Pours & Portions
Come heavy winds, labor shortages, supply chain issues or the occasional global pandemic, the beef must go on.
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The New Landscape
Pandemic gives way to a two-tiered economic recovery; some will get healed while others are destined to struggle
Cheers to Saving With Pre-Event Ticket Pricing
A dazzling roster of celebrity winemakers, mixologists and chefs will converge April 21-24, 2022 in idyllic South Walton’s Grand Boulevard Town Center to wine, dine, educate and entertain guests as part of the four-day celebration of wine, spirits, food, music,…
Pinnacle Awards 2021
There’s an irrepressible energy that occurs when a group of powerful women gather. Recipients, their guests and sponsors assembled in person, while colleagues, friends and family watched virtually — all attendees came together to honor 12 deserving female leaders from…
Tell Your Story Your Way: Guy Harvey Magazine
Publication promotes responsible stewardship of resources
Invest Your Business at the Comcast Building
A tremendous investment opportunity awaits at the Comcast Building.
FAMU, FSU Launch Program to Help Commercialize Research
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Florida State University have joined forces in a new program designed to accelerate the commercialization of university research. The Technology Commercialization Accelerator Program (TCAP) is an intensive seven-week course that invites select faculty inventors…
10 Things MBA Students Can Learn From Infantry School
The 850 staff tells you how Infantry School can give you some very useful lessons.
Help For the Oyster Industry On the Way
Some federal help is on the way for the Franklin County oyster industry, which has been devastated by drought and over-harvesting after the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved $6.3 million in disaster assistance funding…
Startup Resource Organization Makes a Home in Tallahassee
Startup entrepreneurs in Tallahassee have a new resource to support their efforts: Domi Ventures. The company’s goal is to help develop the local startup ecosystem and boost startups by securing investors as well as providing education, mentoring and facilitating collaboration.…
St. Joe Company Agrees to Sell Its Northwest Florida Timberland
The St. Joe Company today announced that it has entered into a sales agreement with AgReserves, Inc., a Utah corporation, to sell approximately 382,834 acres of its non-strategic timberland and rural land in Northwest Florida for $565 million. The final…
2013 Governor's Innovators in Business Awards Adds New Tourism Category
Awards honor Florida businesses for job creation, entrepreneurship, export growth and excellence
Do you have a plan to respond if a gunman should enter your business?
The possibility of an armed assault occurring anywhere in the United States is a real one, as evidenced by recent shootings at a New Jersey all and the Los Angeles International Airport. Should such an incident happen at your place…
Capital City Bank Named Among "Best Banks to Work For" in U.S.
American Banker has listed Capital City Bank (Nasdaq:CCBG) among its inaugural ranking of "Best Banks to Work For." Coming in at No. 9 among participants with asset sizes up to $3 billion, Capital City Bank is in the company of…
Coming up in 850 Business Magazine
We’ve filled our October/November issue of 850 with the perspective and insight of NWFL’s most industrious entrepreneurial minds. We’ve got facts. We’ve got stats. And if that’s not what you’re after, we’ve got six pages devoted entirely to the best…
Florida declares war on Georgia over water
Governor Rick Scott, joined by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and U.S. Representative Steve Southerland, on Tuesday announced that the State of Florida will file a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Georgia’s unchecked and growing consumption of water. …
Coming Soon, the Newest Issue of 850 — The Business Magazine of Northwest Florida
Boats, cotton and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are all coming to you in the newest issue of 850 — The Business Magazine of Northwest Florida.
The St. Joe Company Income Numbers in the Second Quarter of 2013
The St. Joe Company on Wednesday announced its income numbers — and the news is improving for investors in the company that remains the largest landowner in Northwest Florida. Company officials also announced they plan to unveil a new project…
St. Joe Earnings Conference Call
The St. Joe Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 5:00 p.m. (EDT) — after the market closes — to review the company’s results for the second quarter ending June 30. St. Joe’s earnings press release…
Pensacola Chamber names interim president and CEO
Former Pensacola Mayor Jerry Maygarden has been named interim president and CEO of the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce. A Pensacola native, Maygarden is a former city councilman who also served in the Florida House of Representatives, including a stint…
Small Business Administration Programs
The U.S. Small Business Administration has scheduled seminars in Fort Walton Beach over the next couple of months to help small business owners get the answers they need to be successful in getting financing and starting a small business. Below…
Rowland Publishing Earns Prestigious Awards in Statewide Competition
Rowland Publishing wins two prestigious Sunshine State first-place awards from the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Next news-packed issue will be out next week
We’re excited about the new issue of 850, ready to hit the stands next week. We’ve packed this issue with information about Northwest Florida’s real estate industry, the business lure of Jackson County, tips on how to run a better…
First Commerce Credit Union offers seminar to help small business
First Commerce Credit Union will help businesses learn how to access capital at a free SBA breakfast seminar on Thursday, June 15. Discussion will center on lending options, including the SBA’s 7A and 504 programs. Speakers will include: Sherwood Brown,…
Florida’s Department of Financial Services hosting disaster preparedness webinars
Florida’s Department of Financial Services is hosting a series of free disaster preparedness webinars for small business owners ahead of the start of the 2013 Hurricane Season. The webinars are part the “Protect Your Home Base” initiative aimed at helping…
Florida’s unemployment rate hits lowest point since September 2008
Florida’s unemployment rate for April 2013 was 7.2 percent, the lowest since September 2008 and down 0.3 percentage points from March’s rate of 7.5 percent. Over the month, Florida added 16,700 private sectors jobs. The state’s jobless rate continues to…
St. Joe, Green Circle team up on economic development project
The St. Joe Company has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Green Circle Bio Energy, Inc., a producer of biomass based renewable energy, that includes the potential to create new jobs in Northwest Florida and make the Port of…
Southwest Airlines is coming to Pensacola
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced today that Southwest Airlines would begin service at Pensacola International Airport (PNS) later this year. Pensacola International is currently served by AirTran Airways, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southwest. In 2011, Southwest completed the purchase of…
Coming Home
Jeff Goodman lights up when he speaks of traveling down the road less traveled. Jeff Goodman lights up when he speaks of traveling down the road less traveled. When faced with a fork in his path several years ago, he…
Ready for Takeoff
New Airport Director John Wheat sees a bright future for Bay County. The skies above Northwest Florida have become markedly busier in the past year and a half, thanks to the buzz of activity at the Northwest Florida Beaches International…
It’s Good to Be ‘Indie’ Kings
30A’s entrepreneurial couple is everything you didn’t expect. In the age of big-box retailers and online shopping, few would expect to find a flourishing independent bookseller or indie music store anywhere, much less in a small holiday town on Florida’s…
Splashing for Dollars
Deadhead logging is an expensive business to get into, and it’s risky — both financially and physically. There’s gold in the pitch-black waters of Northwest Florida. It’s in the form of long-forgotten timber — “deadhead” logs — lost and submerged…
Entrepreneurial Spirit
The Rev. R. B. Holmes ministers to all the needs of his congregation. In times gone by, the church was often the cornerstone of every community, the place where people went to find healing, comfort and security. Today, the Rev.…
The Entrepreneurial University
The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship leads Florida State University into a new culture of business innovation. At the February 2010 meeting of the Florida State University board of trustees, his first as president, Eric Barron said he wanted…
A Royal Passion
Bobwhite Quail, the king of game birds, fuels the plantation business of Northwest Florida. Hunters from across the globe travel each year to the pine forests of North Florida and South Georgia, a region in its heyday considered to be…
Cooler Chats
Experts say personal interaction in the workplace is healthy. From Prohibition and Model-Ts to vaccines and laparoscopic surgeries, a lot has changed over the last hundred years. But changes and advances in technology have forever altered the world as we…
The Importance of Why
The art of exit interviews and their importance to your company. When a valued employee hands in a resignation letter, it’s an unquestionable loss for a company. But can it also be used as a learning experience? That’s the idea…
Beware Cyber Stalkers
Internet crime is stealing millions from American businesses. The email looked official. The subject line stated it was a “Notice of Unreported Income,” and it appeared to come from the Internal Revenue Service. An American Realty of Northwest Florida employee…
Giving Back: David Wilkins
Business leaders are a critical part of every community, and your commitment can make a tremendous difference in the life of a child and the success of a family. Business leaders are a critical part of every community, and your…
Banking Star: Capital City Bank CEO Bill Smith
It’s entirely possible that banking is in Bill Smith’s blood. It’s entirely possible that banking is in Bill Smith’s blood. His father, Godfrey Smith, was president of Capital City Bank for more than 50 years, and by the time Bill…
Florida: A Business-Friendly State
We must be doing something right. A growing number of national surveys portray Florida as a business-friendly state growing in popularity. Consider this: More than 500 CEOs evaluated a wide range of criteria, from taxation and regulation to workforce quality…
Redefining a City
Hunter & Harp has almost single-handedly revived some of Tallahassee’s most overlooked neighborhoods. They are the brains behind Hotel Duval and helped revive the capital’s old Midtown. Redefining a City Young financiers at Hunter & Harp are the developers of…
All Work and No Pay
With college graduation here and graduates unable to get full time jobs, many are turning to unpaid internships to at least get some experience. But, are those internships legal? All Work and No Pay Unpaid internships used to be standard…
Rules of Promotion
Thinking about a sweepstakes to help promote your business? A former statewide prosecutor clues you in on what to do but, more importantly, what not to do. Rules of Promotion Before you set up a give-away event, be sure you’re…
Wing Man
Greg Donovan has been working in overdrive to get more flights and more respect for his airport. Wing Man Greg Donovan, Gulf Breeze, Okaloosa County Airports Director By Zandra Wolfgram Greg Donovan always knew he wanted to fly. At 42,…
2011 Legislative Wrap-Up
A look at what the Legislature accomplished for business during the two months it was in town. Session: 2011 2011 Legislature hands major victories to Gov. Rick Scott — and business By Linda Kleindienst Gov. Rick Scott went into his…
Mentors Help Launch Executive Careers
Behind many great business executives are mentors who helped them along the way. They’re people like Ed Roberts, Rajeev Matwoni and Ben Graham, who were mentors to some of the most brilliant business minds in America. The benefits of mentoring…
What the
When experts predict the future of computing, their crystal balls are cloudy. As in cloud computing. If you use Gmail or Hotmail or post your status reports on Facebook, you are already using cloud computing. But email and social networking…
