Category: Business
Buzz: Electricity Battle
Gulf Power/Florida Power & Light has lobbied the Pensacola City Council heavily to discourage them from doing a feasibility study on the city taking over…
Mobility Week starts Friday
The City of Pensacola encourages residents to participate in The Florida Department of Transportation’s Annual Mobility Week, a celebration of making smart, efficient and safe…
Real News podcast: National Grouch Day
Yesterday, the Bear Family Foundation donated $4.3 million to help build the new Baptist Hospital. On 1370 WCOA, I talked about how much of the…
Hayward joins Public Affairs firm
Suskey Consulting, the firm run by lobbyist Alan Suskey, is merging with Shumaker Advisors Florida, Florida Politics reports. Former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward was listed…
DIB Seeks Finance Committee member
Pensacola’s Downtown Improvement Board is looking for a new member for its Finance Committee. The Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) is a dependent special agency…
Presser Notes: No MOU, FEMA Funds & Scooter Stunts
By Jeremy Morrison With a stretch of wet weather moving through the region, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said city streets were looking good thus far,…
Real News podcasts: Thursday, Sept. 30
Former Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan explains why he brought jail medical services in-house after he took office in 2009. Dr. Martha Saunders, UWF president,…
Avalex acquired
ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a leader in trusted, secure mission-critical technologies for aerospace and defense,…
Free coffee on Fridays
Tom Thumb, a leading convenience, coffee, and gasoline retailer, is welcoming fall by bringing back free coffee Fridays during the months of September and October….
Real News podcasts: Thursday, Sept. 23
We had a fantastic show today. Rebekah Jones, data scientist and Democratic candidate for Congress, discusses the latest rules from the state on Covid and…
Burger King, Pizza Hut job fair on Tuesday
GPS HOSPITALITY LOOKING TO HIRE 3,500 MANAGERS AND CREW MEMBERS ACROSS 13 STATES WHAT: Â Â GPS Hospitality will host a virtual job fair with the intent…
2021 Florida Tourism Industry Awards announced
Yesterday, VISIT FLORIDA announced the recipients of the 2021 Florida Tourism Hall of Fame and Flagler Awards during the annual Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism….
Pensacola to seek path forward for food trucks [podcast]
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly About a week or so ago, the city of Pensacola began enforcing a parking ordinance that effectively prohibits food trucks from…
Poll: Pensacola voters do not support conference center at Maritime Park
Last month, the Pensacola City Council voted 4-3 for a publicly funded conference center and parking garage, indoor entertainment complex and 80 housing units to…
Mayor defends fining food trucks
Press Release: Statement from Mayor Robinson on Food Trucks in Pensacola Over the past several days, there has been much discussion about food trucks in…
Judge rules against Skanska
Judge Hope Cannon ruled against Skanska USA in a spoliation hearing concerned the cell phones the bridge contractor wiped clean. Read more on the issue…
Winn Dixie offers $20 gift cards for shots
Southeastern Grocers Doubles Vaccine Incentive to Bolster Administrations and Safeguard Communities Free $20 grocery incentive for all customers who receive Flu and COVID-19 vaccines on…
Parlor Doughnuts coming to Pensacola
Press Release: Parlor Doughnuts is excited to announce the next wave of its expansion in the Florida Gulf Coast area with plans to open a…
State takes aim at Ben & Jerry’s decision
By Jim Saunders ©2021 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State investment in the parent company of the Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream chain could…
Gillette named SCI president
Press Release: Rachael Gillette, former Chief Leadership Development Officer at Studer Community Institute (SCI) and 2021 Pinnacle Award winner, has been promoted to SCI’s first…
