Today in BiS magazine:
• Gena Taylor, executive director of Greenbriar Children’s Center, was working for United Way when she discovered she wanted to be more directly involved in services, to do things that help families.
• Eco Mowing owner Nate Saraceno owns a company that promises chemical-free, organic and sustainable lawn care with a solar panel on the company truck to recharge batteries with clean, renewable energy throughout the day.
• Business etiquette maven Lydia Ramsey fears technology may be killing the art of hand-written thank you notes.
• Attorneys John Tatum and Carson Penney
write that a state Supreme Court ruling in Georgia will significantly affect court cases involving trusts and conflict of fiduciary duty.
• Economist Kenneth Zapp suggests a growing number of Americans, many of whom live in our state, seem to prefer viewing our economy as a textbook market model whose only flaws come from interference by either government or misguided do-gooders.
Logistics firm opens Atlanta office
Total Quality Logistics, a freight brokerage company, announced Tuesday it will create 75 new jobs and invest $1 million in an Atlanta facility over the next three years.
The company will rent office space in midtown Atlanta, and the 75 jobs will primarily be sales positions. The new office represents the company’s first presence in Georgia.
“Our national satellite offices are extremely important in our ability to grow market share and continue to be the leading service provider in the third party logistics industry,” said TQL Executive Vice President Kerry Byrne.
TQL is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company offers freight brokerage services, matching companies that need to ship products with quality carriers who move the freight.
TQL arranges the movement of approximately 20,000 loads of freight per week throughout North America.
Gulfstream reports growing Latin American jet fleet
Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. opened the Latin American Business Aviation Exhibition & Conference in São Paulo by announcing its fleet in the region has grown by nearly 70 percent since 2009.
“I am very proud to say that one of every four business jets based in Latin America is a Gulfstream,” said company president Larry Flynn. “That figure translates to nearly 180 aircraft. Five years ago, we had 105 aircraft here.”
The country with the largest Gulfstream fleet in Latin America is Mexico, with nearly 80 aircraft based there. More than 30 company aircraft operate out of Venezuela.
In Brazil, the Gulfstream fleet has nearly tripled, going from 14 to 40 aircraft.
