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RI Builders Association - New Training & Development Programs

We have an exciting variety of classes and not just about building stuff, but also about good business practices. If someone wants to be better at networking, at hiring, at resolving conflicts, at using QuickBooks and more, we have a class for them coming up. And most of the classes are still conveniently via zoom and many of the classes are for CRLB credits.

RI Builders Association

Small Business Facts: Small Business Innovation Measured by Patenting Activity

Experts often use patenting activity as a proxy for innovation. Data from the National Science Foundation show that small businesses that engage in R&D generate more patents per employee than larger businesses that engage in R&D. However, small business patenting activity fell significantly following 2010. The decline is now reversing. Small businesses recovered to two-thirds of peak patent application levels from 2015 to 2018 and recovered to half of peak patents received levels in the same timeframe. For

US Small Business Administration

Upcoming Hospitality Training Opportunity

RI Hospitality

Nominations are Now Open for the 2022 TECH10 and Next Tech Generation Awards

RI Monthly Magazine

New Associate degree program at CCRI in “Environment, Sustainability, and Management”

CCRI

Greater Newport Chamber to host Excellence in Business Awards, Governor to present citations

Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce

2022 Providence - Newport Ferry Season has Begun

RIDOT

Innovate@Scale

RIIC

RI Hospitality Association (RIHA) Economic Relief Funding

RI Hospitality Association

Global Economic Impact Forum on Ukraine

The Global Economy Impact Forum