Business Archive

It’s not easy selling a community to outside businesses and investors. Despite incentives, such as tax breaks and free land, recruiting industry is a challenge, especially when other states are wooing the same companies. Competition can be fierce.

Holly and Abdul Elassaad have owned Pet Nation in the Shopped of Navarre for more than a decade.

Two new restaurants are coming soon to the 300 block of U.S. Highway 98 in Gulf Breeze proper: a Beef O’ Brady’s sports-themed eatery and The Fishing Hole.

The country’s four largest wireless companies – Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint Corporation –  have agreed to refund customers $267.5 million following an investigation into unauthorized charges.

A federal judge said BP will begin paying up to $1 billion in settlements to compensate local governments across the Gulf Coast for lost tax revenue and other economic damages they blame on the company’s 2010 oil spill.

Rep. Mike Hill (R-Pensacola) is one of 23 legislators honored with a 2015 Florida Chamber Distinguished Advocate award from the Florida Chamber of Commerce

With the increase of smartphones over the last decade, consumers today are spending more time using the latest apps than ever before. It has become a way of life, whether paying bills, looking for a place to eat or making airline reservations. If you want it, there is usually “an app for that.”

The University of West Florida recently named Steven Cunningham vice president for administrative services and chief financial officer. Cunningham will report to executive vice president and provost, Martha Saunders, for the effective leadership, oversight and administration of all activities within the area of administrative services and will serve as chief financial officer of the university and chief executive officer of Business Enterprises, Inc.

Attorney Gen. Pam Bondi is warning Florida consumers about robocall scams. The number of complaints to the Attorney General’s No Fraud Hotline is on the rise.

Construction of a marina behind East River Smokehouse is moving forward, and owner James Dabney hopes to open 20 boat slips by Labor Day.