June 1, 2015 EditionEdition

News

🔒Simsbury Bank sponsors second Ladies Tertulia in Simsbury

Simsbury Bank recently sponsored the second Ladies Tertulia at Millwright’s Restaurant & Tavern in Simsbury. The networking event brought together educators, business women, government leaders, mothers, and wives. During the event, Jocelyn Mitchell, senior vice president and chief retail banking officer for Simsbury Bank, presented a donation from the community lender to Simsbury’s Old Drake Hill […]

Health Care

🔒CT makes $60K medical marijuana push on doctors

The state is launching a $60,000 medical marijuana marketing campaign this month aimed at enlisting more Connecticut doctors to prescribe the drug, just as the fledgling industry faces increased competition from the black market, which is being flooded with product from states that have legalized cannabis.

News

🔒Banning pay secrecy won’t cure gender wage gap

Some state legislators think they can address the gender wage gap by barring employers from punishing workers who freely discuss salary and wage information.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒E. Hartford to house Boston distributor’s CT expansion

Boston electrical wire-cable distributor The Arthur J. Hurley Co. paid $1.5 million for an East Hartford industrial building that will open this fall as a parts depot to better serve Hurley's Connecticut customers, officials say.

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Politics & Policy

🔒Attorney Gale pushes local, small business expansion

In the coming weeks, the Hartford Business Journal will profile each of Hartford's mayoral candidates. First up is John Q. Gale, 63, an attorney, landlord, entrepreneur, volunteer, and former electrical engineer.

Small Business

🔒From Cuba to CT Thomas builds top minority-owned business

Kenia Thomas, head of the largest minority-owned business in the Hartford region, wonders what her life would have been like had her parents not fled Cuba after the revolution, when she was 5 years old.

News

🔒CT home to 103K women-owned firms

Connecticut has an estimated 102,900 women-owned firms, an increase of 42.1 percent over the past 18 years, according to a new report by American Express Open.

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🔒CT ranks sixth in business brand value

Connecticut's top companies collectively rank No. 6 in the nation for brand value, surpassing Georgia to move up one spot from last year, according to the rankings from London consultant Brand Finance.

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News

🔒Mintz + Hoke participates in Habitat for Humanity volunteer day

Over 50 employees from Avon integrated marketing communications firm Mintz + Hoke recently rehabilitated a 1,350-square-foot house...

Manufacturing

🔒State legislature needs to invest in aerospace

Manufacturing matters to Connecticut's economy. With the right legislative action, we can attract new business, help existing firms expand here, and create good jobs. We just need to reduce risk.

Politics & Policy

🔒Hartford Mayoral Race 2015 Preview

In the coming weeks, the Hartford Business Journal will profile each of Hartford's mayoral candidates.

Nonprofits

🔒Nonprofit Profile: Wheeler Clinic Inc.

Farmington Bank Community Foundation has awarded retirement community New Horizons Village a $10,000 grant. The funds will...

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Energy

🔒Fuel cell park raises value of renewable energy projects

The recent announcement by FuelCell Energy to develop a 63-megawatt fuel cell park in Beacon Falls is of high interest and demonstrates the progress of the fuel cell industry, which should not come as a surprise.

News

🔒Cheshire doctor named head of national healthcare organization

Dr. Mark Stephen DeFrancesco, of Cheshire, was recently sworn in as the 66th president of the American...

News

🔒Closing sales means making sense to customers

It takes smart, highly competent salespeople to meet the challenges presented by today's informed and savvy customers.

Health Care

🔒Greater Hartford healthcare partnership focuses on personalized care

During her 20 years as an emergency room nurse, Sharon Gauthier, founder of Avon-based Patient Advocate For You, noticed a common trend among patients.

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News

🔒Farmington Bank supports Convenant to Care for Children

The Farmington Bank Community Foundation recently presented a $5,000 check to support Hartford-based Covenant to Care for...

Health Care

🔒Electronic med. records no cure-all to health industry’s woes

There is a terrible disconnect in the healthcare system.

News

🔒Planet Fitness eyes growth in fragmented fitness industry

Q&A talks about competition in the gym/fitness industry with David Humphrey, CEO of ECP-PF Holdings Group, the largest franchisee of Planet Fitness.

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