Economy

Employees at companies including Cornerstone Bank, ERA Key Realty Services, and Flexcon Holdings Trust are advancing in their careers.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester increased its full-tuition grants to students whose families make $100,000 a year or less.

Four and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic altered the configuration of the U.S. workforce, Central Massachusetts employers are still navigating the reverberations of a landscape that changed overnight.

Lifeward, a Marlborough-based mobility device manufacturer, has expanded its board of directors, naming Robert Marshall as its newest member.

Democrats plan next week to finish their work on a stalled jobs bill designed to supercharge the state's economy, especially the life sciences and climate technology industries.

The agreement signed on Wednesday allows for pre-engineering students at Framingham State who meet minimum academic requirements to transfer into WPI’s School of Engineering.

Webster First Federal Credit Union has promoted long-term employee John Cournoyer to chief marketing officer, an inaugural role for the Worcester-based financial institution. 

Lifeward will close two of its U.S. facilities in a consolidation effort expected to save the Marlborough-based firm $3 million in operating expenses.

Two and a half years after assuming his role as senior vice president, chief risk officer at Cornerstone Bank, Michael Roy has announced his retirement from the Worcester-based institution come February.

State officials on Thursday announced the launch of a veterans' equity dashboard and promoted the availability of a $2,500 tax credit that small businesses can claim for hiring qualified veterans, ahead of National Veterans and Military Families Month commemorated each November.