Category: Business
Pensacola lags way behind on ‘Best Small Cities to Start a Business’
With National Small Business Week approaching, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017’s Best Small Cities to Start a Business. To determine…
Studer on customer service [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Quint Studer discusses how to create great customer service.
Saenger Theatre now offers public Wi-Fi
The Saenger Theatre recently upgraded its amenities for patrons attending events at the city-owned building. Through a joint effort with the Technology Department of the…
VT MAE within budget and set to open Spring 2018
On Monday, Dave Penzone, the consultant hired by Mayor Ashton Hayward to oversee the VT MAE project at the Pensacola International Airport, updated the Pensacola…
Governor gets $1.5B from Trump Administration for health care
As the House and Senate get ready to start negotiating a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, Gov. Rick Scott and federal officials announced Wednesday…
Studers may convert SunTrust building to conference center
Nearly two years after Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward rejected the Studers’ lease agreement to build a conference center and the UWF Center for Entrepreneurship at…
Big Tobacco loses again
Pointing to “intentional” wrongdoing in the past by the tobacco industry, a state appeals court Wednesday ordered two cigarette makers to pay a full $35…
Senate committee splits Triumph dollars with counties (update)
Over the weekend, I fielded several calls regard the amended Florida Senate Bill 364 concerning the Triumph funds. The amendment came from Panama City Sen….
New Vet app created in Pensacola gets funding
The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with VetCV, a Pensacola-based company with technology…
DIB releases guidelines for street performers (update)
Pensacola’s Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) today announced it is working to create guidelines that will “preserve the authenticity of what street performances represent†within the…
Want to help build new Pensacola Bay Bridge?
CareerSource Escarosa has partnered with Skanska US Civil Southeast Inc. to host an information session Thursday, April 13 from 8 AM to 11:30 AM regarding…
Pensacola mayor works out payment plan with Port tenant
Next week, Mayor Ashton Hayward will ask the Pensacola City Council to approve a new financial agreement with Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services, a…
International Paper hosts Informational Meeting for 2017 Grants
International Paper (IP) Pensacola Mill will award $100,000 in foundation grants in 2017 and is hosting a one-hour meeting Friday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m.,…
Gulf Power rate hike approved
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A settlement that will lead to rate increases for customers of Gulf Power in Northwest Florida was…
Finalists announced for 2017 Innovation Awards
From a local aquaculturist raising oysters in floating cages to a father and daughter who have competing machine learning applications, the 12 companies selected as…
Senate looks to add more medical pot licenses
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA With the bill sponsor saying it “faithfully” carries out a constitutional amendment that voters passed in November,…
International Paper resumes full operations in Cantonment
International Paper’s Pensacola Mill has successfully resumed full operations following a digester incident that occurred on January 22, according to press release from the company….
League of Women Voters: ‘Economics of Immigration’
“The Economics of Immigration†Who: League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area What: The Economics of Immigration When: Saturday, April 8 Coffee 10:15…
Hearing on Gulf Power rate hike continues Tuesday
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will continue its hearing on Gulf Power Company’s (Gulf) rate request to consider a…
Quint Studer on how ego and fear can hold back an organization [podcast]
In his upcoming column for the Pensacola News Journal, Quint Studer discusses common barriers to hurt companies, non-profits and governments from implementing best practices.
