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 head of the chamber of commerce chats with Mainebiz about how the organization and its "small but mighty" crew are helping Portland area businesses navigate the pandemic, stand up to racism, and come together in new ways.
A pilot telehealth-based program “gets paramedics off the ambulance” so they can provide care wherever it’s needed. The initiative is already making a difference in northern Somerset County, and could be a model for other rural areas in Maine and elsewhere.
Maine hospitals and other health care providers had to move quickly in the early stages of the pandemic. Now they're putting that experience to work in the business community to come up with guidelines balancing public health needs and those of customers.
The telehealth trend, accelerated by COVID-19, is not limited to Maine. But the state is becoming an attractive market for for telehealth developers like Senscio Systems. The state's health care providers are embracing the trend, too.
A South Portland company is on a streak of school construction projects, with several jobs finished and more on the way. Meanwhile, work on a $50 million water treatment plant is getting underway.
A 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.
