Latest News News Briefs People Business Formations Contact Us Advertise Vendor Locations Six-Week Free Trial Subscription

Business Women Creative Economy Education Energy Environment Financial Services Health Care Hospitality & Tourism Insurance Main Street Manufacturing Newsmakers Politics Real Estate Retail Technology Work Force More...

Editorials Letters to the Editor Opinion Advice

Buy a Book of Lists Download a Digital Top List Submit/Update Your Company Information

View the Calendar of Events Submit a Calendar Item PBN Events

View our Photo Galleries

40 Under Forty Best Places to Work Business Excellence Awards Business Going Green Business Women City of Providence Disaster Preparedness Family-Owned Businesses Healthy Living Innovation Awards Meetings and Conventions Philanthropy Guide Top Private Companies

Subscribe to our free e-newsletters Daily Edition Health Care & Life Sciences Banking & Financial Services Technology Real Estate & Construction 10 Things To Do

Family-Owned Businesses 85 results total, viewing 1 - 20 When treasures are worth preserving April 4, 2009 The business plan developed by Edward and Diana Coderre was simple enough: Launch a digital-archiving company that would cater mostly to preservation groups that needed to record one-of-a-kind documents, photos and artwork so they could be viewed without the risk of damage, or before they were lost to the ravages of time. more Wine, beer dinners growing in popularity March 28, 2009 Winemaker’s dinners have become a staple of fine-dining restaurants over the past 15 years. For the restaurateur, it is an opportunity to show off the expertise of the chef and introduce new diners to one’s restaurant. Visiting winemakers from the Napa Valley, Burgundy, Australia and South America have hosted wine dinners at local restaurants recently. more Chewing gum with vitamins to spare March 21, 2009 At Halloween, a group of mothers in Colorado whose children suffer from life-threatening allergies to wheat and dairy products wanted to make sure their kids could enjoy trick-or-treating just like their friends, so they contacted B-Fresh Inc. in Smithfield. more Scooping its ice cream competition March 14, 2009 Despite the falling snow, Warwick Ice Cream Co.’s Director of Marketing and Sales Barry Newman didn’t have a moment to talk. He had to head out with product samples for a meeting with a potential client. For Newman, a busy schedule isn’t unusual thanks to an expanding product line and a new division that have helped boost sales. more ThinkTech launches $50K ‘tech bailout’ March 10, 2009 NEW BEDFORD – IT services firm ThinkTech Computers Inc. is aiming to tap into the prevailing zeitgeist with the launch of a contest it is calling “The Technology Bailout.” more A farming revival in Rhode Island March 7, 2009 Farming is in Tyler Young’s blood. He grew up working on what is now the largest potato farm in Rhode Island, Tiverton’s Ferolbink Farms, which was then owned by his grandfather and later taken over by his uncle. more Profiting from clients’ efficiency March 7, 2009 When Rhody Transportation & Warehousing Inc. first built its enormous 125,000-square-foot warehouse in North Kingstown in 2001, Rhody President Steven Harrall had his doubts that it was the right move. more WLNE Ch. 6 idles six workers March 5, 2009 PROVIDENCE – WLNE-TV Channel 6, the ABC affiliate serving the Providence-New Bedford market, is the latest local news outlet to cut its staff, the station’s vice president and general manager, Stephen Doerr, confirmed today. “It’s hard to say goodbye to colleagues you’ve worked with for a long time,” he said, “but every business in America is making tough choices.” more Avon a link to film’s golden age Feb 28, 2009 The French director Abel Gance’s 1936 film “The Life and Loves of Beethoven” is mostly forgotten today. But in Providence, the movie has a special significance: it was the first film shown at the Avon Cinema when the renowned College Hill theater opened in February 1938. more Succession path paved by family at R&W Co. Feb 23, 2009 At age 60, William J. Roland is still not sure when he will retire from Roland & Whytock Co. Inc., the Providence manufacturing operation his family has owned and run for the past 100 years. more Complexity a key part of any family business Feb 23, 2009 In this age of global corporations, it can be easy to forget that family-owned businesses have been the connective tissue of society for generations (one of my grandfathers was the owner of a bakery). more Advantage owner has clear view of success Feb 23, 2009 In spite of the recession, Cranston-based Advantage Glass Co. Inc. owner Michael Del Sesto experienced his best year ever in 2008, thanks in part to solid planning before the downturn, expansion of his market reach and improved efficiency. more Treating the clients like family is no shtick here Feb 23, 2009 Yes, it sounds too trite to be true, but the owner and operator of Concord Home Health Services in Cranston insists that the patients for whom his staff provides home care are treated – truly, honestly, actually – like members of the family. more Family businesses have traits to survive Feb 23, 2009 The stock market has tanked. Retirement funds are even worse. Things look bad, but there is a bright side for family firms. Resiliency, optimism and a penchant for long-term strategies have been identified as characteristics of family firms for decades. These are attributes that can assist family firms in the current situation – and the stability of family firms in the short run will have an effect on the worldwide economic picture over the long haul. more Balancing family, work proves a daily challenge Feb 23, 2009 Among 25-year-olds, there are few who can say they have spent 13 years working in their chosen professions and probably fewer who co-own a business. But Chris Keefe, co-owner and general manager of The Mainstay Restaurant in Newport, proudly lays claim to both titles. more Hunger for growth has never waned at Gilbane Feb 23, 2009 There’s no shortcut to a top job at Gilbane Inc., even if that’s your grandfather’s portrait hanging in a prominent spot at the company’s Providence headquarters. more For the love of film, not money Feb 21, 2009 Kenneth Dulgarian, whose family has owned the 135,000-square-foot Avon Cinema building since the 1930s, took over the Providence theater’s operation in the 1970s. He says he keeps the theater open as “a community service. We do it as a labor of love.” His brother, Richard Dulgarian, pictured above, manages day-to-day operations at the East Side facility. For more about the Avon, see the Main Street feature in next week’s Providence Business News. more Value the family business to trim taxes later Feb 21, 2009 The current economy may be the perfect climate to transfer family business interests in furtherance of succession-planning goals. The federal estate tax exemption has reached an historic high, and difficult economic conditions have inevitably impacted the values of many family businesses. For certain family-business owners, this may be a unique opportunity to leverage the estate and gift tax exemptions by taking advantage of a lower business value and potential discounts when a minority interest is transferred to the next generation. more Comfort food, familiar setting on Federal Hill Feb 14, 2009 Comfort food is trendy dining these days, what with the winter doldrums and so much discomfort in the daily economic news. One local restaurant well versed in both comfort food and seeing its customers through tough times is Angelo’s on Federal Hill. Founded in 1924 at 141 Atwells Ave., Angelo’s Civita Farnese has been “feeding the Hill,” as third-generation proprietor Robert Antignano puts it, for more than 80 years. more Time to nurture R.I.’s locally grown economy Jan 24, 2009 Noah Fulmer, executive director of Farm Fresh Rhode Island, smiles and waves at the entrance to the Hope Artiste Village on Main Street in Pawtucket. While hundreds of people toting children and shopping bags pass him by, Fulmer answers questions with asides and a soft voice to three reporters taking notes. more Page 1 / 5 Next > Last >>