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List: Regional Freight and Logistics Companies

Total local employees: 287 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections, call...

List: Disaster Preparedness & Response Resources

Number of for-profit resources: 19 Number of government resources: 2 Number of nonprofit resources: 1 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists,...

PBN Digital Issue – August 30, 2024

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ONBOARD YET? Mark Parsons, center, founder of the nonprofit New Bedford Research and Robotics, and Ian Estaphan Owen, left, co-founder and CEO of Bristol-based Jaia Robotics Inc., talk with Annie Colarusso, Economic Development Administration tech hubs deputy director, about the regional blue economy during a boat cruise in Bristol Harbor in early August. 
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JACQUELYN VOGHEL

HUB SNUB: Can R.I.’s effort to build blue economy weather missing...

With a team of researchers spread coast to coast, Nereid ­Biomaterials had a few options when looking for a place to set up a...
RIPPLE EFFECT? An R.I. Supreme Court ruling in favor of a subsidiary of Johnston insurer FM Global over COVID-19-related claims could set a precedent in other cases. 
COURTESY FM GLOBAL

Ruling in favor of R.I. insurer on COVID-19 claim may set...

A recent R.I. Supreme Court ruling has dashed the hopes of many businesses seeking millions of dollars in COVID-19-related claims from insurers, but it...
BETTER RATES: Robert Leary, founder and owner of City by-the-sea Insurance LLC in Newport, says the farther away you get from Providence, the better the auto insurance rates.
PBN PHOTO/
DAVID HANSEN

Adding teen to car policy can get expensive in R.I.

Insurance agent Robert Leary, founder and owner of Newport-based City by-the-sea Insurance LLC, helps consumers find suitable policies tailored to their personal circumstances. He...
STILL ALIVE: R.I. Commerce Secretary Elizabeth M. Tanner says she’s still fighting for federal money for the state’s Ocean Tech Hub. With federal official, Tanner recently toured this Bristol property that could provide much-needed lab space for the regional hub. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Time to reset ambitious blue economy plans

The good news is the state is not giving up on becoming a regional ocean technology/blue economy hub. The bad is that the dream...

A legislative delay worth celebrating

Lawmakers often get criticized for late dealmaking at the end of General Assembly sessions that can leave the impression that too much of the...
Michael Beauregard founded Systems Change Strategies in 2014. In May, the Cranston-based company rebranded 
as Reach Consulting.

Employees hold key to company growth

Michael Beauregard | Reach Consulting LLC managing principal Before the birth of my twin sons in January 2022, I wrote a blog post titled, “I’m...
Glenn Robertelli

Five Questions With: Glenn Robertelli

5Q: Glenn Robertelli | Executive director, RI Bio 1. You were named executive director of RI Bio in July. As an entrepreneur running a...
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