Seminar: How to get paid in international trade
World Trade Center Savannah and Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce will host an International Trade Finance Seminar on June 5, at World Trade Center Savannah, 131 Hutchinson Island Drive. This half-day...
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This week in BiS:• Physical therapy has become a growth industry for Savannah as the baby boomer population ages with more than 15 clinics open in the area.• Ron McGarity always used a money clip but...
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Airport completes North Aviation Development
With the snip of a ribbon stretched across a newly extended taxiway, the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport celebrated the completion of an ambitious, $29 million project designed to support...
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Savannah Belk honors employees, celebrates 125 years
Belk’s Savannah-area regional vice president, Mark Sonenshein, honored four local Belk employees for service and longevity as part of the company’s 125th birthday celebration outside the store’s...
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Annual law-firm listing includes HunterMaclean HunterMaclean, a law firm with offices in Savannah and Brunswick, has been ranked in Chambers USA 2013, an annual listing of top law firms and lawyers...
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Celebrating a homecoming
A year to the day after a fire devastated Port City Rigging on West Bay Street, the family-owned business welcomed customers and guests Wednesday to a luncheon celebrating the opening of its modern new...
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Georgia Power introduces My Power UsageGeorgia Power announced Thursday it has introduced My Power Usage, a new online program at GeorgiaPower.com that provides customers with information to better...
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Chamber adds new council
Drew Hunt loves Savannah.The Columbus native moved here shortly after finishing her undergraduate and MBA degrees at Georgia Southern University to take a job with large company.“I was 22, looking at...
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PortSide: So far, TWIC issues not hitting home
The Transportation Worker Identification Credential — a federal I.D. required for unescorted port access — is turning five this year, meaning the cards issued to most truckers and other port workers in...
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Upbeat tone shared at small business forum
Savannah’s small businesses are growing like it’s 2006 with a handful of trends offering hope for continued near-term growth.During Thursday’s inaugural State of Small Business forum, eleven speakers...
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Goodwill opens store, job center in Rincon
Goodwill of the Coastal Empire held a grand opening celebration Thursday for its new retail store and job center in Rincon.The Goodwill Retail Store and Job Connection is located at 410 S. Columbia...
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Stocks plummet in late trading but end May higher
NEW YORKStocks dropped sharply in late trading Friday on Wall Street but still managed to end the month higher.After moving between small losses and gains for most of the day, the stock market started...
View ArticleMishaps take toll on cruise ship industry
To say the last 18 months constitute a PR nightmare for the cruise ship industry is an understatement.In January 2012, Carnival Cruise Line’s Costa Concordia struck a reef off Italy’s coast, killing...
View ArticleCoastal homeowners stagger under insurance costs
GULF SHORES, Ala. — When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for homeowners insurance.Now, as he seeks to move to...
View ArticleFree enterprise: The (not so great) Great Gatsby curve
The reviews are in — and so is the cash. While the newest cinematographic version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” tanked with prominent critics, it reportedly raked in more than $100...
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‘Smiles for life’ benefits children’s charitiesGodley Station Dental in Pooler will provide tooth-whitening procedures to benefit the Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center and the Smiles for Life...
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Local entrepreneurs pioneered broadband and fiber optic networks
Allen Davis broke into the telecommunications industry more than three decades ago selling cable television service door to door.The job was part time, his sales pitches squeezed in between...
View ArticleImproving real estate values lead to community bank profitability in first...
First Chatham Bank’s Brian Foster foresaw a big first quarter profit for his community bank.A healing real estate market and the sale of a successful small business lending subsidiary all but...
View ArticleMany small businesses create ineffective Facebook presence
One of my Facebook contacts recently ranted about not being able to find event listings that he had created for his business. Facebook has some cumbersome elements for sure, but it’s easy to keep track...
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Deadline for Telfair Art Fair Artist submissions extendedTelfair Museums have extended the deadline for Telfair Art Fair artist submissions to Friday, June 7.The 19th annual Telfair Art Fair will take...
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