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R.I. congressional delegation tours Bristol in support of small businesses

Financial Services 11/27/2018

BRISTOL – Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Reps. James R. Langevin, D-R.I., and David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., joined a walking...

Federally backed lending to small businesses up in Rhode Island

Economic Activity 09/06/2018

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has seen double-digit increases this year in small business loans backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the agency reported...

SUCCESS STORY: Lisa J. Raiola is the founder of Hope & Main, a Warren-based food-startup incubator that has worked with more than 350 businesses. Three of the 51 initial PBN Something New small businesses are either graduates or current members of Hope & Main.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

From ‘Something New,’ the strong survive

Cover Story 08/17/2018

“To some people, small sounds like a limitation,” said Travis Webster-Booth, owner of TWB Creative, a copywriting and business-services firm launched in October 2014...

SBA hosting seminar on tax changes for small businesses

Entrepreneurship 07/13/2018

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration is holding a free training session on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on July 17,...

SUBMARINE TECH: MIKEL Inc. President Kelly Mendell speaks with Dave Lambert, engineer and program manager, about the company’s Surface Ship component of its SANS Beacon underwater navigation aid system. The company supports the submarine community with technical and logistic expertise. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Risk-taking propels Mikel’s can-do CEO

Entrepreneurship 05/04/2018

WHEN IT COMES TO RUNNING A BUSINESS, failure is not an option for Kelly Mendell, president of MIKEL Inc. in Middletown. That’s according to Mark...

KELLY B. MENDELL, president of MIKEL, was named the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Person of the Year for Rhode Island. / COURTESY SBA

SBA announces R.I. 2018 Small Business Awards

Entrepreneurship 03/29/2018

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration announced its 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Award winners Wednesday. Kelly B. Mendell, president of MIKEL Inc., was...

SBA ADMINISTRATOR Linda McMahon and newly-appointed Region I Regional Administrator Wendell G. Davis. / COURTESY SBA RHODE ISLAND

Davis named SBA regional administrator

People 02/21/2018

PROVIDENCE - Wendell G. Davis has been named Region 1 regional administrator by the U.S. Small Business Administration, according to an announcement by the...

UNIQUE COLLABORATION: Viana Newton, left, and Katie Bouchard are co-owners of Providence-based beauty-products manufacturer PotionPVD, which has partnered with mobile coffee company The Nitro Cart to use its coffee beans in their beauty products. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. small businesses expanding reach through local collaborations

Entrepreneurship 11/24/2017

Once the hot water streams through, most people toss spent coffee grounds in the trash – but not Audrey Finocchiaro. “In my personal life, and...

SEED to celebrate 35 years of business

Financial Services 11/14/2017

TAUNTON – The South Eastern Economic Development Corp., or SEED, is celebrating 35 years of business at its annual meeting this year. The 2017 meeting...