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Small Business

  • Belfast receives grant to evaluate and plan for broadband internet

    Staff August 3, 2017

    ConnectME Authority has selected the city of Belfast to receive a $15,000 Community Broadband Planning Grant for the purpose of creating a community technology plan.

    Staff August 3, 2017
  • Small-business incubator established in Waldoboro

    July 26, 2017

    A small-business development space called BugTussle Brooder has been established at the former Fieldcrest Manor Nursing Home in Waldoboro.

    July 26, 2017
  • Ellsworth hot spot Jordan’s finds new owners

    July 20, 2017

    Jordan's Snack Bar, a popular Ellsworth eatery that closed in April, has been purchased by a couple from southern Maine with Ellsworth roots.

    July 20, 2017
  • St. Louis health care IT firm plans Portland office

    Lori Valigra July 20, 2017

    Janus Choice, a St. Louis-based health care information technology company that helps match patients with post-hospitalization, skilled-care facilities, plans to open an office at Portland's Cloudport coworking space this month.

    Lori Valigra July 20, 2017
  • Gelato Fiasco featured in O, The Oprah Magazine

    Staff July 17, 2017

    Gelato Fiasco will be featured in O, The Oprah Magazine's August issue as part of “The O List,” a monthly feature of editors' recommendations.

    Staff July 17, 2017
  • Hope General Store, opened in 1832, is on the block

    July 13, 2017

    The Hope General Store, built in 1832 at the central four-way intersection of the Knox County town of Hope, has been put up for sale by owners Heather and Michael Forcillo for $365,000.

    July 13, 2017
  • On the record: Mousam Valley Millwork trims too-fast growth

    Lori Valigra July 10, 2017

    Lisa Girard, owner of architectural woodworking company Mousam Valley Millwork of Springvale, found herself in a jam most companies would envy: too many orders, which had her staff working overtime to meet customer deadlines.

    Lori Valigra July 10, 2017
  • Levesque reelected to defense communities board

    Staff July 6, 2017

    Steve Levesque, executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, has been reelected to serve on the Association of Defense Communities board of directors.

    Staff July 6, 2017
  • Shaw named EY's regional 'entrepreneur of year'

    Staff July 5, 2017

    EY, a multinational professional services firm based in the United Kingdom, presented its Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Award for New England to Benjamin Shaw, founder and CEO of Portland-based Vets First Choice.

    Staff July 5, 2017
  • Yachting Solutions and Yarmouth Boat Yard join forces

    June 29, 2017

    A new partnership between Yachting Solutions, a yacht services provider in Rockport, and Yarmouth Boat Yard/Moose Landing Marina is expected to expand exposure and leverage products and services for each company.

    June 29, 2017
  • Meineke foreman buys Topsham franchise via first CEI loan of its kind

    Lori Valigra June 29, 2017

    Jim Chattley, a 20-year veteran of the Topsham Meineke Car Care Center in Topsham Fair Mall, bought the franchise from retiring owners Melissa and David Eddy using a new loan product from CEI 7(a) Financing LLC of Brunswick.

    Lori Valigra June 29, 2017
  • Maine Food Insider: Rococo Artisan Ice Cream looks to grow beyond Maine

    Lori Valigra June 28, 2017

    Lauren Guptill, who tripled Rococo Artisan Ice Cream's locations last summer, is on the move again, this time scouting a location in Boston.

    Lori Valigra June 28, 2017
  • Floating tank center, zero waste spice maker among SCORE award winners

    Lori Valigra June 16, 2017

    Noting that the SCORE Maine mentoring organization helped entrepreneurs start 386 new businesses that created 578 new jobs in 2016, Portland Chapter head Nancy Strojny named the winners of the annual SCORE Success Awards.

    Lori Valigra June 16, 2017
  • NYC firm buys Fork Food Lab startup

    June 14, 2017

    Foodworks, a New York City-based company that operates two other culinary incubators in the Northeast, has acquired the Portland-based startup company Fork Food Lab.

    June 14, 2017
  • Portland girls just wanna network: Regional Chamber launches forum

    Renee Cordes June 14, 2017

    A new Portland women's networking forum is off to a running start after Monday's kickoff at the Press Hotel.

    Renee Cordes June 14, 2017
  • Bella Luna Toys engages the imagination with natural, wooden toys

    Lori Valigra June 12, 2017

    Sarah Baldwin, owner of Rockland online natural toy store Bella Luna Toys, saw firsthand how video-game stares turned into inquisitiveness when, as a former kindergarten teacher at the Ashwood Waldorf School in Rockport, she intro

    Lori Valigra June 12, 2017

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Sales of electric vehicles rose by 25% last year, with 17 million sold worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency's recent "Global EV Outlook." The trend is led by China, where half of the new cars sold were EVs. 

In the U.S., sales of EVs increased by 10% last year, but that was off the pace of 2023, when a 40% gain was recorded.  

The report noted a plateauing of sales in Europe, where some countries are rolling back incentives offered to EV buyers.