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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 11, 2023
Tampa company acquires Chicago health care cleaning services firm

Tampa-based The Facilities Group acquired National Healthcare Resources of Chicago, a provider of health care-environment support services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 2, 2024
Global insurance firm buys Fort Myers brokerage, affiliate

Global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Fort Myers-based Specialty Risk Management Services LLC and its affiliate, Private Client Insurance Services.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 13, 2024
Naples construction firm buys area remodeling business for $2M

The Henning Company in Naples has picked up Residential Maintenance Solutions and will merge it to create a new operation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2012
Prostate-screening advice hits company

New advice for prostate-cancer screens is hitting one company hard.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2018
Marketing and PR agency expands with acquisition

Fort Myers-based Conric PR & Marketing was founded in 2007.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2015
Entrepreneur help desk

Entrepreneurs in Lee County who need help starting and growing their business have lots of choices when it comes to getting help.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 10, 2025
EDC president aids community by helping to catch human traffickers

Bill Cronin, a top economic development official by day, uses a particular set of skills he has learned over years to help a team of people hunt down human traffickers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2012
Lee County Tax Collector dies

Catherine Curtis served as Lee County Tax Collector since 2000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2016
Ring of new business

Bonita Springs-based Atilus, a digital design and online marketing company, recently added a unique client to its fast-growing business roster.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2014
Holiday spirit in full gear

Squaremouth, a St. Petersburg-based software firm that compares travel insurance products and prices, is redefining naughty and nice this holiday season.

  • News
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 22, 2025
Free ride service launches in Palmetto, Bradenton

Freebee provides complimentary rides in electric vehicles.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2010
UCF releases new forecast

Economists say 2010 marks the start of a slow recovery effort for Florida.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 28, 2012
Tumble Up

The juggernaut ways continued at Tervis Tumbler in 2012. The company hopes to keep the growth flowing in 2013.

  • Strategies
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 27, 2025
Sarasota, Fort Myers marketing firms merge

Avenue Media and Vectra Digital are teaming up to form a marketing agency for companies in the building, construction and home services industry.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2019
Marketing agency adds digital brand

Wilson Creative Group in Naples launches Sprickit Digital to expand its menu of creative services.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2017
Five noted business leaders join hospice board

Joe Gammons and Trudi Williams are among the new board members at Hope Healthcare Services.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 8, 2024
Janitorial company lays off 438 Florida employees, 188 locally

GDI Integrated Facilities Services, a Montreal janitorial and cleaning services company, is cutting 1,867 U.S. employees after its contract to work at some Amazon warehouses was canceled.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 30, 2012
Queue It Up

Modernizing an industry can be tricky. A young and ambitious entrepreneur is giving it a shot.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 8, 2013
Find the veins

Joseph Magnant is a vascular surgeon who uses technology to find new patients. He plans to sell his idea to other physicians.

  • Industries
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 18, 2025
Tampa financial services group acquires CPA firm

The William Stanley CFO Group, a Tampa-based financial services company, announced the purchase of another local firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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