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Olneyville N.Y. System eatery to be acquired by Heritage Restaurant Group

PROVIDENCE – A Newport-based restaurant group will add one of the state’s preeminent hot wiener establishments to its portfolio. Heritage Restaurant Group on Tuesday announced...

Brown Medicine’s Caliendo PBN’s Health Care Heroes career achiever

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Angela Caliendo, executive vice chairperson of medicine in Brown Medicine’s division of infectious diseases, has been chosen as the Career Achiever...
Tina Guenette founded Real Access Motivates Progress, or RAMP, in Burrillville six years ago. The nonprofit works with businesses, elected officials and others to help them use best practices when working and interacting with the disabled community. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Profit from being inclusive

Tina Guenette | Real Access Motivates Progress CEO, president and founder Making your business inclusive is not only the right thing to do for your...
PROBLEM-SOLVER: ­Rebecca Twitchell launched workplace consulting firm Half Full LLC with two partners 20 years ago to help companies achieve long-term goals and support their employees. After the Great Recession, Twitchell took over the business and positioned it with a stronger social impact model.  
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Twitchell helping companies achieve their goals while supporting their employees

For those who think showing vulnerability is an unusual business strategy, Rebecca Twitchell would like a word. Twitchell launched Half Full LLC, a workplace consulting...

Providence mayor launches 2025 Business Satisfaction Survey

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday launched the 2025 Business Satisfaction Survey, a key component of his administration’s effort to support the...

McKee: R.I. small-business owners need to stay the course amid federal...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday urged Rhode Island's small-business owners to stay the course and strategize amid the current federal funding...

Center for Women & Enterprise R.I. director leaving organization

PROVIDENCE – Significant leadership changes are occurring with the Center for Women & Enterprise, including at its Rhode Island chapter. In an emailed note to...

State launches new equipment grant program for manufacturers

PROVIDENCE – A new state grant program is launching to help local manufacturers defray the cost of purchasing equipment or machinery. Gov. Daniel J. McKee...

R.I. Foundation, van Beuren Foundation launch new journalism support initiative

PROVIDENCE – Two local foundations that financially support nonprofits are launching a new chapter connected to a national organization to help reinforce journalism in...
MANY USES: VR Industries Inc. CEO and President Brian Pestana, left, visits machine technician Brandon Roy on the factory floor of the Warwick-based electronic contract manufacturer, which focuses on making circuit boards for a variety of industries, including industrial, defense, medical and the blue economy.  
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Meet the Makers: Adaptability, customer relationships key to VR Industries’ 40...

(Editor’s note: This is the 29th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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