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February 3, 2023

From dirty radiator shop to 78K-sq.-ft. newly acquired industrial space, Joining Industries rose from humble beginnings

Michael Puffer

Last year, Joining Industries — the parent of three separate companies — bought two buildings with more than 78,000 square feet of combined space to house a growing workforce of 110 employees.

CRDA program will allow deep-pocketed benefactors to loan money to Hartford development projects

Michael Puffer

Corporations and other benefactors will soon have a new way to lend dollars into pet housing and other development projects in Hartford.
New ad campaigns, college programs aim to bolster CT’s manufacturing workforce

Skyler Frazer

As industries continue to search for workers to fill open positions, the state recently launched a new marketing campaign it hopes will encourage more people to consider fields such as manufacturing.
Changing of the Guard: Meet the lobbyist backing package stores in their toughest political fight yet

Robert Storace

In her second year leading Old Saybrook-based Hughes & Cronin Public Affairs Strategies and the Connecticut Package Stores Association, Jean Cronin is facing perhaps one of her biggest political fights yet.
As labor shortage drags on, companies continue to ramp-up employee benefits

Skyler Frazer

With workforce shortages still plaguing countless industries — Connecticut employers reported 102,000 job openings in November — some companies are continuing to ratchet up employee perks, including offering benefits that remain far out of reach of most workers.
Support grows for association health plans as small employer insurance costs soar

Harriet Jones, Hartford Business Journal Contributor

ConnectiCare’s recent exit from the state’s fully insured small group health insurance market may have given new impetus to an old idea that’s previously hit serious opposition at the state Capitol: association health plans.
Recreational sports facilities sprout in Greater Hartford

Hanna Snyder Gambini

Connecticut has a number of venues for watching live sporting events like Rentschler Field, the XL Center, Dunkin’ Donuts Park, Dillon Stadium and Gampel Pavilion.
Focus section

Focus section
Accounting firms struggle to attract, retain talent as tax season opens

Matthew Broderick, Hartford Business Journal Contributor

Demanding hours, increasing complexity of tax law changes and more desire for work-life balance — especially among early-career employees — have all been contributing factors in the accounting sector’s workforce woes.
Focus section

Focus section
Effective tax rate on cannabis companies ‘can be fatal’; proposed bill would offer relief

Andrew Larson

Cannabis retailers’ effective tax rate can be as high as 80%, said Sarah Westby, co-chair of Shipman & Goodwin’s cannabis industry practice. That’s largely because marijuana companies are unable to deduct their business expenses — such as rent and employee salaries — from their state and federal tax returns.
Focus section

Focus section
Cannabis companies under ‘magnifying glass’ as state hires industry auditors

Andrew Larson

“They’re hiring people number one for enforcement, but also number two, to get people through the process,” said Robert Lickwar, a partner in national accounting firm UHY LLP’s Farmington office.
Expert corner

Expert corner
Claiming the Employee Retention Credit: How to qualify and avoid scams

Brenden Healy

Businesses can still claim the Employee Retention Credit if they had to temporarily or permanently close operations due to COVID-19.
Editor's Take

Editor's Take
Bordonaro: Business community must step up efforts to promote Hartford, other CT cities

Greg Bordonaro

What’s most concerning about LEGO’s pending move — and other similar ones that came before it — is that it portrays Connecticut’s biggest selling points as potential weaknesses.
Other voices

Other voices
‘Message, I care’: Actions, not words, make valuable community connections

Brian Flaherty

Looking back at President George H.W. Bush, most would agree he was a remarkably effective leader in deed — but not in word.
Other voices

Other voices
It’s time to allow grocery stores to sell wine

Wayne Pesce

As the law exists in Connecticut today, grocery stores are allowed to sell beer but not wine.

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The city of Hartford is requesting state support to launch an artificial intelligence hub in the Capital City, an effort that could include an investment up to $100 million over several years.

The Connecticut Center for Applied AI, organizers say, would offer training to create a pipeline of workers capable of using AI tools to solve business problems. It would also contain laboratory spaces where businesses, academics and other entities could test potential AI applications and use cases.

It wouldn’t contain massive banks of servers or a supercomputer. But it would have the technology to securely connect with high-level AI engines.

Mayor Arunan Arulampalam said he envisions the AI hub as an important center of gravity, providing a talent pipeline and testing ground to help keep the city’s existing corporations anchored, while also drawing experts and students to participating universities.

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From dirty radiator shop to 78K-sq.-ft. newly acquired industrial space, Joining Industries rose from humble beginnings

With Goldman Sachs roots, Global Atlantic Financial Group bullish on Hartford expansion

Changing of the Guard: Meet the lobbyist backing package stores in their toughest political fight yet

Tightening money supply dampens development prospects

In LEGO’s Boston move, business advocates see imperative to add vibrancy to CT cities

CRDA program will allow deep-pocketed benefactors to loan money to Hartford development projects

New ad campaigns, college programs aim to bolster CT’s manufacturing workforce

Changing of the Guard: Meet the lobbyist backing package stores in their toughest political fight yet

As labor shortage drags on, companies continue to ramp-up employee benefits

Support grows for association health plans as small employer insurance costs soar

Recreational sports facilities sprout in Greater Hartford

Accounting firms struggle to attract, retain talent as tax season opens

Effective tax rate on cannabis companies ‘can be fatal’; proposed bill would offer relief

Cannabis companies under ‘magnifying glass’ as state hires industry auditors

Claiming the Employee Retention Credit: How to qualify and avoid scams

Bordonaro: Business community must step up efforts to promote Hartford, other CT cities

‘Message, I care’: Actions, not words, make valuable community connections