buildings a community asset that runs "on its own dime."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By None |
  • January 12, 2022
Dairies in distress: Florida dairy farmers lobby for pandemic relief

‘This is a business where if you are not making more product, increasing production, your days are numbered,’ says one farmer.

  • Strategies
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