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How to adapt your communications plan during times of change
Updated: June 8, 2021This has been the year of the pivot. Amid a host of changes in business — including slashed budgets, reduced staff and overwhelming feelings of unrest — communications may seem like a low priority. A guest expert writes: Think again.
Updated: June 8, 2021
Presque Isle-based MMG Insurance sets plan in motion for CEO transition
September 25, 2020Larry Shaw is set to retire as president and CEO of MMG Insurance at the end of 2022, and will hand the reins to Matt McHatten, the current executive vice president and chief operating officer. The company also recently hired David McPherson as
September 25, 2020
SaviLinx expands footprint as hiring spree continues
Updated: September 24, 2020The Brunswick-based call center business now has locations in Caribou and in Lawrence, Mass., and is looking to hire at all locations with more than 800 jobs to fill.
Updated: September 24, 2020
Unum cutting 120 US jobs, including 30 in Portland
Updated: September 21, 2020Even as it cuts 30 Portland jobs in an ongoing corporate alignment, the Tennessee-based disability insurer and group benefits provider is also looking to hire around 25 others here.
Updated: September 21, 2020Ask ACE: But what is the gig economy?
Updated: September 21, 2020A contributing expert responds to a reader by discussing what the gig economy is all about, and the increasingly critical role it plays within the entrepreneur community today.
Updated: September 21, 2020
Maine companies demand 'bold' state action on climate change
September 16, 2020"Our actions must be intelligent, bold, comprehensive and inclusive," says a Sept. 15 letter addressed to the Maine Climate Council and the Governor's Office of Policy and Innovation, signed by companies from Allagash Brewing to engineering firm
September 16, 2020
How to appreciate your employees remotely
September 8, 2020With the lines between home and work blurring, a Portland CEO offers some guidelines for how to effectively work with your staff and respect the boundaries.
September 8, 2020
On the Record: Nadra and Rob Edgerley say Dale Carnegie skills important 'more than ever'
Updated: September 7, 2020The couple, who bought Maine's sole Dale Carnegie training franchise a year ago, talked with Mainebiz about why the principles and practices established 84 years ago are especially relevant today.
Updated: September 7, 2020
How to get a family businesses ready for the next generation
September 3, 2020A financial advisor cautions that family, business, money and emotion make for a volatile mix. He advises patience and getting everyone involved in the planning process, then having a strategy for legal and tax matters.
September 3, 2020
Maine Credit Union Notebook: 'Dogust' days, fight against hunger, Westbrook branch move
Updated: September 2, 2020A roundup of Maine credit union news covers an initiative by Town & Country Federal Credit Union and the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, and other recent developments.
Updated: September 2, 2020Recently acquired Auburn manufacturer buys Arizona company, predicts job growth
August 27, 2020After being acquired by a private equity firm in May, KICTeam, a maker of high-tech cleaning products, has bought another company in this specialized niche.
August 27, 2020
Spinnaker Trust pays $14.3M for four Mass. office buildings
August 27, 2020The properties include the headquarters of a biotech company that specializes in infectious disease. Spinnaker, which is based in Portland, has a real estate investment group.
August 27, 2020
On the Record: Bill Shanahan helps lead newly merged housing syndicate, but keeps it local
Updated: August 24, 2020The Northern New England Housing Investment Fund has been around for 30 years. In July it merged with another nonprofit housing capital syndicate, based in Vermont, to form Evernorth. But Shanahan says local low-income needs are still "our DNA."
Updated: August 24, 2020Ask ACE: How to innovate successfully
Updated: May 27, 2021The secret to success is to study the matter in detail, working out with all key participants just what is expected, the specific actions it will take to achieve it, the challenges to be met, who is going to do what — and especially how progress is
Updated: May 27, 2021
Upstart Maine receives $60K to strengthen small businesses in Bangor area
August 14, 2020The Bangor region has an increasing number of innovation-driven startups that are developing products and services for sale to the nation and world.
August 14, 2020
Mobile marketers in Maine consider a reboot
Updated: August 14, 2020The popular L.L.Bean Bootmobile is driving a different route this summer, as the Freeport outdoor products merchant and other retailers rethink their marketing strategies in the age of COVID-19.
Updated: August 14, 2020
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