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Goose Creek, Lowcountry Local First partner on economic development
The city of Goose Creek and regional business advocacy group, Lowcountry Local First, are partnering on an economic development initiative designed to help new and existing small businesses. The city and organization agreed to a two-year effort to use existing resources and business know-how to help Goose Creek’s economy and position as a place for […]
International wellness company plans to spend $100,000 in Lowcountry
An Australian wellness company is making the trek overseas and investing more than $100,000 to establish operations in Charleston County. Evolt, founded in 2015 in Gold Coast, Australia, offers end-to-end solutions that track body composition, activity and nutrition using data analytics. With the new location at 2457 Aviation Ave. in North Charleston, the company plans […]
Unemployed workers could actually be self-employed
Daniel Island economist Stephen Slifer said that many workers who were let go or left during the pandemic might have chosen a different career path over their old job: Entrepreneurship. Slifer delivered his annual Economic Outlook Conference 2021 via video teleconference Thursday morning to local community and business leaders. Included in his forecast were data […]
SC minority business program receives $500K from Bank of America
Bank of America has granted $500,000 to South Carolina to launch a statewide Minority Business Accelerator program. The program will support and scale minority-owned businesses by offering targeted training, connections to business coaches and access to large corporations. The Greenville Chamber of Commerce has successfully operated its own MBA since 2012, but the Charleston, Columbia […]
Embracing digital tools key to small business success during pandemic
This story was originally published in the Sept. 20, 2021 edition of the Charleston Regional Business Journal. Innovation often rises from need, and nowhere was that better illustrated than in the way small businesses learned to navigate the coronavirus pandemic. As well-established business models became suddenly obsolete, and customer behavior pivoted almost overnight, many small […]
Soft skills a key indicator for employee retention
By Teri Errico Griffis Dillon Lesniewski majored in history at Clemson University. He never expected his education to transfer to a successful career at a tech company, but after nearly five years of promotions, he is now a product owner at BoomTown, a software company in Charleston. Lesniewski said people often judged his cours[...]
Business Journal honors 40 community leaders and business professionals
The Charleston Regional Business Journal honored the 2021 class of Forty Under 40 last night. Each year, the Business Journal and its sponsors and partners recognize the Forty Under 40 during a special event and awards ceremony. Profiles of the individual honorees also are published in a special print section of the Busines[...]
SC Biz names top high-growth companies for 2021
Business professionals from across South Carolina gathered for The Roaring Twenties event at the DoubleTree in Columbia for in-person networking and an awards ceremony Thursday night. For decades, The Roaring Twenties has honored high-growth companies across South Carolina. Last night’s event unveiled the rankings for[...]
Global customer experience company moves in to North Charleston
A global customer service company is making a $3.4 million investment to establish operations in North Charleston. With its entry into South Carolina, Telus International anticipates creating 1,200 new jobs by 2022, Charleston County Economic Development said in a news release. Telus International, which has more than 56,000 employees, offers multilingual digital customer experience and […]
Charleston Digital Corridor opens doors to underrepresented business professionals
The tech industry could use a diversity boost. Black employees make up only 7.4% of the nation’s industry, while Hispanic employees comprise about 8%, according to the Diversity in High Tech report from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. To broaden inclusion within Charleston’s tech community in particular, Charleston Digital Corridor has launched the CDC […]
Financial advisers say pandemic pushed more planning decisions
Prior to the pandemic, the last thing Spencer Schulz and his wife chatted about over pizza and wine on Friday nights was an unforeseen passing. But now it’s a common conversation for his family, and his clients at Northwestern Mutual, the financial adviser said. Life insurance sales are the highest they’ve ever been at the company. […]
In-person Mount Pleasant business expo set for next month
The Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce is holding the organization’s Business and Community Expo in late September as an in-person event, the chamber said in a news release. The event will be held in partnership with the town of Mount Pleasant from 1-6 p.m., Sept. 23 at the Omar Shrine Center. Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie will start the expo with a mascot […][...]
