Local First Springfield kicks off its third annual Buy Local Month
Springfield Buy Local Month encourages support for our member businesses and organizations during the holiday season. Buy Local Month...
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The Storyteller Studios shortlisted for Mid-America Emmy Award
The Storyteller Studios Principal and Executive Producer Josh Hester and Producer Chris Costello are shortlisted for a 2020 Mid-America...
Sexual Harassment Deadline of 12/31/20 is Looming
By Donna Skowronski Rogers HR Consulting With the IL Workplace Transparency Act training deadline at the end of this last quarter of 2020...
Does your business interruption policy have a pandemic exclusion?
By Ben Sgro Sgro, Hanrahan, Durr & Rabin, LLP The economic engine of Illinois came to a grinding halt at 9:00 p.m. on March 16, 2020....
The Storyteller Studios team expands to keep up with demand
The Storyteller Studios team is expanding due to the demand for video for use in marketing businesses and organizations across the...
11 businesses recognized in third annual Local First Springfield Awards
Local First Springfield crowned 11 award winners during a virtual celebration last night. Local First Springfield is a nonprofit made up...
The Salted Lemon Market & Creamery opens for business in Springfield, Illinois
The Salted Lemon Market & Creamery, a member of the Three Twigs Group, opens its doors to the public on Wednesday, September 16. The...
Servicing and supporting customers in a pandemic
Businesses have had to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep their customers and employees safe. Many have either added online...
After just one year in business, Revive Wellness And Massage Spa is thriving
Owners of Revive Wellness And Massage Spa, Cortney Spencer, and Chiffonia White, celebrated one year in business in March, just as...
Get to know our 2020 Local First Springfield award nominees!
As our third annual Local First Springfield Awards are fast approaching, we want to take the opportunity to highlight the 2020 nominees....
Local First Springfield Annual Awards 2020 Shortlist
Congratulations to our members shortlisted in this year’s Local First Springfield annual awards! We’ll tell you all about our members and...
Serious Lip Balm Shop Tiny campaign features small businesses
Serious Lip Balm has launched a campaign featuring small businesses to help them grow during the pandemic. Shop Tiny is a movement...
The Storyteller Studios wins four 2020 Communicator Awards
Springfield-based video company, The Storyteller Studios, has received a further four Communicator Awards for its work over the past...
Cyberattacks on small business persist despite Covid-19
By Jake Rourke Troxell Despite Covid-19 small businesses are still open to cyberattacks. Only recently, Troxell was informed that scam...
How to write a winning award entry
Gemma Long Gem PR & Media We’ve written a lot of award entries since launching Gem PR & Media in the summer of 2013. Clients have won...
Coronavirus has changed the way companies operate
By Carolyn Pemberton Johnson & Johnson Automotive Coronavirus has changed the way companies operate in an unprecedented manner. As...
Keeping Small Businesses Clean
By Dushun Hogan President of Cleaning General Janitorial Services Inc. COVID-19, the current virus affecting the entire world, is highly...
Keep Making Progress
By Kevin Lust Director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Lincoln Land Community College We had an ice storm across...
Coronavirus checklist for small businesses
by Gemma Long Gem PR & Media Are you communicating with your staff? Fear spreads like wildfire. It’s important to manage expectations....
What makes a company tick?
Lisa Hammons is the executive assistant to the CEO at Springfield Electric, but she also supports the rest of the executive team, two execut
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