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Hughes elected chair of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce

PROVIDENCE – Community College of Rhode Island President Meghan L. Hughes has been elected as chair of the board of directors for the Greater...
Michael Falvey
Falvey Insurance Group CEO and president 
Michael Falvey started the business as Falvey Cargo Underwriting in 1995. The North Kingstown-based company has grown from a two-person operation to become one of the top five providers of cargo insurance in the United States. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Fight for your culture

Michael Falvey | Falvey Insurance Group CEO and president Socialization is an integral part of the Falvey Insurance Group culture. However, when we were sent...

Providence, DesignxRI open 6th annual design business grant program

PROVIDENCE – The city of Providence is once again teaming up with DesignxRI to offer grants and other resources to Providence design-focused small businesses. Major...

R.I. business coalition awarded $1M SBA grant for ‘disadvantaged’ small-business support

PROVIDENCE – Services for Rhode Island minority and women-owned small businesses are slated to get a major boost thanks to a $1 million grant...
MOTOR VEHICLES ARE unloaded on Pier 1 at the Port of Davisville in North Kingstown in early 2019. Port officials say the number of imports has declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

At Quonset port, supply chain problems of a different kind

Major ports around the country are jammed with ships carrying products and materials waiting to be delivered to their final destinations, but Rhode Island’s...
Betty Galligan started East Providence-based Newberry Public Relations and Marketing Inc. in 1997. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Know your finances

Betty Galligan | Newberry Public Relations and Marketing Inc. founder and president No one taught me how to run my business. I had to figure...
Diane C. Fournaris in July was named state director for the R.I. Small Business Development Center at the University of Rhode Island. She previously served as associate state director of the program. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Develop a response plan

Diane C. Fournaris | R.I. Small Business Development Center state director Like the small-business owners we counsel, the R.I. Small Business Development Center prepared as...
Lisa Ranglin

Magaziner honors Rhode Island Black Business Association

LISA RANGLIN is president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, a Providence-based nonprofit that advances business opportunities of Black-owned and minority businesses in...

City zoning board denies exemption for Providence asphalt company’s waterfront operations

PROVIDENCE – City zoning regulators were unconvinced that allowing a Providence asphalt company to continue illegal use of a section of city waterfront along...

City zoning board to decide if asphalt paving company can continue...

PROVIDENCE – You don’t need waterfront access to make asphalt. Yet for the last three years, a Providence paving contractor has rented a section of...
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