Category: Business

• The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce will celebrate Small Business Week through May 19 with several events. A panel discussion, “Road to Entrepreneurship,” will be held at 10 a.m. May 17 at Culinary Institute of...

Creating an estate plan is an opportunity to make sure you will avoid some big problems for you and your loved ones. The four main problems to avoid are 1. Unnecessary court involvement, related costs, and lack of privacy; 2....

Some of the most common mistakes made in estate planning can be easily avoided. The reason why many make these mistakes is because they didn’t know what to look for.  In estate planning, the old saying holds true that “When you...

Dee Gramoy, Broker in Charge and Realtor with Century 21 A Low Country Realty on Hilton Head Island, has earned Centurion status, a special award from Century 21 Real Estate.  The designation honors an agent or team who has...

You might have heard friends talking about an estate planning seminar they attended, or you might have seen an advertisement for such an event and thought, “That sounds like a good idea, but is it worth it?”  The answer is...

After three decades of emergency medicine practice on Hilton Head Island, Michael R. Kaup, M.D. has joined Beaufort Memorial Express Care & Occupational Health. At the walk-in clinics, the board-certified emergency medicine...

Kassie Sikes has been named lower school principal and Tracey Cannon has been promoted to assistant middle and upper school principal at Cross Schools in Bluffton. Sikes comes to Cross Schools from Calvary Day School in...

One of the most underused estate planning tools is a life estate deed (LED). Though LED’s should be used with caution, there are a number of goals it can satisfy versus making an outright transfer of home ownership to someone. ...

The flowers, the trees, the birds, even the seasonal allergies signal spring is here. It’s always refreshing – aside from the allergies – to welcome a new season of growth. And it’s good to remember that growth doesn’t need to...

Allison Bonner and Amanda Denmark, local professionals from the architecture industry, have launched Save the Shutters, an initiative whose mission is restoring livability with community.  Save the Shutters is a charitable...

Marc L. Johnston, CFP, ChFC, CAIA has joined the team at The Bedminster Group. Johnston has more than 25 years of investment, financial planning and portfolio management experience. Before relocating to South Carolina in 2023,...