Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
McKee: Find the opportunities in economic challenges
(Editor’s note: This essay is part of PBN’s 35th anniversary publication, which can be viewed here.)
As a small-business owner, former mayor and lieutenant governor...
Lending some help to little guys
SMALL BUSINESS
Ask any Rhode Island small-business owner if they could use more help – loans, grants, coaching, training programs – and it’s safe to...
Building on the promise of biotech
TECHNOLOGY
With help from companies ranging from global corporations to local startups, Rhode Island has had its share of victories in the biotech sector in...
R.I. branding has been hit or miss
TOURISM
When R.I. Commerce Corp. decided to hire a chief marketing officer in late 2015, it made sense – bring in a person to guide...
A reversal of fortune on jobs front
WORKFORCE
After working for years to create new jobs in Rhode Island, state labor officials have been faced with an unusual problem recently. In some...
Saul Kaplan
You can’t discuss business innovation in Rhode Island over the last two decades without mentioning Saul Kaplan.
Since his days in the early 2000s at...
Polaris MEP launches manufacturing report on workforce, growth in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Nonprofit consulting organization Polaris MEP has launched the “2022 State of RI Manufacturing Study,” a first-ever look at trends in the state’s...
Pandemic relief programs still have aid available
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses in the hard-hit arts and hospitality industries were forced to shutter. But drawing from state grant funding, Brooklyn...
5% hotel tax collection jumps 70.9% Y/Y in Aug.
PROVIDENCE – Collection of the 5% hotel tax in Rhode Island in August increased 70.9% year over year to $3.8 million, the R.I. Department...
Request for proposals issued for new RIDOH lab building
PROVIDENCE – A request for proposals has been issued for a new facility for the R.I. Department of Health state health laboratories, the McKee...
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