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May 24, 2023 12:21PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker
The South Carolina Top Workplaces survey presented by Prisma Health survey results are out, and the top three companies from last year’s survey retain their spots for this year. The No. 1 company among large businesses, those with 300 or more employees, is Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner REALTORS. Ranked No. 1 among midsize companies, businesses with 150-299 employees, is Pinnacle Financial Partners, and No. 1 among small companies, those with 149 or fewer employees in the region, is Creative Builders Inc.
May 24, 2023 12:15PM ● By Bob Helbig
Employers are looking to put more butts into office seats in 2023. It reflects the push and pull over working conditions in a post-Covid business environment. Starbucks has told corporate employees to return to the office three days a week. Disney, Apple, and Tesla are among others that have implemented policies to get workers back in the office.
May 24, 2023 12:08PM ● By Bob Helbig
Great workplaces aren’t created by accident. They are built and nurtured. The Top Workplaces awards recognize the employers that do it well in the eyes of their employees. The heart of the Top Workplaces award is the employee survey process. Energage administers a 24-question survey to employees, who are the sole deciders of whether a company culture merits recognition.
May 24, 2023 11:52AM ● By Liv Osby
The Covid pandemic brought a slate of federal emergency benefits to America’s health care system as it struggled to care for a tsunami of seriously ill patients amid a terrifying national crisis. But many of these benefits will sunset as the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) comes to an end this month, and experts say that could result in some challenges.
May 24, 2023 11:42AM ● By Liv Osby
When she was just 4 years old, Shea Manigo lost her mother to a fatal heart attack. The event changed her life in countless ways, not least of which was setting her on a path to a career in health care. And now, as Senior Vice President of Front Store Operations for CVS Health, the Walterboro, South Carolina, native has launched a scholarship in her mother’s name to benefit minority students at the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Pharmacy.
May 24, 2023 11:38AM ● By Leah Stoudenmire
For many business owners, marketing is a complex machine with too many moving parts that defy a one-size-fits-all approach. Marketing is always evolving in ways where once-proven tactics for your business become obsolete before you can say the word “meta,” while everyone you know seems to be raving about a new idea that guarantees success, also before you can say “meta.”
May 24, 2023 11:35AM ● By Michael Lee
The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has sent shockwaves across the venture capital and startup communities, forcing business owners to scramble as they look to shore up their finances, fearing a bank run could eliminate their uninsured balances.
May 24, 2023 11:29AM ● By David Dykes
Women’s and girls’ sports. I have three daughters who played, and will be eternally grateful they had the chance. The oldest, Sara, won a high school track state championship in Georgia. Her sister, Abby, lettered in high school soccer. Ellen, the youngest, excelled in youth soccer until she blew out her knee.
May 23, 2023 12:12PM ● By David Dykes
New stadium would be the future home of a Texas Rangers-affiliated club
May 22, 2023 05:49PM ● By David Dykes
South Carolinian Officially Joins GOP Presidential Field
May 17, 2023 10:41AM ● By David Dykes
Company implemented incident response pan
May 11, 2023 10:52AM ● By David Dykes
Four-year agreement establishes event
Apr 25, 2023 12:49PM ● By Angelia Davis
Lina Morales Cordero couldn’t find a shop in Upstate South Carolina that offered her family’s favorite dessert – bubble waffles. So, she’s opening her own, two years after moving to the state from New Jersey. The new store, Waffle Drop, is slated to open in Greenville’s Hampton Station in April. The shop will feature the dessert, a spherical egg-based waffle that originated in Hong Kong.
Apr 25, 2023 12:45PM ● By Angelia Davis
Don Chunshen Li has created a way to enjoy the benefits of coffee without having to drink it. His edible creation is CoffeeCandy, a “unique blend of coffee, shaped into a bite-sized candy, that is easy to take on-the-go.”
Apr 25, 2023 12:42PM ● By David Caraviello
When Sergio Pupo moved to Charleston from the South American nation of Colombia, he noticed that he didn’t see much fresh produce from his homeland. So the former bar and restaurant owner formed an importing company with the aim of bringing Colombian fruits and vegetables to the southern United States — beginning with limes and avocados.
Apr 25, 2023 12:39PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker
Integrated Media Publishing and Erik Weir kick off their inaugural $30K PowerUp Competition this month with profiles of the first three South Carolina-based businesses that will have a chance to win a cash infusion into their company.
Apr 25, 2023 12:31PM ● By John C. Stevenson
Adam Padgett spent his first 12 years on a farm, before moving to the “big city” of Aiken, South Carolina. The Palmetto State native’s earliest ambitions didn’t include staying in his home state, but as he grew older he began to reconsider his goals: “I grew up thinking I wanted to move out of South Carolina,” he recalls. “I thought at one point I wanted to be a stockbroker and live in a big city. That changed somewhere between late high school and during college.”
Apr 25, 2023 12:29PM ● By John C. Stevenson
The old saying that it’s not what you know but who has particular resonance in commercial real estate, and when it comes to industry-insider connections, Lee & Associates offers its clients an array of services built on a solid foundation of industry knowledge and access.
Apr 25, 2023 12:22PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker and David Dykes
Life sciences is driving South Carolina’s economy forward. It is the fastest growing segment of the state’s knowledge economy, with a $25.7 billion annual economic impact, according to SCbio, the Palmetto State’s life sciences economic development organization and industry association.
Apr 25, 2023 11:02AM ● By Liv Osby
Millions of Americans suffer from depression. Millions more struggle with anxiety. And while there are medications and therapies available to treat these conditions, they don’t always work. Increasingly, health care providers are turning to a decades-old anesthesia drug to help – ketamine.
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