Economy

Employees at Vision Advertising, Thrive Support & Advocacy, and Main Street Bank are advancing in their careers.

It was once common business wisdom that you had to be in a major U.S. city to successfully attract venture capital for a startup. Not anymore, according to key figures in Worcester's entrepreneurial scene.

Dell still has a presence in Hopkinton, owning three properties which feature about 1.28 million square feet of office space. However, since the 2015 merger announcement, the company has off-loaded more than 1.2 million square feet.

The Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index sank nearly 10 points from 57.2 in January to 47.9 in February.

Eight months after long-time Anna Maria College President Mary Lou Retelle announced she would retire at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, Sean Ryan has been named as her successor and the 12th leader of the Paxton school.

Workers Credit Union has named Sandesh Parulekar as the Littleton-based institution’s new chief information officer.

The report, which was due to be filed in 2023 but was only presented to CCC members last week, is intended to let lawmakers "see and understand what's happening throughout the industry," Commissioner Nurys Camargo said.

The feeling of losing a young child is unimaginable, parents said Monday as they pushed for mandatory bereavement time and sought to boost understanding of a rare category of childhood deaths.

Webster Five will have a new chief operating officer, as the Auburn-based bank has promoted employee Kate Gallo Megraw, effective Monday.

Worcester-based construction firm F.W Madigan is now entering its fourth generation of family operation.