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Augusta company expanding, adding jobs, to build EV battery parts

An Augusta company plans to build a new plant that will bring 600 jobs to the area and help electric vehicles drive farther on a battery charge. Last week, the federal government announced that Solvay Specialty Polymers, an international company with a facility in Augusta, will receive $178.2 million through the infrastructure bill passed earlier this year by Congress. Solvay plans to use the money to build a new plant in Augusta that will create about 500 construction jobs and about 100 skilled manufacturing jobs. The new facility will be

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Gary Kauffman October 25, 2022 No Comments
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Capital harder to come by for Georgia startups

  Fewer venture capitalists are investing in Georgia startups and Hyundai is breaking ground on its electric vehicle plant near Savannah. Georgia Business Daily Business Update by Mike Petchenik.

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Mike Petchenik October 24, 2022 No Comments
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Augusta University MBA program prepares students for professional, personal growth

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in Augusta University’s publication, JagWire. The Master of Business Administration program at Augusta University is the hallmark graduate program of the Hull College of Business. A flexible program focused on supporting working professionals, MBA enrollment has increased 31 percent since fall 2016 — and the program has even more room to grow. The program offers various tracks, including options for full-time students, part-time students, and asynchronous online students. The program’s online offering, the Hull Online MBA, was recently ranked the most affordable online

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Paige Fowler October 24, 2022 No Comments
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Fireman’s side hustle is nasty business

Helping people isn’t new to David Parks, he’s been a firefighter in Augusta for 30 years. Incidentally, dogs have been a mascot for fire departments for centuries. Perhaps, Park’s passion for his pet waste removal business is part of his first responder DNA. If you own a dog, you probably love them like family. We pamper our pups with grooming visits, buy them toys, and feed them, sometimes the freshest gourmet dog food money can buy. But what goes in, must come out. You can scoop the poop yourself or

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Mitzi Oxford October 23, 2022 No Comments
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Mondays with Rick: Efforts to increase financial literacy

  Dr. Rick Franza, Dean of the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, with statistics showing that less than a third of Americans qualify as financially literate, he discusses some proposals to increase financial literacy, especially among students. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact. ABD: Let’s start by defining what is meant by financial literacy. Rick: Financial literacy is being able to manage your own personal finances. It’s understanding things like budgeting, credit, investments, interest rates,

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Gary Kauffman October 23, 2022 No Comments
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Who’ll be picked, “Best in Business” in the CSRA?

Last year, local business owners, Jason Kennedy and Charlie Wall were selected as the best of the best among Augusta’s many entrepreneurs by the Augusta Metro Chamber and Commerce. Kennedy and Wall, co-founders of Loop Recruiting, a technology staffing company, won the Chamber’s Augusta’s Entrepreneur Award and were honored at the Dec. 2021 Member Economic Luncheon. ABD spoke to Kennedy at the luncheon, and he thanked both the Chamber and Loop’s staff for helping him and Wall win the award. “Everyone works really hard,” Kennedy said. Augusta’s Entrepreneur is one

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Josh Heath October 23, 2022 No Comments
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Cybersecurity expert discusses ways to prevent data breaches

In 2016, Uber experienced a major data breach, when hackers accessed sensitive information on millions of the company’s customers and drivers. But regardless of size, every business is vulnerable to these attacks, according to Patrick Reynolds. Reynolds, President, and CEO of Cross Link Consulting, a local IT and cybersecurity services firm, spoke to a large group of local business leaders at ABD’s Business Recharge event yesterday at the Kroc Center. He said no amount of money or knowledge can protect a company’s data. “Budget size doesn’t equal breach avoidance,” Reynolds

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Josh Heath October 20, 2022 No Comments
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Marketing professional discusses strategies for creating customer connections

Kate Sanders loves a product called Blender Bombs because the company, which sells smoothie boosters, adds a note from its founder, Helen Hall, to each of its products. Sanders, COO, partner, and lead strategist of the Alison South Marketing Group was one of the speakers at the Business Recharge Event, a business expo hosted by Augusta Business Daily yesterday at the Kroc Center. The title of her presentation was “Utilizing Your Loyalty Loop to Create Recurring Customers.” Alison South creates marketing campaigns for companies of various sizes. “There’s some sort

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Josh Heath October 20, 2022 No Comments
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North Augusta Chamber to host Mega Mixer event

It’s not every day you get to network with business professionals from all over Augusta’s River Region. But the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce wants to give you that opportunity. On Thursday, Nov. 3, the Chamber will host a Mega Mixer event from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Palmetto Terrace Ballroom at the North Augusta Municipal Building located at 100 Georgia Ave. Members from nine local Chambers, including the Augusta Metro, Columbia County, Aiken, and Midland Valley Area, as well as the Greater Augusta Black Chamber of Commerce,

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Josh Heath October 19, 2022 No Comments
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