CONTRIBUTING WRITER PROFILE

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. — Viktor E. Frankl ... Read More

For employers, operating amid a worldwide pandemic is difficult. Managing the core business and doing so in compliance with the federal, state and local laws that govern the workplace is challenging enough. Now, employers also must close... Read More

When the economy is good, we all tend to be a little looser in how we spend our money. Small-business owners are no different with their business expenses. However, those times are now gone, possibly for a long time. Eliminating... Read More

By Christina Lee Knauss South Carolina has a serious problem when it comes to keeping teachers in the classroom. In recent years, alarming numbers of public school teachers have left their jobs, causing shortages of instructors in ... Read More

Is it just us or does anyone else think Generation X should be renamed the Generation of Firsts? We were the first gamers, first bloggers, invented MySpace and Twitter. We practically gave birth to the internet. Well, that’... Read More

By Dudley Brown Contributing writer A new year and a new decade are underway, and economic development leaders across the Upstate expect the growth and progress from the 2010s to continue in 2020. Unemployment rates approached 12%... Read More

See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see. — Wayne Dyer I read a story about a farm boy who accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn in the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate.&nbs... Read More

PGA of America, Nikki Haley, Kiawah Island Golf Resort Unveil 2021 PGA Championship Premium Hospitality Experiences for Charleston-Area Companies The PGA of America, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Kiawah Island G... Read More

Back when I started working for a community college in 1985, two-year institutions were often overshadowed by four-year colleges in the media and in the minds of many Americans. Since that time, two-year colleges have proved that they ar... Read More

By Barry Waldman First National Bank, a Pittsburgh-based bank with nearly $34 billion in assets, says it believes its business approach and an emergent market are a perfect marriage in a crowded Charleston banking market.  The... Read More

Imagine it’s Tuesday afternoon and there’s a big, beautiful sailboat streaming through Charleston Harbor. It’s in pristine condition and there’s a deep blue sail with the S.C. palmetto tree and crescent moon billo... Read More

“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”  — Jerome K. Jerome According to Gallup’s 2017 State of the American Workplace, only 33% of full-time employees in the U.S. are engaged... Read More

BOOK OF EXPERTS | MARKETING FIRM Great Marketing Starts Here By Matt Thompson • Senior Partner With a name like Splash Omnimedia, it should come as no surprise that this team of marketing professionals is making waves i... Read More

BOOK OF EXPERTS | CONSULTING Offering guidance on complex issues, including harassment claims, performance evaluations, compensation and much more By Sharon L. Sellers • President If you want to make SLS consultants laugh, ... Read More

BOOK OF EXPERTS | FINANCIAL PLANNING Educating people about serious life decisions and options is key to successful planning By Tim Goldman • Sales Director & Financial Advisor When it comes to planning your financi... Read More

BOOK OF EXPERTS | SENIOR LIVING 100 years of commitment to highest quality of physical, mental and spiritual well-being at five locations across South Carolina By Denise Dickinsen • Vice President For anyone considering... Read More

By Christina Lee Knauss Blythewood is 2,416 miles from Hollywood, site of the Academy Awards, and 4,550 miles from Cannes, France, where the world’s premiere film festival is held annually. For two days in April, however, hig... Read More

By Matt Chaney mchaney@sclawyersweekly.com A prominent personal injury attorney in the Lowcountry is suing his son for trademark infringement for using his birth name in advertising his new, independent law firm. George Sink Sr. a... Read More

By Matthew Chaney S.C. Lawyers Weekly When Cody Mitchell took a job out of law school in 2011 working for Lucas, Warr, White & Mitchell, he never considered working for a big city firm. Instead, he said, he chose to work at the H... Read More

The topic of Opportunity Zones is hot, hot, hot — and for good reason. The program is shiny and new, aims to bring prosperity to areas in need and creates significant tax benefits for investors. Lawmakers are touting this oppor... Read More

By Christina Lee Knauss Imagine being able to settle a dispute with an annoying neighbor, a shoddy contractor, or even a spouse or family member without having to experience the stress and financial strain of going to court. Mediat... Read More

By Christina Lee Knauss Entrepreneurs in the Midlands have a chance to boost their small businesses thanks to a new strategic alliance between the Small Business Administration and Richland County, the city of Columbia and Benedict Co... Read More

Customers benefit from lower costs, import fees Since 1934, US Foreign Trade Zones have been a benefit to our national economy. By providing an incentive for  foreign  manufacturers  to  establish factories on US s... Read More

By Kester Freeman and Megan Weis Former S.C. Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell, in an address before the S.C. General Assembly in March 2014, said: “The issue of aging is the central pubic health challenge of our lifetime.” That... Read More

By Christina Lee Knauss Johnny Belissary recently met a woman trying to care for her husband, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. The man had recently started waking at midnight and walking to the kitchen, where he’d pul... Read More

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. — Kurt Vonnegut I read a report in Lighthouse of a survey of 1,000 American e... Read More

By Anna Linhoss When hurricanes like Florence, which hit the Carolinas in September, make landfall, the first things they hit often are barrier islands — thin ribbons of sand that line the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It&rsquo... Read More

Editor's note: This story, which appeared in the Dec. 3 print edition of the Columbia Regional Business Report, is being republished to include the project contractor and an updated expected completion date.  By Christin... Read More

By C. Grant Jackson South Carolina will see a good, if not a great, economy next year as the United States continues to experience what likely will become in July the longest economic expansion in its history, local experts say. &l... Read More

“Life is flux.” — Heraclitus of Ephesus, 500 BCE There have been multiple translations and paraphrasings of Heraclitus’ assertion over the centuries. For a time, the skate company Volcom Stone used “... Read More

By Christina Knauss Girl Scouts from around the state of South Carolina will reap the benefits when a new building on Williams Street in downtown Columbia is complete. Construction officially started today on the Cathy Novinger Gir... Read More

Unpaid internships are controversial. Proponents argue that they provide valuable opportunities for students to learn about an industry and for companies to scout up-and-coming talent; critics contend the practice is an unfair excuse to ... Read More

Wireless technology has come to play an exponentially more integral role in our daily lives. Our connected devices now allow us to stream videos, map real-time traffic conditions, remotely monitor our homes and stay in touch with our lov... Read More

On June 18, 2007, the Charleston Fire Department and the entire community suffered an unprecedented loss of nine firefighters in the Sofa Super Store fire. What followed would be a daunting task of helping a fire department reeling from ... Read More

Paul Fletcher is the editor-in-chief for S.C. Lawyers Weekly, which is in the news group managed by SC Biz News, which includes the Columbia Regional Business Report, Charleston Regional Business Journal, GSA Business Report, SCB... Read More

An emerging narrative about the state of higher education in South Carolina – and across much of the nation – depicts a landscape of slowing student demand, skyrocketing tuition and fees, and inflated college spending that ha... Read More

In an extraordinary will written in 1886 and put into effect three years later with state approval of the university that would bear his name, Thomas Green Clemson set out to transform his beloved South Carolina through education.  ... Read More

By C. Grant Jackson South Carolina can expect continued slow and steady economic growth for 2018, according to economists with the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. Job growth, which research econo... Read More

In 1948, Cely Brothers Lumber Co. was formed by five brothers, all WWII veterans. Seventy years and three generations later, Cely Construction is still family owned and operated at the same location in Greenville. Samuel Cely, preside... Read More

Integral Solutions Group (ISG) marks a milestone in 2017 that not many companies can boast – 30 years in business. Over the course of those three decades, ISG has networked itself into an industry leader in managed services. The Sp... Read More

In a sign of increasing commercial interest in Greenville’s Pettigru Historic District, Babcock Investment Co. has scrapped plans to convert a nearly century-old schoolhouse into condos and townhomes and is now building professiona... Read More

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Cherry Bekaert LLP (“the Firm”), a nationally recognized, growth-oriented accounting, advisory and consulting firm. Cherry Bekaert is one of the leading accounting firms in the Southeas... Read More

Startup Roundup An insider’s view into Charleston’s Startup community. Curated by Thomas Heath As someone who advises startups and existing companies on the best ways to grow their businesses, I quite often get ask... Read More

By Christina Lee Knauss   Terry Pressley didn’t expect much a few months ago when he heard about a job-training program called Back to Work. The Kingstree native came to Columbia after falling on hard times and becomi... Read More

Reed Wilson founded Palmetto Technology Group in 2007, when he saw that many small- and medium-sized companies were experiencing productivity challenges, security issues, and downtime due to relying on onsite servers and inexperienced em... Read More

The Blood Connection is proud to serve the needs of car crash victims, cancer patients, premature babies, and others by working to keep a steady supply of blood within our community. Donated blood is a lifeline to a patient fighting for ... Read More

Preparing to celebrate 20 years in business, Ivannovation is expert at providing foreign language translations to all businesses, including those in highly technical or difficult fields. The company specializes in assisting companies ... Read More

Are you a startup that needs investment to grow? Many entrepreneurs these days are turning to angel investors, typically a group of affluent individuals who provide capital to a business in exchange for  convertible debt or ownershi... Read More

Locally Epic launched in the summer  of 2017 with a mission to transform how people connect in the Greenville area. Locally Epic engages local consumers via a mobile platform that allows them to enhance their ability to find loca... Read More

It was 33 years ago that C. Dan Joyner, along with a group of businessmen in Greenville, recognized a need for a space to entertain clients and friends and enjoy upscale dining. So, in the summer of 1984, the Commerce Club was formed. Th... Read More

In 2002, the world of technology was radically different than today. Steve Jobs was still five years away from inventing the iPhone. Computers were running Windows 98, or Windows 2000. Google was only 3 years old. The United States w... Read More

By Barry Waldman Take a scorching hot industry with jobs growing like kudzu. Add a community pouring resources in to support it. Mix in a shallow pool of highly specialized talent being wooed from one end of the continent to the o... Read More