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A NEW REPORT from the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and Salve Regina University students notes that the state's hospitality industry took a $114 million economic hit in the 12 months after the Washington Bridge partially closed. / PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Study shows R.I. hospitality industry took $114M hit after Washington Bridge...

Business Services 01/07/2025

PROVIDENCE – A new joint report from the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and Salve Regina University econometrics students projects the state has taken a...

LEGISLATIVE SESSION: The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual legislative reception at the R.I. Statehouse on Jan. 23.  PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

Editor’s Choice: Providence Chamber to hold Statehouse Legislative Reception  

Print Edition 01/03/2025

EDITOR’S CHOICE Providence Chamber to hold Statehouse Legislative Reception THE GREATER PROVIDENCE Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual legislative reception at the R.I....

WHAT’S ON TAP: R.I. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, will be the guest speaker at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs & Issues Breakfast event on Jan. 8 at Kirkbrae Country Club in Warwick.  AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Editor’s Choice: R.I. House Speaker Shekarchi to talk at NRI Chamber...

Print Edition 12/20/2024

EDITOR’S CHOICE R.I. House Speaker Shekarchito talk at NRI Chamber event THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will have R.I. House Speaker K....

SBA recognizes 2024 Rhode Island lenders of the year

Financial Services 12/12/2024

PAWTUCKET – A total of 317 loans were made in Rhode Island by 47 different lending institutions across the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 7(a),...

Robert Piechota was appointed district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Rhode Island district office in September. He joined the agency in 2019 as branch manager of the Long Island, N.Y., office and spent two years as deputy district director for Delaware’s district office. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Fear and ego stall success

Business Services 12/06/2024

Robert Piechota | U.S. Small Business Administration Rhode Island district director I have found that there is one key trait shared by successful business leaders....

SANDRA CANO, a former state senator from Pawtucket, is now the U.S. Small Business Administration's new regional administrator for New England. / COURTESY SANDRA CANO

Former R.I. senator Cano now SBA’s New England regional administrator

Economic Activity 11/21/2024

PROVIDENCE – Two months after she resigned from the R.I. Senate, rumors of Sandra Cano taking a job with the U.S. Small Business Administration...

PLAY BALL: Brooke Cooper, executive vice president and general manager of the Worcester Red Sox, will be the guest speaker at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce’s Bold in Business breakfast event on Oct. 17 at Bryant University in Smithfield.  COURTESY NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Editor’s Choice: Worcester Red Sox executive Cooper to speak at NRI...

Print Edition 10/11/2024

EDITOR’S CHOICE Worcester Red Sox executive to speak at NRI Chamber breakfast THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will hold a Bold in...

R.I. Commerce awarded $160K from SBA to support underserved communities

Business Services 10/09/2024

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. has been awarded nearly $160,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Federal and State Technology Partnership Program to...