Piggly Wiggly fund supports refinery victims
Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. has established a “Sugar Refinery Family Support Fund” in response to the explosion Feb. 7 at the Imperial Sugar Co. refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga.

The fund, which allows customers to make a donation at check-out registers, will raise money to support the families of those plant workers killed or injured in the explosion. Piggly Wiggly opened the fund with a $10,000 donation.

The bodies of six victims have been positively identified, and two others are presumed dead, according to Savannah Morning News. Another 17 workers are hospitalized in critical or serious condition, the newspaper reported.

Registers in all Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. stores in Georgia and North and South Carolina are set up to process donations through March 17. All donations will be distributed to affected families by the United Way of the Coastal Empire.

Business incubator session planned in Columbia
New Carolina, South Carolina’s Council on Competitiveness, plans to hold its first “conversation” on business incubators March 5 at Columbia Marriott Hotel.

Participants include those working with or contemplating starting a business incubator, accelerator, enterprise or resource center. Dinah Atkins, president and CEO of the National Business Incubation Association, is scheduled to give the keynote address.

The 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. session and lunch costs $75. Attendees also have the option of buying the National Business Incubation Association Best Practices Manual for $60. To register, call Lindsey Spires of New Carolina at 803-760-1400.

Ramsey appointed to valuation group’s board
Larry A. Ramsey of the public accounting firm Robinson Grant & Co. has been selected to the board of directors for the South Carolina chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.

The chapter provides educational sessions and opportunities for certified valuation analysts to discuss developments in business valuation, matrimonial and financial litigation, and exit planning.

Ramsey lives on Hilton Head Island. Robinson Grant & Co. has branches on Hilton Head and in Beaufort and Bluffton.