Minnesota – October 14, 2026 -- FirstService Residential Minnesota has held its first Board of Directors' Forum & Vendor Showcase, a single-evening event that put community association board members in direct contact with local service providers.

DALLAS – October 14, 2026 -- SDG Group, a global data and AI consulting firm, received Everest Group's 2026 "Voice of the Customer Honor – Service Excellence" at the research firm's Elevate conference in Dallas.

The honor recognizes service providers that more than 700 customers rated highly on client management, ease of doing business and proactive engagement. SDG Group presents it as third-party validation of its service delivery.

Houston – October 14, 2026 -- Kreative Media, a Houston-headquartered digital marketing agency with locations across Texas, launched the Kreative Velocity System, a framework that runs paid media, social, search and website work from one shared data foundation.

Four engines split the system across paid, social, search and web

The methodology operates through four interconnected engines:

Dayton – October 14, 2026 -- Organizations that shred confidential records without a certificate of destruction may be unable to prove compliance during audits or investigations, according to Dayton, Ohio, document shredding expert Rhet Crowe in a HelloNation feature.

New York – October 14, 2026 -- Only 26% of U.S. employers say they are very confident in their ability to administer leave accurately and in line with compliance standards, even as 76% now offer some form of caregiving leave, up from 71% last year, according to the 2027 NFP U.S. Leave Management Report.

NFP, an Aon company and a property and casualty (P&C) broker and benefits consultant, based the findings on a nationwide benchmarking survey of more than 1,000 employers across U.S. industries.

Rolling Meadows, Ill. – October 14, 2026 -- Only 28% of US employees believe their current retirement savings strategy will meet their goals, even though 85% of employers offer retirement benefits, according to Gallagher's 2026 US Financial Benchmarks Report.

The report draws on responses from 3,717 US organizations that took part in Gallagher's Benefits Strategy & Benchmarking Survey from January through March 2026. It also uses employee findings from the 2026 Financial Health Assessment, which covers 981 participants.

White Plains – October 14, 2026 -- Rockbridge Growth Equity-backed FormativGroup has acquired Saige Consulting, an AI and technology consulting firm, to add AI implementation and software engineering capacity to its application and data architecture business. The announcement did not include financial terms.

Tulsa – – October 14, 2026 -- Eighty of 100 U.S. small businesses landed in the lowest "Ghosted" tier of a new AI-visibility benchmark, averaging 50.9 out of 100, according to Modern Asset Lab, which today launched its Match ProtocolTM framework for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO).

Chicago – October 14, 2026 -- Sean Kasten, Vice President and National Healthcare and Human Services Practice Director at CSG Government Solutions, has been named to The Consulting Report's Top Healthcare Consultants and Leaders of 2026 list.

The list recognizes consultants and industry leaders who influence how care is delivered, financed, and supported. Awardees were selected on four criteria: depth of specialized experience, advisory impact, industry influence, and leadership within their firm.

San Mateo, Calif. – October 14, 2026 -- Novogradac, the national accounting and consulting firm, promoted nine managers to principal effective Sept. 1, with the new principals spread across seven U.S. offices and concentrated in tax credit work for real estate and renewable energy.

Managing partner Michael J. Novogradac said the firm has a long tradition of promoting from within, which keeps clients working with proven expertise as the firm grows.