Despite slow and steady progress toward addressing gender disparities in the professional world, much work remains to be done toward equality in the workplace.
As a news organization, WBJ can’t dictate the gender of the people making news every day. However, a point of pride during my nine-year tenure as editor has been WBJ’s coverage of all aspects of the Central Massachusetts business community, particularly highlighting the underrepresented and undercovered ones.
The life sciences industry is in the middle of a rough patch. Following a frenzied expansion in the wake of the COVID pandemic, the industry centered around the Cambridge-Boston global hub is experiencing a right sizing, leading to layoffs and vacant lab spaces, particularly in Eastern Massachusetts.
Small business development efforts have found that one of the most successful support structures for business growth and success have been business incubators.
It was shocking to see Worcester city and business leaders fire a double-barrell shotgun blast at Worcester Polytechnic Institute over the college’s plans to convert two hotels near its campus in the Gateway Park neighborhood into student housing.