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Maid Simple brings franchise opportunity to Upstate Maid Simple House Cleaning, a national home cleaning franchise, is focusing on the Greenville market as its first franchise in the Upstate. The company has plans to open in Greenville in early 2015. Greenville’s large presence of dual-income working families, a bustling economy and the success of neighboring franchisees in South Carolina made Greenville a logical choice for franchise expansion, said Raychel Leong-Sullins, vice president of operations, in a release. Maid Simple will host a series of seminars for potential franchisees at the Hilton on Orchard Park Drive in Greenville on Jan. 30 and 31. “As the area’s home cleaning needs continue to grow, we are excited about the possibilities for franchisees in the Upstate. Our turnkey business package fits the needs of those looking for a career change or those looking to move into business ownership,” Leong-Sullins said Maid Simple is also a member of Vet-Fran, a veteran employment initiative of the International Franchise Association, and has been named a Top 50 Veteran Franchise Opportunity by USA Today.
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The South Carolina Brewers Guild, formerly The South Carolina Brewers Association, held its first executive committee meeting last week and elected officers. Three are from the Upstate. John Bauknight, owner of Spartanburg’s RJ Rockers Brewing Co., was named president; Brook Bristow, Greenville attorney and author of the Stone Bill, was named executive director; and Will McCameron, owner of Greenville’s Brewery 85, was elected to head up communications. Chris Brown of Charleston’s Holy City Brewing was named vice president. The guild also named Michael Biondi of Charleston’s Frothy Beard Brewing as secretary and John Planty of Charleston’s Palmetto Brewing Co. as treasurer. The new moniker was in response to the growing brewing industry in the Palmetto State, with 12 breweries opening since the 2013 Pint Law allowed breweries to serve pints on premises. The change led to a $13.7 million economic impact that equaled nearly 140 jobs and $5.5 million in wages, according to the guild. “We are currently working on our strategic plan for the next few years, which will most certainly include
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some legislative initiatives,” Bristow said this week. “In the next few months, we’re going to be expanding our membership, as well as having a dialogue with the wholesalers’ association to see how we can work together to advance craft beer in South Carolina.” The new name indicates differentiation, he said. “There are a lot of associations out there, but not a lot of guilds. We think our members will like the change.” The Brewers Guild has 15 member breweries and brewpubs.
Greenville Chamber honored for diversity The Greenville Chamber received the 2014 Excellence in Diversity Award presented by the Greenville chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (GSHRM). The award recognizes a small to medium-sized organization that ranks above average in four key areas: CEO commitment to diversity and inclusion; human capital; corporate and organizational communication; and supplier diversity. As an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Greenville chapter established a Diversity and Inclusion Committee supporting SHRM in its efforts to recognize people and organizations leading the concept of diversity. The Chamber’s vice president of diversity and inclusion, Nika White, accepted the award on behalf of the Chamber.