Approximately 49,000 employees work in more than 4,000 businesses east of the Cooper River, according to ZIP Business Patterns (U.S. Census Bureau). Based on data provided by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, 97% of these companies employ less than 50 employees, and 89% have less than 20 employees. The majority of them are local market-driven businesses like stores, … [Read more...]

Twelve-hour workdays with few or no bathroom breaks. Pay that’s nowhere near a living wage. Children under the age of 12 working long hours in dangerous jobs. We wince when we hear of these conditions in third-world countries. But workers in the United States faced these same injustices for many years. In the Lowcountry, the hellish job of phosphate mining replaced the … [Read more...]

Butler & College, LLC assists businesses, individuals and families with their real estate and estate-planning needs with a focus on residential real estate transactions, commercial real estate and estate planning. One of the services they provide is to help individuals establish wills or trusts. Butler & College attorney Sarah Miller Smith, who focuses her practice … [Read more...]

Since 2003, Kia Country of Charleston has established a name for itself as one of the top dealerships in the Carolinas. A part of the Lee Motor Group, Kia Country of Charleston is the 2019 DealerRater.com Dealer of the Year and a recipient of its 2019 Consumer Satisfaction Award. “We are certainly not the biggest dealership and not the smallest dealership in the Carolinas, … [Read more...]

If online reviews are any indication, Automotive Excellence is doing an excellent job of living up to its name. Customers want honesty, quality and fair prices out of an auto-service shop, and, according to their web writeups, Automotive Excellence consistently delivers on all three. With two locations to serve customers — one on Ben Sawyer Boulevard (originally opened on … [Read more...]