Category: Business
Studer named Healthcare Visionary
Modern Healthcare will honor next month Quint Studer, founder of Studer Group, with its first-ever Healthcare Marketing Visionary IMPACT Award. The special award was created…
Pensacola leads state in Payday loans
Greater than one-in-three payday loans made in the state of Florida are done in the Pensacola, according to a study by the Research Institute on…
Visit Pensacola markets to Chicago
Visit Pensacola staff will be conducting a unique, hands-on campaign during the 56th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show, giving attendees the opportunity to win…
Studer Institute Training opens a second day
Press Release: Due to overwhelming response from organizations across the community, the Studer Institute is scheduling a second day of its “Leadership in the Workplace 
Buzz: PNJ reporters told to reapply for their jobs
I got this message from a very reliable source: “All PNJ reporters are being restructured and are being required to reapply for their positions in…
Tampa finds parking enforcement is a loss leader
The Tampa Tribune reports today that its city’s mayor is asking for nearly $1.2 million in subsidies for Tampa’s parking system — $700,000 to upgrade…
Gent’s Formal Wear continues expansion, opens sixth store
Gent’s Formal Wear, a small Pensacola, Fla.-based tuxedo chain, opened new store on July 30 at the Shoppes at North Augusta (GA) center. Michael Martin…
Former Inweekly writer makes Huffington Post blog
Sarah McCartan has an article on the Huffington Post blog – Why I’m Not Leaving Florida (Yet): Sure, Florida is declared the Sunshine State, but…
Navy Federal Selected as a Best Employer in the Sunshine State
Press Release: Navy Federal Credit Union was recently named one of the Best Companies to Work For in Florida for the sixth consecutive year. Florida…
Blue Wahoos rated the best in customer satisfaction
Turnkey Intelligence has ranked the Pensacola Blue Wahoos the first out of 42 minor league baseball teams in customer satisfaction. The company surveyed full, partial…
Weekend buzz: Publix coming downtown, Who owns pits and Stevenson on the warpath
The buzz is the old AV Clubbs School on Cervantes between 12th and 11th and the commercial offices on that block will become home to…
UWF could pay $5000 per football game for use of Maritime Park
The CMPA will hold a special executive meeting next Friday, August 8 at 9 a.m. to discuss a proposed park rental agreement with the University…
Ingram negotiates agreement between Escambia County and ECUA on recycling
Today, Representative Clay Ingram released the following statement regarding a potential recycling agreement between Escambia County and the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA). “I am…
Gulf Power and IHMC sign up for STEM Summer Residency Program
Governor Rick Scott announced today that 19 Florida companies – including Florida IHMC and Gulf Power – are interesting in taking part in the Governor’s…
County could have as many as 100 borrow pits; some active, some not; all but one unregulated
I was reviewing county records and news articles on Escambia County’s feeble attempts to regulate borrow pits. In August 2011, Lloyd Kerr, then-director of Escambia…
Viewpoint: Why in the HELL does Pensacola need TWO Chambers of Commerce?
By Jibril Sulaiman, president of Pay Cell Systems Hello my name is Jibril Sulaiman. I’m the 33 year old President of a local technology company,…
PNJ owner sees newpaper revenue drop $32 million in second quarter
MediaPost reports that the owner of the Pensacola News Journal, Gannett Company, saw total revenues of its publishing division, which includes the daily’s insert USA…
Pensacola Mardi Gras hosts meeting with downtown retailers, July 29
PMGI is hosting a meeting for all downtown retail merchants on Tuesday, July 29 at the Palace Oyster Bar in Seville Quarter starting at 8:30…
Innovation Coast announces 2014 Innovation Award finalists
Concluding the initial round of evaluations, the 2014 Innovation Awards Business Competition is excited to announce the top 10 finalist companies that will compete on…
Gulf Powers joins others in request to scale back energy efficiency goals
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida’s biggest electric providers are asking state regulators this week to let them scale back energy-efficiency programs…
