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The Business Report recently sat down with Jennifer Cates Lester to discuss the recent exciting news about Salter Feiber, PA and Dell Graham, PA. The creation of new firm Dell Salter, PA became official as of October 1, 2017.   TBR: Can you please provide a little bit of background history about both Salter Feiber...

What if your well-crafted retirement plan imploded due to the costs associated with a catastrophic medical need.  Several of my clients have asked about protecting their assets in case of a nursing home stay or another long-term care scenario. They wonder if they need long-term care (LTC) insurance and how it works. I wanted to...

Greater Gainesville is a city of entrepreneurial opportunity. Home to award-winning academic programs, medical facilities, research-labs, and incubators, the city is an ideal place for entrepreneurs to make their business dreams into realities. Compared with other startup hotbeds, Gainesville’s cost of growing a new business is cheap. Overall, Greater Gainesville is big enough to provide...

Governor Rick Scott recently recognized eight outstanding educators with the Governor’s Shine Award, two of whom are from Alachua County. The Shine Award is presented to teachers and administrators in Florida who make significant contributions to the field of education. Governor Rick Scott said, “I am proud to present these eight educators with the Governor’s...

Reduce the cost of doing business and improve operational efficiency by outsourcing tax, accounting, and financial management functions. This is the message from a couple of local business owners providing mission-critical Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services. Launching and operating a business is a major feat for most people. Manufacturing quality products or providing excellent services...

“Communications internally is huge,” said Marco LaNave, the media and public relations manager for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp which was rebranded from the Jacksonville Suns in November 2016 after the first year of ownership by Fast Forward Sports Group. “To equip everyone in the organization to be an ambassador for you is extremely valuable.” LaNave...

The news cycle moves so fast these days that it can be difficult to keep up. Even so, sometimes a news story breaks that is so big it pays to circle back around and keep on top of the latest details. Such is the case with the Equifax breach, which affected nearly 146 million Americans....

During the evening of October 10, Hurricane Irma made landfall just north of Naples, Florida hitting the shores as a Category 2 storm. Reaching Alachua county with winds upwards of 70 mph and drenching the area with 13 inches of rain, the effects of Irma on the Gainesville community lasted much longer than the winds...

The UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Clinical Skills Laboratory building addition received the top overall state award in the education category of the Florida Chapter of the Design-Build Institute’s annual awards competition. The competition evaluates design and building quality, safety, cost, sustainability, teaming performance and the project’s success from development to procurement to execution, according...

Kiplinger has released its highly anticipated rankings of the best and worst states for taxes.  The list was unveiled as part of Kiplinger’s fifth annual Tax Map which reveals income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, “sin” taxes (for products such as alcohol and tobacco) and other tax rules and exemptions across all 50 states and Washington,...