May 13, 2024 - Hartford Business Journal

Energy

🔒Opinion: Countering the influence of fossil fuel interests in clean energy transition

In his recent op-ed, Mike Giaimo, the regional director for the Northeast at the American Petroleum Institute, discusses the challenges faced by Connecticut’s energy sector and argues in favor of including natural gas and oil in the state’s energy mix. While Giaimo makes valid points about the complexity of energy infrastructure and supply, his argument […]

Economy & Labor

🔒Municipal development staff shortages offer upstart Vernon planning consultancy growth opportunities

John Guszkowski and Michael D’Amato are, among other designations, certified planners.Guszkowski has more than 20 years of...

Manufacturing

🔒Thimble Island Brewery embraces customer-loyalty growth strategy with new taproom

At a time when the craft brewing industry is shrinking, Branford-based Thimble Island Brewery is expanding, but...

Insurance

🔒Insurer Beazley’s new, modern West Hartford digs aim to lure workers back to the office

The marketing tagline for global liability insurer Beazley PLC is, “Insurance. Just different.”Until you tour the company’s...

Legal & Courts

🔒Barclay Damon’s CT expansion reflects growth of intellectual property law sector

Intellectual property law is a growing sector within the legal industry, which has spurred some law firms...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒With multifamily market focus, third-generation Konover takes reins of storied CT real estate firm

When Greg Konover was growing up, the family business wasn’t a big topic of conversation.“My immediate family...

Banking & Finance

🔒CT revives long-dormant banking charter to woo fintech companies

When Banking Circle US opened its new Stamford headquarters in February, it was no small coup for...

Economic Development

🔒Marking 100-year anniversary, engineering firm Fuss & O’Neill will relocate HQ from Manchester to downtown Hartford

Civil and environmental engineering firm Fuss & O’Neill is marking its 100-year anniversary in 2024, and it’s...

Economy & Labor

🔒With legal battle ahead, CT employers urged to use caution following FTC’s noncompete-agreements ban

With the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent ruling to ban most forms of noncompete agreements between employers...

Politics & Policy

CT Dept. of Public Health inks major East Hartford lease to store PPE, other emergency supplies

The state Department of Public Health (DPH) has signed a lease to occupy an East Hartford industrial...

Banking & Finance

Berkshire Bank shrinking CT presence with pending branch closures

Boston-based Berkshire Bank, which first entered the Connecticut market following its 2012 acquisition of the Connecticut Bank...

Economic Development

Wholesale food distribution, retail center pitched in Wethersfield

A 78,000-square-foot commercial building on the busy Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield could become a grocery retail...

Economic Development

Two sisters plan ambitious mixed-use redevelopment of Collins Co. ax factory site

A new plan to redevelop the Collins Co. ax factory in Canton features a mix of housing,...

Economic Development

Report: CT a top destination for relocating remote workers

Connecticut was a top 10 destination for remote workers who relocated in 2022, according to a new...

Retail

For grocery format junkie, DG Market an intriguing newcomer

Wayne Pesce admits that he’s something of a grocery store junkie.The president of the Connecticut Food Association,...

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