PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community
PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...
Give business leaders more say on economic development
Every gubernatorial election year seems to be a referendum on the state’s economic-development policy and the agency primarily responsible for carrying it out, R.I....
Hire problem-solvers
Tom Bastianelli | Signal Solutions founder, lead engineer
When I founded Signal Solutions, I was the entire company. Today, my business partner Matt Vincent and...
State launches new CPA licensing pathway amid accountant shortage
CRANSTON – Rhode Island has created a new pathway for individuals seeking to become certified public accountants, giving prospective CPAs an alternative route into the...
PBN recognizes 40 Under Forty honorees
WARWICK – Forty young business professionals were honored Thursday for their efforts in the workplace and community at Providence Business News’ 22nd annual 40...
R.I. becomes first state to limit grocery self-checkout lanes
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has become the first state in the country to impose a statewide staffing requirement on grocery store self-checkout lanes after...
‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’
On a sunny summer morning at the Foundry in Providence, Cross Insurance Inc. employees move past exposed brick walls and soaring 14-foot ceilings before...
Build a business that lasts
Dawn Apajee | City Personnel Inc. founder and president
Over the past 20 years, City Personnel has partnered with organizations across Rhode Island and southern...
Longtime Rhode Island Credit Union CEO David Suvall to retire
WARWICK – Rhode Island Credit Union CEO and President David B. Suvall will retire on July 1 after 45 years with the organization, the...
Build trust with follow-through
Stacey C. Liakos | DDL Advertising CEO and founder
One of the biggest lessons I have learned as a business owner is that strong relationships...



















