February 19, 2024 - Hartford Business Journal

Education

🔒Opinion: CT’s technical high schools bridge gap between opportunity and workforce needs

As leaders driving the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS), we are witnessing a critical juncture in our state’s economic landscape. The recent observations by Connecticut Business and Industry Association CEO and President Chris DiPentima regarding the surplus of job openings versus the shortage of skilled workers are emblematic of a challenge that affects […]

Banking & Finance

🔒Fintechs urge action after new banking regulations drive ‘earned wage access’ services from CT

Recent and little-noticed changes to Connecticut banking laws have sparked backlash from financial technology companies, which have...

Banking & Finance

🔒Chase Bank to add 5 new CT branches as part of national expansion

New York-based JPMorgan Chase Bank is eyeing further expansion in Connecticut and nationwide. The bank announced it will...

Banking & Finance

🔒West Hartford becomes breeding ground for bank expansions

Many banks have made headlines in recent years by trimming their branch footprints as more customers use...

Banking & Finance

🔒Growing Footprints: Out-of-state banks eye continued expansion in CT

A period of consolidation in Connecticut’s banking industry in recent years has presented opportunities for out-of-state players...

Economic Development

🔒Pandemic Bonus: Traveling attractions fuel comeback for Hartford’s major event venues

After the pandemic lull, Hartford’s major event venues have returned to, or eclipsed, pre-pandemic levels of attendance...

Health Care

🔒Hospitals, insurers eye value-based care deals to cut costs, improve patient outcomes

Trinity Health Of New England in January announced a new contract agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and...

Cannabis

🔒After helping launch CT’s largest cannabis grow facility, Rino Ferrarese spearheads startup micro-cultivator

Rino Ferrarese’s cannabis career has come full circle — literally.Perhaps one of the most influential executives in...

Economic Development

🔒Amid post-pandemic rebound, Max Hospitality eyes growth with expanded Hartford presence, new golf simulator concept

In a little over four years, Max Hospitality has swung from laying off almost all its staff...

Education

🔒CT has an engineer shortage; some colleges are working to address the need

Connecticut’s manufacturing, technology, construction and bioscience sectors are facing a shortage of engineers.To try to meet that...

Energy

🔒As CT preps for increase in beverage container recycling, grocers worry they’ll be inundated with cans, bottles

Connecticut is about to see a surge in new redemption centers, the privately run businesses that reclaim...

Small Business

🔒Cheshire-based company builds broadcast stages, mobile sets for ESPN, MLB Network and Court TV; after recent sale, it has even higher ambitions

Cheshire-based Creative Dimensions is a growing company with humble beginnings that was recently acquired by a national...

Hospitality & Tourism

February 19, 2024Edition

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