Business Services

Central Transport faces $109,500 in OSHA fines

Business Services 04/13/2007

SEEKONK – Central Transport Inc. faces $109,500 in proposed fines for alleged “repeat and serious violations of safety standards” at its terminal at 1761...

B of A offers card holders ‘Museums on Us’

Business Services 04/10/2007

Bank of America today announced the 10th season of its “Museums on Us” program, which will offer free admission next month to 86 cultural...

THE STATE BIRD lends a hand with the R.I. DLT's worker's comp awareness campaign. /

DLT launches workers’ comp awareness drive

Business Services 04/09/2007

CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training today launched a statewide campaign to educate employers and employees about their rights and responsibilities...

ESS GROUP specializes in environmental and engineering issues in energy projects. Above, senior vice president Christopher Rein, left, and vice president Stephen Wood. /

Fighting for new power sources

Business Services 04/07/2007

ESS Group Inc.’s work often puts it at the center of major controversies over the potential impact of large-scale power generation and transmission projects...

LEGISLATORS are working out the logistics of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which will affect facilities such as the Manchester Street Power Plant, above. /

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</br> legislation raises new questions

Business Services 04/07/2007

A hearing last week on proposed legislation to guide Rhode Island’s implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative raised new questions about how best...

Bills would boost ‘net metering’

Business Services 04/07/2007

They call it “net metering.” When a customer generates power on site – with solar panels, say, or a wind turbine – the utility...

JOHNSON & WALES Prof. Stephen Andrade works on a project for a local nonprofit with JWU computer graphics students A.J. Paquin, left, and Holly House. /

JWU to offer nonprofits free design, tech help

Business Services 04/07/2007

Aiming to offer an “authentic learning environment,” Johnson & Wales University’s School of Technology plans to open a new center late this summer that...

Creating promotional Web videos

Business Services 04/07/2007

The consumer marketplace has spoken: It likes videos, and it likes to view them online. And therein lies an opportunity for small-business owners of...

BRAVE RIVER SOLUTIONS co-founders Ernie Gaines, center, and James McAssey, right, say they have kept the firm strong by keeping its services diverse. With them is Tom Durkin, left, their senior sales representative. /

Web developer is no one-trick pony

Business Services 04/07/2007

Brave River Solutions is among the fastest-growing technology companies in Rhode Island, delivering functional business technology and IT support to primarily small and medium-sized...