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Providence Equity Partners invests in digital STEM education company

PROVIDENCE – Providence Equity Partners LLC has invested in a Houston-based digital science, technology, engineering and math education company, the two companies announced on...

New media studio opens at Warwick Mall

WARWICK – The Warwick Mall welcomed a new content creation studio, Blissful Selfie Spot, with a grand opening ceremony earlier this month. The studio, which...

With $3.2M grant, Woonsocket plans for downtown food hub

WOONSOCKET – For years, Woonsocket officials have been looking to attract a grocery store into the city, which is considered a food desert. That remains...

Can Pryor achieve housing goals?

The recent appointment of Stefan Pryor as the state’s housing secretary has some observers feeling confident that he can take the R.I. Office of...

Chocolatiers focus on flavor

For father-daughter team Steven and Ella Schneider of Gansett Craft Chocolate, making chocolate is a bit like making wine. The bars are meant to be...
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side and offers unlimited time off and biweekly coaching as part of a business model intended to break down bias and outdated industry practices.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...
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