Do you support Providence’s evolving racial reparations plan?
The Providence City Council will soon take up spending recommendations for the city’s still-evolving racial reparations program designed for Black and Indigenous residents.
The proposals...
DBR issues stay of Ballard’s liquor license suspension
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Business Regulation sided with Ballard's Beach Resort Wednesday, issuing a stay of New Shoreham Board of License Commissioners'...
Cyber Sessions: No more hiding from cybersecurity
(Editor's note: This is the first installment of a monthly guest column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and...
5 R.I. startups accepted into MassChallenge’s Early Stage Accelerator program
PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island entrepreneurs are among 250 startups that have been invited to participate in MassChallenge’s 2022 U.S. Early Stage Accelerator program.
The...
New Majority Capital launches with focus on business acquisition for women,...
PROVIDENCE – The word "entrepreneurship" may call to mind a recently opened business or a new product. But a sometimes overlooked, and often lower-risk,...
Report: Providence metro area 5th most dependent on small businesses
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick metro area is one of the most dependent on small businesses compared to other regions in its population bracket, according...
PBN earns 11 awards, including top website, in NENPA competition
BOSTON – Providence Business News received 11 awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association, including four first place honors, during the association’s...
R.I. woman leads global effort to organize Etsy sellers
WESTERLY – After leading a weeklong, global strike against Etsy Inc., Rhode Island designer Kristi Cassidy is continuing to organize against site policies that...
Small businesses face tax headaches on top of pandemic woes
NEW YORK (AP) – Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have another challenge to add to their...
OSHA cites Smithfield concrete supplier after worker fatality
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island concrete supplier was cited by the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Wednesday for safety and health...
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