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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 15, 2009
Only option is winning

At Ambassador Limo, Ken Lucci has held true to a demanding management style. The result: a service company that continues to grow despite a challenging market.

  • Strategies
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 15, 2020
Area cleaning company grows by staying true to its niche

Crystal Clean Green Cleaning has made a few shifts to new opportunities during the pandemic, including launching a disinfectant service.

  • Strategies
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 14, 2023
258 jobs cut regionally, 161 at single Tampa Bay company

Three companies notified the state Monday that they were eliminating jobs in Tampa, Fort Myers and Oldsmar.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 14, 2023
Clearwater fire protection services firm acquired by Chicago company

Fortis Fire & Safety’s purchase of Piper Fire Protection comes on the heels of buying a similar business in Boyton Beach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2022
SMH announces plans to prepare for increased demand after Venice hospital shutters

In addition to expansions and transformations, Sarasota Memorial Hospital also announced it had hired almost 100 former ShorePoint Health employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 11, 2022
Prominent statewide business law firm acquires Tampa firm

Barnett’s merger with Gunster gives the West Palm Beach-based firm 51 attorneys in the Tampa Bay region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2022
Senior living firm, approaching $500M in revenue, picks up private equity investment

Discovery Senior Living was founded in 1998.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2010
Nov. 5 Earnings: WCG, HZO

WellCare and Odyssey Marine profit; MarineMax business model changing.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2010
Developer finds other business plentiful

Real estate developer Rob Morris knew he had to find work somewhere when the bubble burst.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2021
Area engineering firm merges with Michigan company

Waldrop Engineering was founded in 2020.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2021
Venice senior living community construction begins — set to bring 200 apartments

The luxury apartments will be located within master-planned community Wellen Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2021
Collectibles grading firm promotes pair of execs

Officials have a combined 50 years of experience at the Certified Collectibles Group.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2021
Cancer network names pair of executives

Network continues its national expansion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2021
18-year banking veteran promoted to market executive

Dorothy Blasingim has been instrumental to the services provided across 15 Regions bank locations.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2021
Construction begins on $30M senior center

New home for the Naples Senior Center could be open by the end of 2022.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2022
Equity firm plows investment into area landscaping company

Juniper Landscaping was founded in 2001.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2021
Area law firm expands services into Sarasota

Edward Livingston is often sought out as outside intellectual property counsel and serves as an expert witness in such cases.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 20, 2022
Hertz invests $19M in European electric vehicle company

The rental car firm makes another step in electric vehicle mobility movement.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 28, 2018
Area company certifies artifacts from Neil Armstrong collection

CAG is part of the Certified Collectibles Group of companies, which also includes certification services for coins, comic books and stamps.

  • News
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 25, 2016
In surprise move, CBRE returns

CBRE Group Inc.'s plan to set up shop and provide services to Southwest Florida marks a surprising homecoming, of sorts, for the nation's largest commercial real estate services firm.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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