October 12, 2020

CBIA Urges Legislative Candidates to Sign "Pledge" to Advance Business Agenda for CT

October 12, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Connecticut's largest business organization is taking a different approach this year as voters begin filling out ballots for legislative candidates in this most untraditional election season. CBIA, in a departure from past practice, is calling for elected officials and candidates for office to pledge their support for an economic and jobs policy package that the organization says will drive the state’s COVID-19 recovery.

October 11, 2020

Southern Connecticut State University Becomes East Coast Anchor for Initiative to Help Businesses Move to Virtual - with Assist from Students

October 11, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Innovation continues to be a by-product of the changing workplace landscape resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The latest example comes from the Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) School of Business which has established a partnership with Get Virtual, a program that gives local businesses affected by COVID-19 the tools to adapt to the virtual landscape and extend their businesses online.

October 04, 2020

Upskilling Seen as Key to Connecticut, New England Economic Growth; Policymakers, Employers, Educators Urged to Act

October 04, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Upskilling - education, training and development that prepares someone for advancement in the workforce. - may be the key to Connecticut’s and New England’s economic recovery, a 2020 higher education report suggests.

October 01, 2020

CIGNA Grant Aims to Advance Efforts to Add Diversity to Ranks of School Superintendents

October 01, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Amidst a summer of increased nationwide focus on racial equity and opportunity across many fields of endeavor, Connecticut-headquartered Cigna Corporation, a global health service company, donated $250,000 to expand an innovative program at Howard University in Washington, D.C. tackling systemic inequality in education by creating a pipeline of superintendents of color, specifically trained to lead in urban school districts.

September 22, 2020

Simtech's Richard Leite is CT's Small Business Exporter of the Year

September 22, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Richard Leite, President & CEO of Simtech, Inc., based in East Granby, has been selected as Exporter of the Year by the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in Connecticut. Established in 1988, Simtech distributes and exports military aircraft spares to the U.S. and foreign governments, companies and depots. The company has customers in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and North America.

September 21, 2020

Matt Beaudoin of Mystic Knotwork Named Connecticut's 2020 Small Business Person of the Year

September 21, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Leading what is described as the first and oldest knot shop in the nation, Mystic Knotwork’s President & CEO Matthew Beaudoin has been named as the Connecticut’s Small Business Person of the Year by the U. S. Small Business Administration. The award coincides with 2020 Small Business Week, being celebrated this week in September.

September 19, 2020

CT Employers Anticipate Overall Employment Growth 4th Quarter, Led by Hartford Region; New Haven 1 of 3 Regions in U.S. Anticipating Employment Reduction

September 19, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Employers in the U.S. – including Connecticut - report improved hiring plans for Q4 following the ten year low reported in Q3 according to the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey of more than 8,700 U.S. employers. Connecticut employers plan to hire at a slower pace with an Employment Outlook of 6%.

September 17, 2020

CT's Paid Family Leave Program Nears, Launches New Explanatory Website

September 17, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Paid Leave Authority have announced the launch of a new website – CTPaidLeave.org – with the goal of supporting all Connecticut residents to understand their roles, rights, and responsibilities based on Connecticut’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA), described as the most comprehensive in the nation.

September 16, 2020

CT Company's Bedside Portable MRI Seen as Medical Care Breakthrough in Yale-New Haven Study

September 16, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

A study just-published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Neurology demonstrates for the first time the feasibility of a Guilford company’s industry-changing portable low-field magnetic resonance image (MRI) device at the bedside, rather than a conventional imaging suite, in critical care settings.

September 14, 2020

Marketing Competition for Teenage Girls A Success of Connecticut’s COVID Summer

September 14, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

One of the bright spots in an otherwise unsettling summer for a few dozen Connecticut 6th -12th grade girls was the time spent participating in a virtual marketing competition known as Camp Erio. The focus was on deeloping a business idea or product that must work to solve the problem and/or improve the lives of people being negatively effected by this problem. The results: impressive.