The “eyes and ears” of the island’s small business community in Washington D.C., Teresa Coaxum, spent last week in Puerto Rico looking to bridge the disconnect between the local public and private sector and the federal benefits and information they may be missing out on for a lack of awareness or access.
Several initiatives are in the works to strengthen the island’s small and mid-sized businesses, including developing a website through which local companies can explore export opportunities, especially to countries in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Casa Lola Criollo Kitchen, the latest restaurant to join Chef Roberto Treviño’s thriving portfolio of eateries, opens its doors today, adding to the Condado area’s vibrant culinary offering.
Contemporary criollo bistro Payá closed its doors abruptly on Tuesday, leaving only a note on the door of the restaurant located at City View Plaza in Guaynabo.
The Puerto Rico Products Association has been awarded with $241,000 by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency in the latest round of funding to boost job creation and foster the economic growth of minority firms. The nonprofit group, which has been running Minority Business Enterprise Center Puerto Rico for some 15 years, […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration has selected pharmacist Mariely Díaz, president and CEO of Optima Fusion Pharmacy Inc. in Dorado, as Puerto Rico’s Small Business Person of the Year, the agency announced Tuesday. She, along with winners from across the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, will be […]
In the first quarter since its enactment, the Small Business Jobs Act has enabled the Small Business Administration to approve more than $10.3 billion in loan guarantees, which in turn have generated more than $12 billion in commercial lending to small companies, agency Administrator Karen Mills said. Of that money, more than $14.3 million has […]
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