Encouraging news coming from the tennessee Secreatary of State’s office, new business filings in Tennessee grew in the first quarter of 2021 by 55.1% over the same period last year.The Tennessee Secretary of State’s office says that is the largest year-to-year gain in the 28-year history of this data being collected.The Tennessee Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report issued by Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s office shows that 19,652 entities filed in the first quarter of 2021, the highest quarterly total on record.