Thursday, October 1, 2026

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CLEAN LANDING: Thomas McNees, managing operator for PVD Shines at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, works on the shoes of businessman Mike Rogers. McNees says the company performed about 50 shoeshines a day at the airport before it had to halt its services due to the coronavirus pandemic./ PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PVD Shines offers service with a polished finish

Airports have played a central role in Thomas McNees’ life. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a business degree, he previously worked as food...

This is the time to adapt your marketing

There are few things that cause business owners more anxiety than uncertainty, which COVID-19 has brought to us in spades. Despite the radical changes...
John A. Dorsey

Superior Court approves new program for businesses to stay collections, evictions

PROVIDENCE – A program ordered by the R.I. Superior Court could offer a needed lifeline to businesses that have been hit hard by losses...

Coping with COVID-19: Cooley Group

PAWTUCKET – Daniel Dwight, CEO and president of the Cooley Group, says his company has joined forces with an unlikely partner, a competitor, to...
ESSENTIAL SERVICE: Attorney Amy Stratton, who focuses on estate planning and business succession, says clients have sought out the services of her law firm, Moonan, Stratton & Waldman LLP, in these times of uncertainty. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Business Women: Stratton’s adviser role has special meaning during crisis

Amy Stratton of the Providence law firm Moonan, Stratton & Waldman LLP guides clients through wills, probate and estate planning. With founding partner Irving...

Thought you were insured for this interruption? Maybe not

Karen Lee has paid for business interruption insurance since she opened Breathing Time Yoga Inc. 19 years ago. But it wasn’t until a few weeks...
THE WASHINGTON TRUST CO. is one of the lenders preparing for heavy demand from small businesses looking to participate in the federal Paycheck Protection Program, starting Friday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/SCOTT KINGSLEY

Stressed local bankers brace for overwhelming demand for new SBA loans...

PROVIDENCE – Local bankers are expecting an onslaught of demand from struggling small businesses looking to get a piece of the nearly $350 billion...
PROVIDENCE MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA touted the accomplishments his administration has overseen in his "State of the City" address on Monday night. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Providence expands business loan fund to help companies hurt by COVID-19

PROVIDENCE – The city of Providence is temporarily changing the terms of its business loan fund to help more businesses come up with the...
CHUCK ISGAR, top left, Megan Kasselberg, top right, and David Lu, center bottom, are the founders of Intern From Home./COURTESY CHUCK ISGAR.

Stepping Up: Brown University students create site to match ‘virtual’ interns...

PROVIDENCE – The disruption of university life created by the new coronavirus pandemic has led directly to a new business service launched by Brown...

As restaurants shutter, R.I. wholesalers target consumers

PROVIDENCE – For Russell DePetrillo, each restaurant closing its doors meant one fewer buyer for his wholesale meat and seafood shop, Metro Lobster &...
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