PBN is now accepting applications for its newest program and event - The Fastest Growing and Most Innovative Companies Awards - now entering its second year. The winners will be celebrated at an Awards Dinner September 12th at Rosecliff in Newport. Deadline for applications is August 1st. more

Fifteen Rhode Island companies and seven in neighboring Bristol County, Mass., made Inc. Magazine’s 2011 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. more

Sixteen Rhode Island companies - including VMS Alarms - and three from neighboring Bristol County, Mass., were named as some of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States on an Inc. Magazine 2012 list. more

Providence Business News has announced the winners of its newest event, Fastest-Growing & Innovative Companies. The top five fastest-growing companies in three size categories have been announced, as have the most innovative companies in each of nine industry categories. more

It’s exciting when Providence Business News starts a new initiative, in this case the Fastest-Growing and Innovative Companies recognition program. And in a very real sense, this may be the most exciting one we do. more

At the offices of Middletown engineering services company Systems Engineering Associates Corp., otherwise known as Sea Corp., hangs what is known as the “bid board.” It is the place where potentially great ideas are judged to see whether the company that provides high-technology support for complex naval electronic and combat systems aboard submarines will break another innovation barrier and go to market. more

There are a lot of stories in the news these days about Internet-based companies that empower employees with the best technology and support so that innovation comes standard. more

As a leader in local innovation, Social Venture Partners Rhode Island is a company that uses Rhode Island’s size to its benefit. more

When the executive team at Russell Morin Fine Catering began signing exclusive agreements and management contracts with clients, they were looking for a way to survive the recession. more

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, the state’s largest health insurer with more than 600,000 members, signed a two-year, shared-savings contract in March with Coastal Medical, the state’s largest primary care group practice, serving more than 110,000 patients at 18 locations. The contract marked a tipping point in efforts in Rhode Island to improve patient safety, outcomes and access, to increase quality and affordability of health care, and to achieve payment reform. more