February 19, 2024Edition

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 […]
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...
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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...
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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...
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Hospitality & Tourism

🔒Travelers Championship to feature more challenging course, upgraded amenities in 2024

The Travelers Championship announced that it will be welcoming golfers and fans to this year’s tournament in...
Economic Development

🔒$85M factory redevelopment will add 154 new apartments in New Britain

The massive redevelopment of a former factory building in New Britain will add more than 150 new...
Real Estate & Construction

🔒NY investor pays $9.5M for Waterbury industrial complex; will ‘work with the city to tidy things up’

Brooklyn-based industrial real estate investor Snowball Developments recently paid $9.5 million to add a nearly 11-acre Waterbury...
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