Small Business

Standing shoulder to shoulder outside the $56 million complex they helped build, representatives of three local companies called for payment and recognition for their work at a press conference organized […]

Every week in the Thursday Real Estate Insider newsletter, Mainebiz publishes a list of Maine commercial real estate leases. These are the transactions published in June 2026.

Portland-based Orange Bike Brewing Co. is selling its gluten-free beers at 25 Hannaford stores from southern Maine to Bangor.

In the coming months, investigators plan to return to Robbins Lumber for a more detailed examination of the facility's unloader systems.

The in-person event, scheduled for May 21 in Portland, will provide hands-on instruction for independently owned businesses with three or fewer locations.

“The impact of this emergency will be felt for years to come,” the Maine State Fire Marshall said of Friday's deadly explosion at Robbins Lumber.

Why do so many small business owners feel like they have to crawl through barbed wire to make it all work?

Small businesses across Maine are squeezed between rising costs and reluctance to pass those costs on to customers.

“It feels like Ellsworth is shifting from a pass-through service center — and in part, it is that — to a destination with its own identity and momentum and increased activity,” says the city’s director of economic development.

The new business, known as Meyette, recently wrapped up a trial run to introduce the brand with a bricks-and-mortar pop-up at 251 Congress St., at the foot of Munjoy Hill.