Tag: Small Businesses
SBA reports ‘banner’ year of 504 loans for R.I. small businesses
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration reported its highest-ever fixed-assets funding for Rhode Island small businesses for the year that ended Sept. 30,...
SEG awards $50K to 11 businesses, nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Eleven small businesses and nonprofits have been awarded nearly a combined $50,000 under Social Enterprise Greenhouse’s new Microgrant Fund.
The funds of up to...
Federal Reserve survey highlights small-business hiring woes
PROVIDENCE – Small businesses are finding their usual hiring efforts aren’t producing the same results, according to a new survey by the Federal Reserve...
City must make clearer goals, scope of reparations program
Proposed spending for Providence’s still-evolving racial reparations program includes several worthy suggestions. Among them, funding for homeownership, workforce training and support for small businesses.
The...
HarborOne Bank opens applications for small-business pitch contest
PROVIDENCE – HarborOne Bank recently opened applications for its seventh annual small-business pitch contest, according to a news release.
The annual pitch competition offers small...
HarborOne study shows increasing consumer support for small businesses
PROVIDENCE – Shoppers are more committed to supporting small businesses now than before the pandemic hit, according to a new survey by HarborOne Bank.
And...
Citizens Bank launches annual small-business contest
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank is offering $10,000 grants to 30 small businesses across its footprint as part of its annual Small Business Community Champion...
R.I. Commerce Corp. receives over 2,000 applicants for its small-business grant...
PROVIDENCE - More than 2,000 applications have been submitted within a week's time for small-business grants from the $12.5 million in American Rescue Plan...
McKee: R.I. ‘resilient and full of opportunity’
PROVIDENCE – Standing before a masked audience at the Statehouse, Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday struck a hopeful tone in promising to push...
McKee submits budget amendment plan to spend over $100M of R.I.’s...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday outlined his plan to spend nearly 10% of the state's $1.1 billion in American Rescue Plan...
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