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…
Florida lobbyists piled up fees in 2013
TALLAHASSEE — When the legislative session started in March, it was prime time for Florida lobbyists. And newly filed reports show the industry cashed in during the first three months of the year, with at least four lobbying firms collecting…
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…
Welcome to your new home for business in Northwest Florida
In business, mobile means anywhere. In the hotel lobby or at the airport, you’re constantly tending to your business. No matter where your business takes you, 850 Business Magazine is available at your fingertips with a new mobile-friendly website. As…
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…
850 Business Magazine named finalist for prestigious award
The South Florida Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has announced finalists for the 2013 Sunshine State Awards and 850 — the Business Magazine of Northwest Florida is in the running for an award in the statewide contest.…
New 850 Magazine discussion group created on LinkedIn
If you are reading 850 — The Business Magazine of Northwest Florida, you are interested in what is happening in the 16 counties that stretch from Pensacola to Monticello. Now we have established the 850 Business Magazine Group on LinkedIn,…
Florida House Committee OKs Cuts in Jobless Benefits
TALLAHASSEE — A business-friendly unemployment compensation measure similar to a proposal by Gov. Rick Scott was approved Thursday by a House committee, promising lower taxes on employers a shorter payout period, and new requirements for workers seeking job benefits. The…
Plan approved to help business
TALLAHASSEE — A business-friendly unemployment compensation measure similar to a proposal by Gov. Rick Scott was approved Thursday by a House committee, promising lower taxes on employers a shorter payout period, and new requirements for workers seeking job benefits. The…
Business lobby pushes for overhaul of Florida unemployment
TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Mike Haridopolos on Wednesday downplayed claims by Florida business groups who contend jobless workers are gaming the unemployment compensation system to receive benefits. “There might be a small few that are gaming it, and that’s what…
Lawmakers take another crack at Florida property insurance
TALLAHASSEE — An ambitious property insurance rewrite with everything including the kitchen sink(hole) has been filed and will get its first public hearing next week as lawmakers try again to reduce costs for the industry. From making it harder for…
Vision Airlines expands service
Atlanta-based Vision Airlines is expanding its passenger service to several new markets in Florida, which includes adding 20 new cities to the routes it flies out of Northwest Florida Regional Airport (VPS), located on Eglin Air Force Base near Valparaiso…
Tough decisions ahead for legislature
TALLAHASSEE — House Speaker Dean Cannon said Wednesday he thinks it will be very difficult to cut taxes this year, agreeing in principle with earlier remarks by Senate President Mike Haridopolos. "If there's a way they can be reduced and…
Report points fingers at BP mistakes, shortcuts
TALLAHASSEE — In what likely will become fodder for upcoming lawsuits, a stinging federal report scheduled for release next week shows that shortcuts, mistakes, questionable technology and overall poor management led to the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Releasing…
Scott outlines immediate goals in inaugural speech
TALLAHASSEE — With an empathetic nod to more than 1 million out of work Floridians, Gov. Rick Scott took office on Tuesday promising to alleviate the pain of joblessness by taking on its causes, an “axis of unemployment” made up…
Big business toasts Scott agenda
TALLAHASSEE — At the end of a day of photo op pre-inaugural events, Gov. Rick Scott finally spoke Monday evening at a cocktail reception for Florida business leaders, who are starting to like what they hear from the Naples businessman.…
