Monica Benevides

Diagnostic company Oxford Immunotec of Marlborough, which also holds offices in Oxford, United Kingdom, will provide T-cell testing to the UK Vaccines Taskforce, a group formed by the government to assess vaccine suitability for the country’s residents.

Bud’s Goods & Provisions Corp., an adult-use cannabis dispensary on West Boylston Street in Worcester, plans to open for orders on Oct. 30, with a formal soft opening scheduled for Halloween, the company announced on Wednesday.

UniBank, based in Whitinsville, has named Nobo Sircar, a former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Bank of New Hampshire, as the institution's new CFO, the company announced on Wednesday.

Eastern Insurance Group LLC of Natick, a subsidiary of Boston-based Eastern Bank, announced on Wednesday it has acquired the assets of Auburn Insurance Agency, Inc.

Redemption Rock Brewing Co. in Worcester is officially a certified benefit corporation, the second company to earn that title in Worcester, and the first craft brewery B-Corp in Massachusetts, the company announced on Tuesday.

Acton medical device company Insulet has named Howard University President Dr. Wayne Frederick to its board of directors, the company announced on Tuesday.

Mass STEM Hub is marking this year’s STEM Week by hosting three project-based challenges to connect students learning remotely and in person to more than 200 professionals across 61 Massachusetts businesses and organizations, the organization announced on Monday.

Elev8 Cannabis opened the first of its three Massachusetts dispensary locations in Athol on Oct. 8. Its owner and founder, Seun Adedeji, also operates a dispensary in Oregon, with another forthcoming in Illinois.

Men’s hockey at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will begin next month, following the cancelation of fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school’s head men’s hockey coach announced Thursday.

Marlborough medical technology company ReWalk Robotics is officially an authorized Medicare provider, the company announced on Tuesday.