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MASSBENCHMARK's editorial board said that the Massachusetts economy was performing well in its eighth consecutive year of economic expansion but should expect to see constraints due to demographic issues such as an aging population as well as an increase in need for skilled workers as the labor market tightens. / COURTESY MASSBENCHMARKS

MassBenchmarks: Mass. economy strong, but faces ‘headwinds’

Economic Activity 05/09/2018

PROVIDENCE - In the most recent MassBenchmarks, “Excerpts from the Boar” release on Wednesday, the board said that the Bay State economy is at...

After serving as national sales manager for National Marker Co., Michael J. Black bought the manufacturer of safety signs, tags and labels in 2012. And while he has increased innovation and production, he is very happy to invest in his people. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

An engaged, passionate workforce delivers results today and in the future

Capital Goods 05/04/2018

Michael J. Black | National Marker Co. owner and president If I can point to one reason for the success of National Marker Co., it...

A SIGNIFICANT BOOST: Small businesses such as MIKEL, headed by President Kelly Mendell, right (with Dave Lambert, engineer and program manager), who was named Rhode Island’s Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration, employ more than half of all private-sector workers in the state. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Healthy small businesses mean a healthy R.I. economy

Economic Activity 05/04/2018

We are near the end of National Small Business Week, a celebration of those businesses that form an important, one might say essential, backbone...

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metro increased by 1,000 workers year over year in March. PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence metro construction employment climbs in March

Economic Activity 05/02/2018

PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 5 percent year over year in March to 21,400 workers, a 1,000-worker upswing,...

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metro area was 4.8 percent in March, not seasonally adjusted. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/TIM BOYLE

BLS: Providence metro unemployment 4.8% in March

Economic Activity 05/02/2018

PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.2 percentage points year over year in March to 4.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted,...

THE MASSACHUSETTS gross domestic product increased 1.6 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2018. / COURTESY MASSBENCHMARKS

MassBenchmarks: Mass. GDP grows at 1.6 percent in Q1

Economic Activity 04/27/2018

BOSTON – Massachusetts gross domestic product grew at a 1.6 percent annualized rate in the first quarter of 2018, according to MassBenchmarks, a journal...

HUMANE RESOURCES: Lisa Abbott, senior vice president of human resources and community affairs, has been working to improve Lifespan’s investment in a happy, healthy workforce. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Abbott energizes Lifespan’s values-driven workforce

Health Services 04/27/2018

CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER, ENTERPRISE PRIVATE COMPANY | Lisa Abbott, Lifespan Corp. Since starting at Lifespan Corp. in 2016, New York native Lisa Abbott, senior...