Florida Business News
- Aspiring pot companies had big dreams for Florida. Reality has hit hard.
Florida is all about freewheeling fun in the sun — except when it comes to marijuana. And the state’s pot businesses are learning that the hard way.
- UM students get a boost to expand their businesses
The third annual USTAAR Pitch Competition awarded $100,000 each to five promising student teams for their ingenious startup ideas and potential.
- Winn-Dixie expands grocery delivery across Florida with Amazon partnership
Winn-Dixie grocery delivery through Amazon now serves customers in Florida’s largest metropolitan areas, including Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach.
- New hangar at Punta Gorda Airport promises 200 new jobs
Now in its final stage of construction, NAS MRO Services will soon open a large maintenance, repair and overhaul hangar at Punta Gorda Airport, bringing about 200 high-paying jobs to Charlotte County.
- Tampa’s Gasworx just hit a milestone. What’s next for the neighborhood?
On the edge of Ybor City, a new neighborhood is rising from the ashes of former industrial land: Gasworx. The 50-acre project has been under construction for nearly three years now.






















