June 11, 2018 EditionEdition

🔒IN SHORT

New hires The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation specialist in Portland, hired Lara Heal as director of managed care services. Heal has more than 20 years of experience in the […]

🔒A touch of nature: Plantwerks creates a living wall at UNE’s Biddeford campus

Plantwerks, an interior landscaping company in business for 34 years, adds a touch of nature to corporate...

🔒Maine Center for Entrepreneurs readies ‘cultivator’ businesses for growth

Our cover story is devoted to eight food producers that are being mentored by the Maine Center...

🔒A behind-the-scenes look with Stonewall Kitchen’s culinary product developer

Michele Cole, culinary product developer at the York-based specialty food company Stonewall Kitchen, talks about the art and science of flavor innovation in this On the Record Q. and A. interview with Mainebiz Senior Writer Renee Cordes.
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🔒How to: Plan for succession in a family-owned business

Eighty percent of Maine's businesses are family-owned. When asked who will take over the family business when...

🔒WEX and IDEXX bring home the bacon for their investors

When WEX Inc. announced that it had signed a fleet-card deal with Shell, Wall Street apparently liked...

🔒Closing the skill gap by investing in education

Working together since 2008, the Alfond Scholarship Foundation and the Finance Authority of Maine are changing how Mainers plan and prepare for higher education. Here's why that is important:

🔒Retailers in Kennebec Valley ‘making lemonade’ out of disruptive road projects

Belgrade Lakes business owners Diane Oliver and Liz Fontaine were against a major upgrade to the village's...
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🔒Maine’s immigrant entrepreneurs making their mark as they launch, and grow, small businesses

At Cafe Whoopies in South Portland, Rwanda Bean Co. co-founder Mike Mwenedata is all smiles, welcoming customers...

🔒Tips on how to get employees to finish their assignments on time

Q: How can we get our people to finish assignments and other tasks on time? They make...

🔒Cultivator program prepares startup companies for second-level growth

Ryan Wilson was working for a farm and doing deliveries to restaurants, when he started asking chefs...

🔒Building Business: Two construction firms announce leadership promotions

Two construction firms beef up leadership ranks Reed & Reed Inc., one of northern New England's largest heavy...
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