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Lack of UMass Dartmouth students this fall will hurt regional economy

DARTMOUTH – With only 25% of residential students living on campus at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth this fall due to the ­COVID-19 pandemic,...
BUSINESS BOOST: Data Up owner Mo Hossain will explain how to use Google Analytics to improve online business and drive traffic to a website. / COURTESY MO HOSSAIN

Editor’s Choice: Improve your business with Google Analytics

EDITOR’S CHOICE Improve your business with Google Analytics SCORE RHODE ISLAND is hosting a webinar to explain how Google Analytics can improve online business and...

A shifting landscape

Has the business landscape for your company changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic began? Yes: 75% No: 25% What has changed that impacts your business? (Select any...

List: Accounting Firms

Total number of CPAs: 411 The complete list is available in this week's digital edition and available for purchase online. For information about participating in...

A WORK IN PROGRESS: $45M program aims to reemploy Rhode Islanders,...

Scott R. Jensen watched helplessly as the number of out-of-work Rhode Islanders soared when COVID-19 hit in March. For months, unemployment claims climbed higher. And...
Lisa Ranglin, Rhode Island Black Business Association CEO and president; 
Citizens Bank program manager / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘We were sort of invisible’

(Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
David Dadekian in 2010 founded Eat Drink RI LLC, a Coventry-based media, marketing and event-production company for all things culinary in the region. / Courtesy David Dadekian

Communicate with customers

David Dadekian | Eat Drink RI LLC founder and owner The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the financial difficulties and inequities that are part of...
A HIRE CALLING: Vanessa Volz, left, executive director for Sojourner House Inc., speaks with Hannah Woodhouse, the new education coordinator for Sojourner House, who underwent a virtual interview and onboarding process for her new job. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Companies forced to get creative in hiring

It’s hard enough to virtually replicate a staff meeting among co-workers who already know each other. But to meet and interview job candidates by...
UNEXPECTED: Rick Simone, executive director of the Federal Hill Commerce Association, says restaurants at DePasquale Square in Providence were caught by surprise by the activist group PROVX’s protest on Aug. 24. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Racial-justice protests put businesses in tough spot

Tensions are mounting between activists with the Black Lives Matter movement and the small-business community. At issue is whether the disruption caused by demonstrations, and...
HEALTH CONSCIOUS: James Raiola, principal of James Raiola CFP and Associates, says many companies are looking for more options in wellness plans, including incentives for things such as keeping physically fit. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Amid the health crisis, a new focus on benefits

Six months ago, companies in Rhode Island that were worried about keeping talented employees were talking about salary increases and benefits enhancements. The job...
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