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Taking it to the bank: Big developments in Maine depend on a little-known inspection company
Updated: July 26, 2021The job of Consultant Services New England, or CSC, is to ensure a proper financial foundation is in place long before the building's foundation is laid. Yet the company receives little fanfare when the project is topped off.
Updated: July 26, 2021
Space odyssey: As employees head back to offices, companies rethink workplace setups
Updated: July 26, 2021Companies that have been operating remotely are now exploring hybrid models, with physical space for people to meet while allowing them to keep working from home if they can and want to. No size, it appears, fits all.
Updated: July 26, 2021
Songwriter-sound engineer applies the lessons of Nashville to launch music studio in Portland
Updated: July 19, 2021The centerpiece of the studio and training program is the “Rolls Royce” of recording consoles, and the studio was purpose-designed for acoustics. The goal of the studio reboot is to provide production services and to help students enter the music
Updated: July 19, 2021
Maine credit unions raise $110K in 30 days to fight hunger
Updated: July 15, 2021Since 1990, the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger has raised more $10.4 million, including a record-breaking $960,000 in food and cash contributions last year.
Updated: July 15, 2021
Portland financial firm to get new majority owner
July 7, 2021In a deal due to close in the third quarter of 2021, San Francisco-based private equity firm Genstar Capital has agreed to buy a majority stake in Foreside Financial Group LLC from Lovell Minnick Partners, of Radnor, Pa.
July 7, 2021
Central Maine startup stories: A regional roundup of 5 new businesses
Updated: July 12, 2021From online mapping for snowmobilers to a snail-mail innovation for older adults, central Maine is producing a broad bounty of new business ideas. An experienced entrepreneur with roots in the region advises, "Just start."
Updated: July 12, 2021
How to thaw out your pre-pandemic networking skills
Updated: December 27, 2021Personal contact is still essential to doing business, even after more than a year of quarantining and social distancing. A guest expert writes about how to begin reconnecting with others, and the importance of the "two-way street."
Updated: December 27, 2021
How to determine if your business qualifies for an Employee Retention Credit
June 30, 2021Many companies that are eligible for the IRS's Employee Retention Credit may not be aware they would qualify, according to guest columnist Kyle Banfield, an HR specialist. He offers some guidance for employers.
June 30, 2021
KeyBank beefs up New England wealth management team
Updated: June 29, 2021Key Private Bank adds five people to its Portland-based wealth management team serving clients in Maine and Vermont.
Updated: June 29, 2021-
Portland financial firm acquires Pennsylvania peer to 'scale responsibly'
June 22, 2021Portland-based Foreside Financial Group said Tuesday that it has acquired Hardin Compliance Consulting LLC, of Wexford, Pa., for an undisclosed amount. The buy is Foreside's eighth in two years.
June 22, 2021 
Chase opens first of five southern Maine branches as hiring continues
Updated: June 21, 2021Chase's first Maine branch, located in downtown Portland, is now fully staffed at 11 people, including branch manager Kelly Eberly.
Updated: June 21, 2021
$10M awarded to 7 Maine community development financial institutions
June 17, 2021Awards up to $1.8 million will help create financial products and services to support business development and address critical needs such as affordable housing. “You don’t just rebuild what you’ve lost. You build what you hope to have,” said one
June 17, 2021
Maine's largest accounting firm names first female CEO
Updated: June 16, 2021Sarah L. Belliveau will succeed John Chandler as CEO and managing principal of BerryDunn, the Portland-based accounting firm announced on Wednesday.
Updated: June 16, 2021
Ask ACE: Set SMART goals for your professional proposals
Updated: January 7, 2022A remote-working professional asks a guest writer from the Association for Consulting Expertise: How do I make my proposal legally enforceable?
Updated: January 7, 2022-
Portland financial firm makes 7th acquisition in two years
Updated: June 9, 2021In a transaction expected to close Wednesday, Foreside Financial Group will acquire Golden Bear Consulting LLC, a boutique regulatory compliance firm based in Newport Beach, Calif.
Updated: June 9, 2021 Bangor financial services firm rebrands after 27 years
June 3, 2021Deighan Wealth Advisors, founded in 1994 by Jean Deighan and Jenifer Butler, launched its new identity this week.
June 3, 2021
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