November 2, 2020 EditionEdition

A guest consultant advises a reader on what financial steps to take now in order to be ready for starting a business tomorrow.

Businesspeople frequently find themselves worrying about trucking: late pickups, late deliveries, damaged product, poor customer service and other concerns. An expert explains what to consider when outsourcing your trucking operations.

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.

The owner and president of Hobbs Funeral Home, based in South Portland and Scarborough, reflects on the new normal at the business his parents started nearly 80 years ago.

How to enhance a historic swath of South Portland, through potential development and with better services to residents, hinges on a single, heavily trafficked roadway. Demand for access is widening, but the thoroughfare isn't.

The chief of the state's transportation agency talks with Mainebiz about how he and his department are adapting to the new normal, and where Maine's transportation infrastructure is headed next.

Lack of transportation, including public transit, is a top concern of residents in Aroostook County. The situation also affects employers who rely on them to get to work each day. It's a complex problem, and The County is trying to come up with a solution.

The town is seeing a wave of development in its most concentrated commercial area, which is becoming a long-planned "Village Green" for the Cumberland County community of 3,800 residents.

The clean, cold waters of Maine produce arguably some of the best seafood in the world, both...

Sorry for the bad pun, but without the Maine Turnpike and the transportation network — trains, trucks,...