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Broward shuts down non-essential businesses

Broward County has issued an emergency order closing all non-essential retail and commercial business locations starting this morning. However, there is a long list of businesses that are allowed to

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Governor gives restaurants some relief on alcoholic beverage sales

The typical license for Florida restaurants doesn’t allow them to sell packaged alcoholic beverages to go, but Gov. Ron DeSantis provided some relief from that on Friday. With so many

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Hands for Hospitality

An ever-growing list of area restaurant professionals is banding together on behalf of hourly employees who’ve been temporarily sidelined—or who’ve lost their jobs—in the wake of business shutdowns due to

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Hands for Hospitality
Governor’s order for Broward, Palm Beach, not as sweeping as expected

Miami-Dade County has ordered non-essential businesses to close, but Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order on Friday wasn’t nearly as sweeping The Sun-Sentinel previously said the governor was working with Broward and

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An unusual source of hand sanitizer

IT’SUGAR was on the cover of SFBW’s February issue for its rapidly growing candy store empire, but it also turns out to be a source of highly sought hand sanitizer.

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Restaurants start to ask for financial breaks

Mom and pop restaurants are seeking breaks from their landlords as the coronavirus slams their businesses, says the owner of the region’s largest restaurant brokerage Just before his interview with

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Publix, Amazon hiring in South Florida

One major worry about the coronavirus is the risk of a 20 percent unemployment rate, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, but some companies are briskly hiring to deal

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State to order bars shut for 30 days

The normally festive St. Patrick’s Day took on a very somber note Tuesday as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis planned a 5 p.m. press conference to issue an order for bars

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Florida activates emergency bridge loans

Governor Ron DeSantis has activated the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19. The bridge loan program, managed by the Florida Department of

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Silver Airways in dire need of financial assistance

Silver Airways has sent a letter to officials in Washington seeking “critical and immediate financial aid required in order for the airline to survive the most dire crisis the industry

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Businesses can tell state how they are doing amid outbreak

Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday announced the activation of the Business Damage Assessment survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on Florida’s local business operations. The survey, managed by the

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Coronavirus and Call Centers: What to Do Now and Later

By Howard Dvorkin, CPA For nearly three decades, I’ve launched and sold businesses that rely heavily on call centers. To cope with a possible COVID-19 pandemic that could affect my

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Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

Editor-in-Chief

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.