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Best Architectural Firm
Lamoureux Pagano & Associates
Worcester, lamoureuxpagano.com
Top executive: President Katie Crockett
Founded: 1970
Employees: 18
Read more: Lamoureux Pagano tackles complex projects close to home
Notable runner-up: Cutler Associates, Inc.
Best Bank
UniBank*
Whitinsville, www.unibank.com
Top executive: Sam S. Pepper, Jr., president & CEO
Founded: 1870
Employees: 280
UniBank – which focuses on fast and local decision making, convenient locations and a personalized approach – is on the cutting edge of new technology, with its interactive teller machine now available at its Shrewsbury branch. The bank offers its Invest Worcester program, which keeps deposited money in the city to advance small business development and home ownership.
Notable runners-up: Commerce Bank, Cornerstone Bank
Best Credit Union
DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union*
Marlborough, www.dcu.org
Top executive: Jim Regan, president & CEO
Founded: 1979
Employees: 1,245
DCU is researches and implements the latest banking technology to better serve its members to help them manage their finances DCU's financial products, services, and resources are designed to help them achieve their financial goals.
Notable runners-up: Leominster Credit Union, Central One Federal Credit Union
Best Business Insurance Agency
Sullivan Insurance Group*
Worcester, www.sullivangroup.com
Top executive: John T. Andreoli, president & CEO
Founded: 1957
Employees: 50
Sullivan strives to set itself apart from the competition with its technical capabilities, attention to detail, business model, and commitment to independence and by providing its services with honesty and respect.
Best Law Firm
Mirick O'Connell*
Worcester, www.mirickoconnell.com
Top executive: David E. Surprenant, managing partner
Founded: 1916
Employees: 136 employees and partners
Mirick O'Connell has never wavered from the core principle of professional excellence established by its founders, combining uncompromising standards of service with practical and cost-effective approaches to problem solving. The firm has the expertise to handle the most sophisticated and complex matters.
Notable runner-up: Bowditch & Dewey
Best Accounting Firm
Bollus Lynch, LLP Certified Public Accountants & Consultants*
Worcester, bolluslynch.com
Top executives: Partners Michael J. Bollus, Stephen A. Lynch, Jeffrey C. Swanberg & David G. Eaton
Founded: 1989
Employees: 37 (2017 figure)
While one of the largest accounting firms in Central Massachusetts, Bollus Lynch is only a medium-sized CPA firm by national standards. The company blends its years of national firm experience into that local firm setting, enabling it to serve a wide variety of specialized industry practices – including manufacturing, restaurants, and insurance.
Notable runners-up: McLaren & Associates, Shepherd & Goldstein
Best Advertising Agency
Davis Advertising
Worcester, davisad.com
Top executive: President Andrew Davis
Founded: 1948
Employees: 40
Davis is an all-under-one-roof advertising solutions provider, with in-house video and audio production facilities, web developers, digital and social-media capabilities, photography studios, graphic designers, copywriters, media buying services, public relations specialists, and branding and strategy experts.
Notable runners-up: PENTA Communications, Applied Interactive
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