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NEW APPROACH: Bethany Duffy, owner of Space Salon in Warren, allows stylists to set their own rates, work at other salons on the side and offers unlimited time off and biweekly coaching as part of a business model intended to break down bias and outdated industry practices. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Stylists free to create at Space Salon

When Bethany Duffy opened Space Salon, she didn’t want to simply replicate what she’d experienced over 15 years in the business. The hair salon, which...
THE PANEL at Providence Business News' 2023 Workforce Development Summit on Thursday includes, from left, Julie Matthew, Amgen Inc. manufacturing director; Nina Pande, Skills for Rhode Island's Future executive director; Bill Schmiedeknecht, Lifespan Corp. interim senior vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer; Doug Sherman, New England Institute of Technology senior vice president and provost; and Matthew Weldon, R.I. Department of Labor and Training director. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing at right. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Summit: ‘Human capital is your single greatest investment’ for a...

PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island’s largest private employer, Lifespan Corp. hires about 100 new employees each month.  While that’s an improvement on earlier COVID-19-induced hiring...

Boston firm acquires Rubius Therapeutics facility

SMITHFIELD – Following significant layoffs in the fall, Rubius Therapeutics Inc. has sold its biomanufacturing facility to Boston-based company The Davis Cos. The purchase includes...

Manton Avenue Project nets $10K tech grant from Cox

PROVIDENCE – The Manton Avenue Project, a nonprofit that seeks to empower youths through theater, will receive a $10,000 technology upgrade courtesy of Cox...

Regent Craft secures Japan Airlines investment

NORTH KINGSTOWN – “Seaglider” technology startup Regent Craft Inc. has secured a strategic investment from Japan Airlines Innovation Fund, the Quonset-based company announced last month, bringing its...
JOSH SAAL, who resigned as the state's housing secretary on Jan. 11 after some leaders expressed disappointment in his performance, has been hired as a temporary consultant by the state. / COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

State hires Saal as temporary consultant at $105 hourly rate

PROVIDENCE — Weeks after Joshua Saal resigned from a highly criticized tenure as Rhode Island's first secretary of housing, the state has signed the...

RIDOT becomes first R.I. agency to reach full LED compliance

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation has become the first state agency to reach 100% reliance on improved energy efficient LED lighting, the...

New Majority Capital offering accelerator for entrepreneurs of color

PROVIDENCE – New Majority Capital, an organization launched last year to help people of color and women innovators achieve entrepreneurship through acquisition of existing businesses,...

MassTech Collaborative opens manufacturing grant applications

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – A grant program that awarded more than $632,000 to southeastern Massachusetts businesses last year has opened applications for its third Massachusetts...

USDA expands recall of sausage manufactured at Burrillville facility

BURRILLVILLE – The U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this month announced a recall of about 69,255 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products manufactured by Daniele...
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