3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (269+ words) Business Observer Manatee County label manufacturing company acquired Nadco Tapes & Labels, a Manatee County-based manufacturer of custom tapes, labels and identification products, has been acquired. JBC Technologies, which specializes in precision die-cutting and is headquartered in North Ridgeville, Ohio, purchased…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (165+ words) Construction is underway on the first phase of a new mixed-use development in Estero after the developers secured an $81.5 million construction loan. The unnamed development is at 23281 Lynden Drive, across from the Coconut Point mall. When complete, FRP Development Corp....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (319+ words) A longtime Florida tourism executive who led Pinellas County’s tourism agency for seven years, has been inducted into the Florida Tourism Hall of Fame. DT Minich, now president and CEO of Experience Kissimmee, received the honor this week during the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (148+ words) A 40-acre parcel on State Road 62 in Parrish is up for sale. The property, according to the listing from Saunders Commercial in Lakeland, is carved out of an assemblage that excludes the Gamble Creek wetland corridor. “The acreage you're buying…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (313+ words) Hubbard’s Marina, the fourth-generation family-owned fishing-based business in Pinellas County, has reopened a boutique heavily damaged during Hurricane Helene two years ago. The shop is at John’s Pass Village on Madeira Beach. It sits along the main thoroughfare of the…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (343+ words) A Tampa digital marketing agency has been named one of the nation’s top 100 small businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Digital Neighbor was selected for the 2026 CO — 100, an annual list by the The chamber and the CO, the chamber’s…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (405+ words) Crews Bank & Trust recently broke ground on its new branch in Englewood, which will be built where its predecessor was destroyed by Hurricane Ian in 2022. “Four years ago, almost to the day, Hurricane Ian came through and devastated this community…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (723+ words) Residents of the north end of Longboat Key in Manatee County are most likely familiar with the glass building that neighbors Whitney’s restaurant near Broadway Street. If the building is demolished, that will be its last step in a storied…...

5+ day, 26+ min ago   (373+ words) Global employee engagement just hit its lowest point in years. Gallup's 2026 State of the Global Workplace report found that engagement fell to 20% last year — the first two-year decline since Gallup began tracking it, and put a number on the cost:…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (204+ words) CenterSquare Investment Management, a suburban Philadelphia real estate firm, has bought the Pasco County shopping center the Hub at Bexley. The firm, according to a statement, bought the 50,300-square-foot Land O’ Lakes shopping center in part because it “fits our…...