Tag: U.S. Small Business Administration
Stressed R.I. employers jostle to receive SBA assistance
The rollout of federal relief programs offered a much-needed source of funding and of hope to small businesses struggling in the coronavirus pandemic.
But securing...
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Local banks have been scrambling to keep up with applications flooding in from struggling small businesses hoping for a piece of a $349 billion...
Editor’s Choice: Resources for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic
Editor’s Choice
Resources for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic BRIAN PIFER of the Small Business Majority’s Entrepreneurship Program and Venturize.org platform, which delivers education...
Local lenders strapped for capacity as PPP opens to new applicants
PROVIDENCE – The initial surge in applications from small business owners clambering to get their shares of a federal payroll relief program have abated...
Local lenders scramble to process surge of SBA loan applications
PROVIDENCE – Questions continue to emerge as local lenders scramble to keep up with the flood of applications pouring in from small businesses seeking...
Magaziner: Lenders shouldn’t turn away ‘orphaned’ businesses from $349B emergency program
PROVIDENCE – R.I. General Treasurer Seth Magaziner is urging Rhode Island banks, credit uniosn and other lenders to stop turning away some small businesses...
Robinson & Cole partner featured in conference call on HR issues...
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Commerce are offering a coronavirus conference-call series for businesses. Participation is free.
The conference...
R.I. businesses offered SBA help to get through coronavirus epidemic
Mark S. Hayward was in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001.
With the metro shut down following the devastating terrorist attacks in New York City...
2 new COVID-19 cases identified; R.I. businesses to receive assistance
PROVIDENCE – Two more positive COVID-19 have been identified in Rhode Island, increasing the state’s total to 23, and state officials announced Tuesday some...
Raimondo to apply for SBA loans for small businesses
PROVIDENCE – Low-interest loans to help small businesses hurt by the new coronavirus could be available through the Rhode Island District Office of the...
















