R.I. Site Readiness Program has $1.4M to spend; April 19 deadline...
(Editor’s note: This is the second in an occasional series focused on questions from Providence Business News readers for R.I. Commerce Corp. Secretary Elizabeth...
Crafts retailer Joann files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
NEW YORK (AP) – Fabric and crafts retailer Joann has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as consumers continue to cut back on discretionary spending.
In...
URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey, CIC’s Messier among PBN’s 2024 C-Suite Awards...
PROVIDENCE – Peter Rumsey, chief business development officer for the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, has been named the 2024 Career Achiever for...
Bel Air focuses on finishing with a flourish
(Editor’s note: This is the 19th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Lardaro: R.I. did not experience a ‘statistical recession’ in 2023
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s economy did not experience a "statistical recession" last year as originally believed, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard...
Banneker Industries files for bankruptcy protection
WOONSOCKET – Banneker Industries Inc., an end-to-end supply chain and third party logistics company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Company CEO and President...
R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 3.6% in January
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in January was 3.6%, two-tenths of a percentage point higher than the previous month, the R.I. Department...
Southeastern Mass. manufacturers net $922K in state grants
NORTON – Five manufacturers in Bristol County, Mass., were awarded a combined total of $922,000 in Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerate Program funding earlier this week.
The...
Polaris MEP seeking input for 2024 Voice of Manufacturers survey
PROVIDENCE – Polaris MEP has released a call for responses as it conducts its second Voice of Manufacturers survey, which the organization compiled for...
Book company to close Cumberland manufacturing facility
CUMBERLAND – More than 50 Rhode Island employees will lose their jobs as Illinois-based manufacturer Lakeside Book Co. plans to shutter three facilities by...