Next week, Florida Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President David Hart will join Governor Rick Scott, Enterprise Florida, DOT Secretary Ananth Prasad and other state and business leaders on a Team Florida Mission to Spain. Florida holds a unique and historical relationship with Spain. As we approach the 500th anniversary of Juan Ponce de Leon’s landing [...]
Most businesses can be more efficient, but don’t know how. The Florida Sterling Council can help. The not-for-profit Sterling Council operates out of the Governor’s Executive Office, and offers performance excellence tools for businesses of all sizes.
Gov. Rick Scott is off to Spain this weekend, leading a four-day business development mission that will also include a meeting with King Juan Carlos and a whiff of Florida’s upcoming quincentennial celebrations.
“Politicians sometimes vote one way and then tell their constituents they voted another. As the voice of business in Florida, we have found that it is not uncommon for a friend of the plaintiff trial lawyers to use lawyers and loopholes to try and block television and radio ads they don’t want their constituents to see,” Wilson said in a statement.
State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan and Florida Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Mark Wilson discuss higher education governance, aligning goals and resources in the latest edition of The Florida Chamber’s Bottom Line.
Space Florida and The Florida Chamber of Commerce honored Senate President and Representative of District 26 (Melbourne) Mike Haridopolos and Speaker of the House and Representative of District 35 (Winter Park) Dean Cannon for prioritizing the Space Industry over this years budgeting process.
In a national survey of chief executive officers, respondents perceive that Florida is the second best state for conducting business in 2012. The survey, administered by Chief Executive Magazine, collected responses from 650 business leaders to rank business climates in various states.
The global business community and the Florida Chamber of Commerce believe Florida faces a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fundamentally transform our economy by becoming a global hub for trade, logistics and export-oriented manufacturing activities.
Florida has long been an important consumer market and gateway for trade between the U.S., Latin America and Caribbean nations. Over the next decade, Florida should be positioned for a larger leadership role as a trade hub.
The Florida Chamber’s Most Valuable Legislator award is the business community’s premier legislative award honoring a single lawmaker for their outstanding legislative leadership on free enterprise issues. The Florida Chamber’s Distinguished Advocate award recognizes lawmakers that helped ensure consideration of the business community’s legislative priorities, and furthered the Florida Chamber’s goals of strengthening job creation, advancing Florida’s economic recovery and helping to position our state to once again be the No. 1 job creator in the nation.
Saying it will save Floridians money, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed into law one of his top legislative priorities– a measure backers say will help the state combat fraud and lower costs in the no-fault automobile insurance market.
