Ports & Planes: Updates from the people and goods movers of Tampa Bay

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The business of moving people and goods is a major economic driver in the Tampa Bay region.  Because of the favorable central location of the airports and ports in the area, there is a lot of potential, and attractiveness, to flying in via Tampa International Airport, or expanding your shipping business to Port Tampa Bay.  … Read more

Florida ranks no. 8 on Shopify’s Entrepreneurship Index

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Shopify, an e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, partnered with Deloitte to leverage its data and network to create the Shopify Entrepreneurship Index, a dataset that measures entrepreneurship. According to the Shopify Entrepreneurship Index findings, Florida ranks no. 8 in the country—when measuring the economic impact of entrepreneurs according to gross domestic product impact, job … Read more

Five takeaways from the St. Petersburg Area EDC’s Annual Meeting (PHOTOS)

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The St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corp. celebrated five years of impact, at the Don Cesar, last week. Since the organization’s founding in 2016, it has announced nearly 2,000 jobs, opened 267 job creation projects and assisted 45 companies with relocations, expansions or openings, according to a statement. Here is a recap of the five … Read more

Leaders in banking, real estate and tourism share their thoughts heading into 2022

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Tampa Bay Business and Wealth reached out to leaders in their respective industries to see what trends they are seeing and what they mean. Here’s what they had to say. BANKING & FINANCE By Chris Nichols, director of capital markets, SouthState Bank It’s never been harder to be in the economic forecasting business than it … Read more

Clearwater is moving forward as a greener, and cleaner, city

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By Sheridan Boyle, sustainability coordinator, City of Clearwater Sustainability means different things to different people. Some people might think of recycling and others might think of solar panels or growing organic food. The United Nations defined the word sustainability in 1987 as the ability to “meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability … Read more

How telemedicine is changing health care for practitioners and patients

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By Kathy Hargreaves, CPA/CFP/CPC & Dawn Morgan, CPA COVID has been a disrupter for change everywhere and it has permanently altered our expectations about the way physicians, and other providers, approach the delivery of health care. When the virus was recognized as a critical threat, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a mandate which closed, or … Read more

In his final days as director of Florida Division of Emergency Management, Jared Moskowitz speaks up

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A young man in a perpetual hurry, Jared Moskowitz has been in public life for 15 years and he’s only 40. After earning his BA in political science at George Washington and his law degree from Nova Southeastern, he interned for Vice President Al Gore and served as an elector for President Barack Obama in … Read more

Expiration of the PPP program is drawing near: FAQs about Rounds 1, 2 & 3

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By Drew Limsky, editor-in-chief, South Florida Business and Wealth OVERVIEW Round 1, as part of the 2.2 trillion CARES Act signed by President Trump in March 2020, came with lots of frustrations—and inequities. Some wealthy companies that got PPP checks had to be shamed into returning them, but lots of distressed businesses received money fairly … Read more