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HAL HORVAT is president and chief operating officer at Centreville Bank in West Warwick. / COURTESY CENTREVILLE BANK

Five Questions With: Hal Horvat

Hal Horvat is executive vice president and chief lending and retail officer at Centreville Bank. The West Warwick-based bank was recently recognized for having...
THE SOUTH EASTERN Economic Development Corp. is celebrating 35 years of business at its annual meeting this year on Nov. 29, which will include the election of members, directors and officers as well as giving out awards for Regional Business Advocate of the Year, Startup Business of the Year and Small Business of the Year.

SEED to celebrate 35 years of business

TAUNTON – The South Eastern Economic Development Corp., or SEED, is celebrating 35 years of business at its annual meeting this year. The 2017 meeting...
MARK S HAYWARD, U.S. Small Business Administration Rhode Island district director, said "real results" come from the organization's Emerging Leaders program./PHOTO BY TRACY JENKINS

Third R.I. SBA Emerging Leaders cohort graduates

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island branch of the U.S. Small Business Administration Monday announced the eight executives which make up the third cohort of...
SUMMER RETREAT: Families have been traveling to Block Island as a summer retreat for generations, helping ensure steady business at the island’s 35 hotels and its beaches. Revenue from the state’s hotel tax is a major source of income for the island, generating $2.97 million between fiscal years 2007 and 2017.  / PBN PHOTO/K. CURTIS

Will business on Block Island always be seasonal?

Sven Risom and his wife, Laura, became enamored with the beauty of Block Island long ago. After summering there for many years, they became...
SOUTHERN FLAVOR: Adam Batchelder recently opened Smoke & Squeal Barbecue, a food truck specializing in natural, wood-fired smoked barbecue.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Culture, people led Marine Corps veteran to open BBQ food truck...

With a U.S. Small Business Administration loan, Adam Batchelder, a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and a Johnson...
HAROLD HORVAT IS executive vice president and chief lending and retail officer at Centreville Bank. /COURTESY CENTREVILLE BANK

Five Questions With: Harold Horvat

Harold Horvat is executive vice president and chief lending and retail officer at Centreville Bank. He talks with Providence Business News about how the...

Lataille receives SBA award for entrepreneurial excellence

SUSAN LATAILLE, owner of DiscoverYou Events in North Smithfield, recently received the Joseph G.E. Knight Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from the U.S. Small Business...
SEED

SEED Corp. to host small-business workshops

QUINCY, Mass. – The South Eastern Economic Development Corp. will partner with Eastern Bank to host a series of business workshops on May 3...
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

FDIC promotes free financial literacy resources

WASHINGTON – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is promoting a suite of financial education tools it has developed as part of Financial Literacy Month. April...
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