September 16, 2021

Consumer Stories

Supply chain issues, Covid19, Hurricane Ida, all in a days’ work for truck drivers

Each year, the second week of September is designated as National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, but Adam Willis says his trucking company recognizes its drivers’ hard work throughout the year. Willis – president of F&W Transportation Inc. located at 4197 Mike Padgett Highway in south Augusta, explains drivers consistently deal with numerous challenges, such as parking and regulations, and COVID-19 has only added to those challenges. “It’s made it harder to operate at individual businesses,” he states. “Each state treats drivers differently.” For example, some businesses want them to wear

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B2B Stories

Some seats left for this morning’s Chamber business builder series

You may score a free lunch and good information today, if you are an Augusta Chamber of Commerce member, or pay just $15 for lunch and the workshop to help your company automate its’ business practices. Dennis O’keefe, Director of Sales for Workful, will lead the presentation from 12-1, with lunch served at 11:30 at the Chamber Headquarters at One Tenth Street across from the Augusta Marriott. Workful was developed by local tech firm TaxSlayer in 2017 and is a cloud-based payroll and employee management suite made for small businesses

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