Banking & Finance

People are being hired and promoted at companies including NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs and AAFCPAs.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. has hired James Brown as the company’s senior vice president, head of commercial...

Rollstone Bank and Trust of Fitchburg has appointed Tony Rakic as executive vice president and chief lending officer, replacing Michael Olson, who is retiring after 17 years with the bank.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Chicago investment firm Harrison Street announced a partnership on Tuesday aimed at reducing WPI’s carbon footprint by expanding energy-conservation measures, improving WPI’s power plant, and developing sustainable energy technologies for the WPI campus.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg approved a $206,000 loan to help Salt and Life Café purchase its location at 159 Main St. in Groton.

Rockland Trust Co., which has nine branches in Central Massachusetts, and its parent company Independent Bank Corp. appointed Jeffrey Tengel as the new CEO, replacing Christopher Oddleifson, who has been serving in the position for 2003.

An industrial building at 154 Pioneer Drive in Leominster was sold on Friday to an entity affiliated with US Chemical Solutions LLC of Wyoming for $4.5 million.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Health, Bay State Savings Bank, and more.

Months after Heywood Healthcare, one of the few Central Massachusetts independent community healthcare systems, entered formal non-binding discussions to affiliate with UMass Memorial Health of Worcester, the merger has been called off.

The minimum wage for workers in Massachusetts will hit a new high on Sunday, when it rises to $15 an hour and $6.75 per hour for tipped service workers, provided their tips bring them up to at least $15 per hour.