Business Services

PAPER PUSHERS: David Spencer, right, CEO of Atlantic Paper & Supply, talks with sales representative Sean Borek. Spencer runs the company with his wife, Lisa, whose grandfather started the business in the 1940s. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In digital age, paper-goods supplier is modern, but ‘still old-fashioned’

Business Services 11/15/2019

The third-generation family business, Atlantic Paper & Supply, has adapted through the years to changing methods of distribution and waning demand for some of...

Long honored for nonprofit work

Business Services 11/15/2019

NICHOLAS TROTT LONG, a Little Compton-based attorney, recently received the 2019 Dorothy Lohmann Community Service Award from the Rhode Island Bar Association. The award...

RJP PACKAGING has acquired Legacy Supply Inc. in Fall River.

RJP Packaging acquires Legacy Supply in Fall River

Business Services 11/13/2019

PAWTUCKET – The recent acquisition of Fall River-based Legacy Supply Inc. by RJP Packaging LLC is the company’s third acquisition since its founding in...

LACKING LEVERAGE: Gov. Gina. M. Raimondo wants state lawmakers to give Rhode Island’s Department of Public Utilities and Carriers the same authority to fine utilities that Massachusetts and other states have. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELI SHERMAN

State must have same leverage as Mass. to hold utility accountable

Business Services 11/08/2019

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has had National Grid Rhode Island in her sights since an October 2017 storm that left tens of thousands of...

CHAMBER CHIEF: Laurie White, right, president of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, talks with Alexandra Rakip, Chamber marketing and events manager. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Under Laurie White’s guidance, Providence Chamber on right path

Business Services 11/08/2019

2019 PBN Business Excellence Awards BUSINESS LEADERSHIP: Laurie White, President, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce Consistent, forward-thinking, strategically targeted planning, followed by action. Those qualities...

STEADY GROWTH: Richard Davia, managing director of creative and branding at (add)ventures, and Carli Kabilyo, assistant director of design and branding, add Post-it notes to a board at the company’s new offices in East Providence. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Multidisciplinary focus on clients keeps (add)ventures consistently growing

Business Services 11/08/2019

2019 PBN Business Excellence Awards EXCELLENCE AT A MIDSIZE COMPANY: (add)ventures It’s been a good three decades for the Providence-based multidisciplinary brand-culture and communications...

SHOP TALK: Vertikal6 service desk apprentices Steven Walsh, left, and Dylan Herrera share a conversation in the company’s office. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Vertikal6 constantly evolving with technology landscape

Business Services 11/08/2019

2019 PBN Business Excellence Awards EXCELLENCE AT A SMALL COMPANY: Vertikal6 THEY SAY big things come in small packages, and that sentiment couldn’t be...

BRAINSTORMING: GrowthLab’s CEO and Managing Partner Dan Gertrudes, second from right, and President, Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer Steven Byler, third from right, have a discussion with, from left, analysts Ben Marszalek and Talia Solomon, and Korey Cournoyer, GrowthLab’s manager of strategic growth. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

GrowthLab develops formulas to get businesses on right track

Business Services 11/08/2019

2019 PBN Business Excellence Awards EXCELLENCE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP: GrowthLab Financial Services Inc. Effective talk may not be cheap, but it requires follow-ups in action,...

After years working as a controller in various industries, including construction and law, Lorena Voyer last year started Controlled Solutions Inc. The Warwick firm offers outsourced controller services and has grown quickly, allowing her to hire three staffers. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Cultivate ‘invested partners’

One Last Thing 11/01/2019

Lorena Voyer | Controlled Solutions Inc. president While businesses may not have the financial resources or workload to hire staff, they still need to have...