Business News and Resources

• Press Releases

  The SBA Announces the 2020 Rhode Island Small Business Week Awardees

  August 31, 2020

  SBA Announces New Reduced 504 Loan Debenture Rates

  August 13, 2020

  Federal Government Exceeds Small Business Contracting Goals by Awarding Record-Breaking $132.9 Billion to Small...

  August 12, 2020

• International Trade / Exporting

  Office of International Trade

  U.S Export Assistance Center, Rhode Island

  State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Program

  International Trade Commission: Rhode Island

  Explore Exporting

  CommerceRI International Trade Assistance

• Government Contracting

  Getting Started with Contracting

  Certify.Gov

  How to Win Government Contracts

  Surety Bond

  Register for System for Award Management (SAM)

  8(a) Business Development Program

  Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting program

  HUBZone program

  Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses program

  All Small Mentor-Protégé program

  Procurement Technical Assistance Center

• Lender Activity

  February Bank Rank

  Past Years

• National Small Business Week - Past Awardees

  2019 Small Business Award Winners

  Past Years

• Veterans

  Office of Veteran Business Development

  Veteran-Owned Small Business

  VA: Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization

  Veterans Advantage Loan Program

  Business Resources for Veterans

  Veteran Business Outreach Center

• From Our Office

  PPP Forgiveness Factsheet

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disaster Declaration for Rhode Island

  Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)

  PPP Forgiveness - Regular Application

  PPP Forgiveness - EZ Application

  Rhode Island Small Business Profile by Congressional District (2019)

  Rhode Island Small Business Profile (2019)

  Rhode Island Small Business Profile (2020)

  Rhode Island Lender List (As of December 2020)

• State & Local Resources

  Secretary of State: Business Portal

  Rhode Island Department of Taxation

  Letters of Good Standing

  Commerce RI

• Financing Your Small Business - Loan Programs

  Funding Your Business

  CDC/504: Real Estate and Equipment Loans

  Microloan Program

  SBA Express

  Export Express

  Export Working Capital

  International Trade

  Veterans Advantage

  CAPLines

  SBA Lender Match - Locate an SBA approved Lender

  Disaster

  Rhode Island State Financing Programs - CommerceRI

• Counseling & Mentoring

  SCORE

  Small Business Development Center

  Center for Women & Enterprise

  Veteran Business Outreach Center

  SBA Learning Center

• Success Stories

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  VIBCO Takes a Huge "STEP" In Expanding Its Exporting Capabilities

  A Love of Chocolate Creates a Lifetime of Enjoyful Foods

  2019 Rhode Island & New England Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year - PuroClean Disaster Restoration Services

  2019 Rhode Island & New England Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year- Pods Swimming