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HarborOne Bank to host resource and networking event focused on small...

PROVIDENCE – HarborOne Bank will bring together business leaders, financial experts and government resource providers for “Unlock Your Business Potential” on Jan. 22, an...
TAKING A TALLY:
 Of the first 50 minority 
business owners featured 
in the Everybody’s Business 
monthly series since August 2020, 30 were men and 20 
were women. Two of those businesses have closed, and 
another is in receivership – all three of them operated by men.
PBN ILLUSTRATION/ANNE EWING

Everybody’s Business: Minority owners resilient in face of uncertainty

Providence Business News’ ­Everybody’s Business monthly series began with the intention of providing a voice to minority business owners in the tumultuous summer of...
Ana Duque, The Heal Room LLC CEO / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Building a wellness store that uplifts the community

(Editor’s note: This is the 52nd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...

Berkshire Bank gives to 107 nonprofits, including several in R.I.

BOSTON – Berkshire Bank, which has four locations in Rhode Island, says its foundation has made $401,190 in philanthropic investments in the first quarter...
Lisa Ranglin, Rhode Island Black Business Association CEO and president; 
Citizens Bank program manager / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘We were sort of invisible’

(Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
MEETING OF MINDS: Mark S. Hayward, left, director of the U.S. Small Business Administration Rhode Island District Office, discusses plans with Robert Russell, center, corporate ambassador for Aretec Inc., and Charles Newton, a director for the Ocean State Business Development Authority Inc. / PBN PHOTORUPERT WHITELEY

Five Questions With: Mark S. Hayward

Mark S. Hayward | Director, U.S. Small Business Administration Rhode Island District Office 1. Was 2019 a good year for small businesses in Rhode...
MARK S. HAYWARD, the Rhode Island district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, said the SBA is celebrating National Veterans Small Business Week with a series of free seminars around the state this week. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

SBA hosts free small-business seminars all week

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration is hosting a series of small-business seminars around Rhode Island this week to celebrate National Veterans Small...
THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS Administration is promoting a webinar about how to add more revenue streams to service-based business.

SBA boasts seminar on adding revenue

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration is promoting a webinar about how to add more revenue streams to service-based businesses. The webinar, scheduled for...

Worming her way to profits

Nancy Warner’s vermiculture business was born out of a need to eliminate the flies attracted by her angora ­rabbit. Originally a textile artist, Warner constructed...
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