Pasadena, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- The share of U.S. consumers using AI tools for local business recommendations jumped to 45% in the past 12 months, up from 6% in 2025, according to new research cited by digital marketing agency Cybertegic.

Louisville, Ky. -- September 9, 2026 -- Soar Higher Leadership and Business Coaching has launched the SOAR HIGHER LEADERSHIP program, a training course designed to address leadership skills gaps created by rapid AI adoption in the workplace. The company is enrolling students for September and October cohorts.

Washington and London – September 15, 2026 -- Delta Consulting Group, Inc. has acquired Osborne Partners Ltd., creating a combined advisory platform of 179 professionals across eight global offices. The transaction closed on August 14, 2026, though financial terms were not disclosed.

Boulder, Colo. – September 15, 2026 -- State sales tax audits drag on for an average of 223 days and can stretch as long as 682 days, according to internal data released by tax compliance firm TaxValet, which has guided 38 clients through such audits.

Iselin, N.J. – September 15, 2026 -- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, a New Jersey law firm with more than a century of operation, has launched a fully redesigned website and rebranded its public-facing identity to Greenbaum Law.

Boston – September 14, 2026 -- H.I.G. Capital has completed a significant investment in Click Here Digital, a Baton Rouge-based performance marketing agency serving the automotive, legal, and government sectors, through one of its affiliates.

Ettlingen – September 14, 2026 -- German restructuring advisor Ulrich Kammerer of UKMC has outlined six concrete criteria executives can use within the first sixty minutes of a consultation to distinguish qualified crisis advisors from those offering false reassurance during liquidity emergencies.

San Diego – September 13, 2026 -- Only 9% of 1,000 C-suite executives surveyed by the Return on AI Institute report realizing significant value from generative AI, a gap Scaled Agile, Inc. (SAI) aims to address at its SAFe & AI Summit San Diego, running September 14-18 at the Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center.

Vancouver, BC – September 13, 2026 -- Time Out and Rival Technologies have won a 2026 Esomar Award for Excellence in Global Research, announced at the Esomar Congress in Valencia, Spain.

Global City Survey engaged 18,500 people across nearly 60 countries

The award-winning project surveyed participants in 45 languages, generating approximately 1.6 million data points and an 86% completion rate. The research underpins Time Out's Best Cities ranking, a decade-long global editorial initiative built on resident feedback and Time Out's journalism.

Tampa – – September 13, 2026 -- Greg DuPey, owner of a Pillar To Post Home Inspectors franchise in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, has been named a 2026 Franchisee of the Year by the International Franchise Association (IFA), the trade group's highest honor for individual franchise owners.