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R.I. legislation would extend retirement savings to all workers

PROVIDENCE – More than 4 in 10 Rhode Island workers don’t have access to retirement savings plans through their job. Legislation recently introduced in the...
CONCERNED CITIZEN: Rhode Island Black Business Association CEO and President Lisa Ranglin worries that efforts to improve access to and participation from minority businesses in Providence may go unnoticed with no one currently filling the role of business and development director for the city.
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence looks to improve its MBE contracting program

Leroy Belona thought certifying his Providence construction company through the state’s Minority Business Enterprise program would open the door to more ­opportunities. But in the...

Providence accelerator program graduates 100-plus microenterprises

PROVIDENCE – More than 100 microenterprises graduated from the Empower Providence Microenterprise Accelerator Program, a partnership between the city and internet domain registrar GoDaddy. The six-week...
HEALTHY CONVERSATION: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island staff members, from left, Peter Rocha, technology risk manager; Tracy McCaughey, managing director of claims; Nicole Hass-Rodriguez, executive assistant; Amber Dicks, senior corporate board assistant and executive assistant; Doris De Los Santos, supplier diversity program manager; Jordan Martin, assistant compliance officer; and Famsheera Abdulkhader, health data analyst, meet at the health insurer’s Providence office.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. is an invaluable resource...

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Health Care – Large Company: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island AS PART OF ITS CORE...

R.I. Black Business Association celebrates new HQ, equity business hub

PROVIDENCE – State and local leaders joined Rhode Island Black Business Association founder, CEO and President Lisa Ranglin on Monday to celebrate the acquisition...

R.I. Commerce approves $650K for small-business loan program

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. on Tuesday announced $650,000 in small-business loans to be distributed via partner lending organizations. The fiscal 2023 funding for the...
CONNECTING AND GROWING: The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association will host its Exhibit Show on Nov. 16 at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick in Warwick. 
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Editor’s Choice: R.I. Manufacturers Association to hold exhibit and show

EDITOR’S CHOICE R.I. Manufacturers Association to hold exhibit and show Nov. 16 THE RHODE ISLAND Manufacturers Association will host its Exhibit Show, titled “Connect, Grow,...

Editor’s Choice: Bryant to host NRI Chamber Bold in Business breakfast

EDITOR’S CHOICE Bryant to host NRI ChamberBold in Business breakfast  THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will hold its Bold in Business breakfast event,...
STARTING SMALL: The Providence Public Library, in partnership with Score Rhode Island, will host an informational workshop on how to start a small business on Oct. 1. 
PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Editor’s Choice: Providence Public Library to host small-business workshop

EDITOR’S CHOICE Providence Library to host small-business workshop THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY, in partnership with Score Rhode Island, will host an informational workshop on...
TOMÁS ÁVILA TOOK OVER as associate director for the R.I. Office of Diversity, Equity and Opportunity last August. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Is help on the way for R.I.’s Minority Business Enterprise program?

THE STATE IS STILL STRUGGLING to overcome decades of dysfunction around tracking and enforcing its laws for contracting with minority-owned businesses, even after a...
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