January 24, 2022 EditionEdition

Donna Brassard, former publisher of Mainebiz and now owner of business consulting firm Strategies+, advises a reader whose sales have hit a plateau. The reader asks a familiar question: "What are we doing wrong?"

The Mainebiz roundup of businesses and businesspeople that have been making changes in recent weeks. Check out our compilation of new hires, promotions, accomplishments and more.

Greg Glynn is putting his personal and professional experience to work with his recent founding of an Augusta-based marketing, public relations and broadcasting company, Pliable.

The rehabilitation of the east-west Runway 11/29 will take place from April 18 to June 13. During that time, all air traffic in and out of the Jetport will be operating on the airport’s secondary north-south runway.

More than half of business leaders surveyed by Mainebiz said their top investment for 2022 would be in staffing.

The Portland-based commercial real estate brokerage is adding an office in Manchester, N.H.

University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings, who plans to step down in June, will join the Glickman Family Office in Portland as president and CEO, overseeing two foundations.

Retail development is booming in the state's fourth-largest city, from walkable waterfront neighborhoods to the sprawling shopping plazas of the Maine Mall area.

Businesses in this York County city now include high-tech manufacturers for biotechnology and life sciences, precision manufacturers, and service providers in health care, information technology and engineered materials.

Earlier this month, I jumped at a chance to talk to a management class in Presque Isle....