Category: Business
Ascend named a finalist for the 2017 Florida Sterling Manufacturing Business Excellence Award
Florida Sterling Council and FloridaMakes have selected Ascend Performance Materials’ Pensacola plant as a finalist for the 2017 Florida Sterling Manufacturing Business Excellence Award. Established…
Bergosh discusses OLF-8 (podcast)
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh says the county was ready to pull the plug on the proposed commercial park for Outlying Field 8 (OLF-8) until…
Innisfree buys Days Inn Pensacola Beach
Press release: Today, Innisfree Hotels took ownership of the Days Inn on Pensacola Beach – a long-standing icon in the Florida destination. The acquisition is…
National Donut Day
Our top donut chains have free ones today: Krispy Kreme The deal: Participating locations nationwide will give you one free donut of your choice —…
Ascend honors retired CEO Fred Poses
by Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY With umbrellas in hand, Ascend Performance Materials LLC in Cantonment celebrated its 8th birthday by dedicating its technology building to the…
Studer: The value of soft skills
Quint Studer, founder of the Studer Community Institute, discusses the value of soft skill –such items as work ethic, team work, and professionalism.
Medical pot regs slowly developing
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA After state lawmakers failed to act, health officials on Thursday laid out a framework for adopting regulations…
Southtowne bringing three restaurants to downtown
Studer Properties has been eager to fill the first-floor commercial spaces in its Southtowne Apartments and the mixed-use office space across the street located on…
Studer: The Succession Dilemma [podcast]
Quint Studer offers suggestions on how business leaders can prepare of the eventual succession of key employees.
Blues on the Bay concert to benefit Workman Middle band
When the Emerald Coast Blues Brothers take the stage at the next Blues Angel Music Blues on the Bay Concert on June 4, they, like…
Free Beach Trolley service starts tomorrow
The free trolley service on Pensacola Beach, provided by the Santa Rosa Island Authority, will kick into full swing on Friday, May 26, at 5…
ParsCo selected for Blount project
By Samantha Sontag INWEEKLY In a Pensacola City Hall meeting regarding the former Blount School property sale and redevelopment Thursday morning, all committee votes were…
Johnson & Johnson to pay $30M settlement for unlawfully promoted over-the-counter drugs
Attorney General Pam Bondi and 42 other attorneys general today announced a multimillion dollar settlement with Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc….
Trump budget eliminates Amtrak, crushes dream of Pensacola route
U.S. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his staff have reviewed the budget proposed by President Donald Trump. It apparently eliminates all Amtrak Services in Florida, which…
Podcast: ‘Giant Killers’ Levin Papantonio Tackle Terrorism
Giant killer Mike Papantonio and his team at Levin Papantonio, along with six other national firms, filed a lawsuit (Holladay, et al. v. Iran) on…
Putnam: We should not let complacency creep into the state [podcast]
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam announced two weeks ago his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Gov. Rick Scott terms out in 2018, and…
Studer: Employees are not stolen [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Quint Studer tackled the myth that companies steal employees from other businesses. It’s the topic on his next column for the Pensacola…
Pensacola Speaks: Cybersecurity expert discusses WannaCry virus
Since last Friday, Microsoft Windows operating systems have been under attack around the world by WannaCry ransomware, infecting computers in 150 countries. At 5:33 p.m.,…
Studer: Service recovery [podcast]
Last week, Quint Studer discussed on “Pensacola Speaks” how to deal when customers aren’t happy. He said he has three goals when it comes to…
Scott blasts busget as tourism numbers rise
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott continued Monday to criticize legislative budget-slashing of the state’s tourism marketing as he announced…
