Diversity & Inclusion

After 28 years at Country Bank and 48 years in the financial services industry, CEO and President Paul Scully is calling it a career.  

Worcester-based social equity cannabis dispensary New Dia is suing a California-based entity, claiming the firm has failed to pay an agreed upon purchase price of $2 million for a minority stake in the dispensary. 

Sturbridge-based human services nonprofit Venture Community Services on Monday merged with Life-Skills, a Webster-based services provider for those with intellectual, physical, and emotional disabilities.

Newly released data shows the majority of leadership positions in the Massachusetts healthcare industry are held by white people, a fact that not only shapes workplace dynamics, but can often lead to negative healthcare delivery and outcomes for patients. 

Advocates, a Framingham-based human services nonprofit, will open an autism training center for businesses and a social space for children and families impacted by autism.

Worcester Business Journal was celebrated as the second-best newspaper of its size at the annual 2024 Alliance of Area Business Publishers journalism competition on Friday evening.

As the number of Asian-owned businesses in Massachusetts have risen by 187% in the past two decades, a new survey shows Asian American & Pacific islander company owners are struggling in the economy, particularly among immigrant-owned businesses, and they are having a harder time finding employees than the average business in the state.

Anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is on the rise nationally. Despite being known as a leading state for LGBTQ+ rights, that sentiment has trickled down to Massachusetts.

MassHousing and the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp have teamed up to launch what they say is the largest publicly led financing program of its kind in the country.

67 Degrees opened in 2020, just a month and a half before COVID-related shutdowns began.