The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the amount of time an individual spends at home and invoked harsh economic conditions leading to a surge of start-up businesses and shifts in executive-level positions. South Carolina has not been immune to these shifts.

We’re often reminded about the need to improve vital infrastructure at the local, state, and national levels. Our roads need repair, bridges require rebuilding, broadband expanded to rural and underserved areas, transit optimized, and mobility reimagined, and the list goes on.

If your doctor knew your risk for colon cancer or heart disease years before the disease developed, he or she could help you take steps to prevent it. And by collecting DNA samples from thousands of South Carolinians, the Medical University of South Carolina is embarking on a project which hopes to do just that.

It’s fair to say that Justin Jenkins is driven to success. Jenkins, 34, is the owner and president of Greenville-based Paveway Express LTD Co., a transportation company with an emphasis on the automotive industry. The company Jenkins founded in 2017 with one truck and one driver currently boasts a payroll of 42 employees and an impressive list of customers including BMW, Volvo and Volkswagen.

Pereira Bakery brings a taste of Colombia to Taylors Twelfth in our series in partnership with the Hispanic Alliance

Many companies seem to go into neutral when it comes to the last few months of a year, but now is the time to really get creative with your plans. There are lots of ways to drive your business in the coming months. Here are five to try that you may not have thought about:

Even if you don’t know much about search engine optimization (SEO), you’ve probably heard of it or at least seen some stats like: • 68 percent of all online experiences begin with a search engine • SEO drives 1,000 percent-plus more traffic than organic social media

Twenty years ago, the idea of an online entity that would feed us information on a constant, 24/7 stream, provide connection across the world in the click of a button and allow access to customers anywhere on earth would have seemed like the future-forward machinations of “Star Trek” back in the ‘60s. But here in 2021, those types of platforms are many, and the world of social media has become a part of everyday life for people across the globe.

Harry M. Lightsey III was nominated by Gov. Henry McMaster and confirmed by the S.C. Senate as South Carolina’s secretary of commerce in June. In nominating Lightsey, McMaster said, “Harry Lightsey has been a fixture in South Carolina’s business community for decades, and I’m confident that with the vast experience he will be bringing to the Department of Commerce, South Carolina will keep winning.