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Lists: International Tax Preparers

Print Edition 12/08/2023

Total number of international tax preparers: 108 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions...

Lists: Foreign-Owned Companies

Print Edition 12/08/2023

Total number of regional employees: 5,753 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make...

Holiday celebrations

Print Edition 12/08/2023

Does your company hold any office celebrations during the holidays? Yes: 100% No: 0% What kind of holiday celebrations does your business hold? (Select multiple) Company dinners: 86% After-hours...

COFFEE TALK: David Levesque, owner of Brewed Awakenings Coffeehouse LLC, speaks with customer Jenna Shehadeh at the Brewed Awakenings Johnston location.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I.’s dreary business-climate rep proving tough to shake

Print Edition 11/24/2023

David Levesque says he’s ready to expand his coffee shop business, but he cringes at the thought of what he’ll have to go through...

RELIEVED: Scott McCullough, co-owner of Symposium Books Inc. in Providence, is happy he won’t have to pay a tangible property tax, thanks to legislation passed by state legislators that exempts businesses from the first $50,000 they would typically owe in tangible taxes.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

New tax exemption to make tangible difference in R.I.

Print Edition 11/24/2023

At Symposium Books Inc. in downtown Providence, the property making up the store’s physical backbone – its numerous bookcases, for instance, or the computers...

MAKING IT WORK: Randy Snow, vice president of jewelry maker Snow Findings Co. in Warwick, says part of the reason he got into the industry and took on the family business, founded by his grandfather in 1951, was to learn from his father, who was the owner and operator before handing the reins over to his son, and to preserve and continue what his family had built over the years. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: In R.I.’s jewelry sector, Snow Findings is a...

Print Edition 11/24/2023

(Editor’s note: This is the 15th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

PROTECTION PLAN: Gian Gentile, left, and brother Brendan Gentile, owners of SecurityRI.com, say the company receives more calls this time of year from businesses looking for security against shoplifters.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Shop owners bracing for theft before holidays

Print Edition 11/24/2023

Stressed about the holidays already? You’re not alone. Every year, shop owners not only worry about stocking shelves with the right products, they also need...

Legislative panel wades into ‘emotional issue’ of short-term rentals

Print Edition 11/24/2023

State and local officials agree the growth of short-term rentals such as those on Airbnb and VRBO has disrupted Rhode Island’s housing market, but...

SHOW OF HANDS: Rhode Island College social work student Julianna Alcantra, center, participates in the welcome event held by Atrévete Center of Excellence for Latinx/Hispanic Social Work Practice at the start of the fall semester. With her is, from the foreground, fellow students Vanessa Sanchez, Olivia Campos and Crissany Nazario.  COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

Closing R.I.’s language gap in behavioral health care

Print Edition 11/24/2023

When Joise Garzon embarked on her career several years ago after completing Rhode Island College’s Master of Social Work program, colleagues and acquaintances would...