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PLANT-BASED DESSERTS: Becky Morris is the owner of Celebrated, a bakery that specializes in plant-based desserts and is known for its macarons and other bridal/elegant table displays. All desserts are animal-free. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Treats vegans can love

Becky Morris knew what it was like to attend a social event and find nothing on the dessert table she could eat as a...
EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT: Management Search employs a dozen people and is hired by companies to recruit executives. From left, Kelly Bowen, vice president of client development; Carol Judge, partner; Stephen E. Judge, president; and Michael Schlaker, partner.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Matchmaker finds corporate leaders

When a company wants to hire an executive, sometimes it needs a hired gun to reach out and find the right people. That’s where...
SAILING SCHOOL: Sail Newport Executive Director Brad Read, foreground, is pictured with sailing instructor Peter Kapur and fourth grade students from Pell Elementary School. The students learn about sailing four times a week at Sail Newport. 
 / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Another Volvo stopover in Newport?

As recreational and competitive boaters begin to repopulate the waters surrounding Rhode Island, Sail Newport is rolling out a new program for novice sailors...
ROOM TO GROW: The Egis Group recently relocated from Providence to its own building in Warwick, and is expanding. From left, Corey Finkelman, director of marketing; Alex Finkelman, vice president; and Roy Finkelman, president.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New home for niche insurer The Egis Group

A decade of growth inspired a bold move this year for Finkelman Insurance Inc. The family-owned insurance agency, doing business as The Egis Group,...
EXPANDED OPERATION: Newport Vineyards co-owner John Nunes, right, works on a batch of Vineyard Pilsner with Kevin Beachem of Taproot Brewing. The brewery was added to the vineyard as part of a $4 million renovation and expansion.
 / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Vineyard renovation, expansion results in rapid growth

Aquidneck Island isn’t exactly wine country, but don’t tell the Nunes brothers. The way their vineyard business has grown, they’ve re-created a piece of California’s...
NEW LOOK: The Howes family, owners of R B Howes & Co., which has made treatments for both diesel and gasoline for almost 100 years, with some of their rebranded merchandise. Ownership of the company is being transferred from parents Robert B. Howes, right, and Deborah L. Howes, second from right, to their children Robert B. Howes II, left, and Erika B. Howes.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Howes about more than diesel

After nearly a century in business, a North Kingstown company that makes and sells lubricants and fuel additives is making changes for the road...
KEEPING PACE: Doan Tran, left, senior technician, with Michael McAlister, co-owner of North Smithfield Automotive Center, which has grown steadily and kept pace with technological changes.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

North Smithfield’s car doctor

Michael McAlister has been repairing cars since most Americans drove gas guzzlers and were lucky if the odometer made it to 100,000. The first phase...
EXPANDING SERVICES: Brian Gross, left, creative partner, speaks with Jeremy Crisp, managing partner, at Nail Communications in Providence. The longtime advertising agency recently launched a public relations arm called Nail[PR].
 / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Nailing client messaging

Known as “the father of public relations,” the late Edward Bernays probably would be proud. Today, “PR people,” as they’re sometimes called, outnumber journalists...
GUIDING STARTUPS: Venture Mentoring Service of Rhode Island provides free mentoring services to entrepreneurs in the Ocean State. From left, Dan Horne, mentor; Paul Olean, executive director; and Jarrid Hall, foreground, of GAB-on, a parent-engagement tool for students.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

At Venture Mentoring, the best advice is free

When Paul Olean retired and returned to his home state of Rhode Island, he was dismayed by the then-high unemployment rate. He wanted to...
OUTSOURCED: Kenny Rounds is the owner and CEO of Braver Technology Solutions, a business that provides information technology tech and solutions to businesses in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Braver a tech problem-solver

When business owners need help understanding technology, and seeing the potential pitfalls of a system, they need a trusted consultant. For many small businesses,...
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