If one was tasked with naming a woman with her finger on the pulse of the Worcester business community, there’s a good chance the first name to come to mind would be AiVi Nguyen.
Very rare is the instance in which Central Mass. has a unicorn, a startup valued at $1 billion or more. But Workhuman reached that achievement in June.
The head of the only public company headquartered in Worcester, with 4,300 worldwide employees and $359 million in 2020 profits, Roche sits in a considerable position.
Despite the challenges of 2021, David Fithian has jumped into his new job at Clark University full force and appears to be taking the 134-year-old Main South institution with 3,272 students and a $450-million endowment to the next level.
Five entities in Worcester including UMass Medical School and the Family Health Center of Worcester have received a share of nearly $9 million in state funding announced Thursday to help people access coronavirus vaccines in hard-hit communities.
An entity registered in Sharon has paid more than $1.7 million to buy Fitchburg's Country Plaza, a two-building shopping center at the southern end of Ashby State Road.
The Family Health Center of Worcester has been given a $23,000 state grant to help pay for facility improvements that can include coronavirus pandemic-related needs.