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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 19, 2023
Window manufacturer hires first apprentice out of high school program

The program is part of a push to find more local talent for the manufacturing industry.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2016
Real estate brokerage punts Michigan, lands in Sarasota

McMullen Properties Inc. was founded in 1910.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Help wanted in Lee County

With the unemployment rate dropping, finding good people has become a chief concern among business owners.

  • News
  • By Ted Carter |
  • March 23, 2018
British entrepreneur seeks to win over America with translation software

From a launch in Britain to now Southwest Florida, a tech entrepreneur has high hopes for his unique software firm.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2021
Digital securing firm opening office in region, adding 500 jobs

Virginia-based ID.me to open an office in Tampa and begin hiring for 500 jobs by the end of the year

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 13, 2020
BB&T marketing space in Sarasota

BB&T's downtown Sarasota offices and branch could be vacated in the wake of the bank’s merger with SunTrust

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 2, 2025
Manatee County medical manufacturing company acquired

Global medical device supplier Innovia Medical has acquired Hurricane Medical of Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 16, 2023
High-end SWFL movie theater to close

Speculation of a replacement for Silverspot focuses on a Texas chain.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2015
IT firm on global expansion mission names new CFO

Chris Hourigan leaves an accounting firm he started to help Global Convergence grow internationally.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 18, 2011
What's Your Score?

People crave an edge in the vast and vastly competitive world of online profiles. A new website aims to deliver just that.

  • Strategies
  • By James R. |
  • January 8, 2016
The Big Brand Theory

What does the future of marketing hold?

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2020
Task force to deliver report about potential corridor from Collier to Polk

The road is one of three the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance task force is evaluating.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2009
Government Digest

A look at government action from around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2018
Cleaning services giant sweeps into Florida

Kansas City-based SG360 sought more market share in Florida and Virginia.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 5, 2024
Tampa cleaning services firm awards more than $1M in performance bonuses

Diversified Maintenance, a commercial and industrial cleaning services firm, awarded more than $1 million in performance awards in 2023.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • December 18, 2024
Longtime Polk County, north Florida construction firms merge

The new company is looking forward to expanded brand presence in 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2010
Apprentice done, Nascar next?

For a guy with a broad smile and an easygoing demeanor, Jim Abrams thought he came off a little uptight next to Donald Trump for his national TV debut.

  • News
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 1, 2020
Fort Myers resort debt heads to special servicer

Columbia Sussex Corp. seeks waiver on commitments tied to Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort & Spa

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 14, 2014
A big cup

It took novice inventor William Merritt nearly a decade to get his product ready for the marketplace. He hopes sales success arrives much faster.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 16, 2022
Tax preparer pleads guilty to defrauding IRS out of millions

St. Petersburg tax preparer and consultant used falsified documents to file returns claiming unearned refunds for clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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