Economy

Two prominent Central Massachusetts executives are embarking on big career changes.

Notre Dame Health Care has named Philip Hickey as the Worcester-based nonprofit’s new president and CEO. 

Quinsigamond Community College has been awarded a $51,968 grant from the Gov. Maura Healey Administration to develop a diversity, equity, and inclusion certificate program for local higher education faculty and staff.

Employees at Bowditch & Dewey, Leominster Credit Union, and JNP Coffee are making upward moves.

For Worcester business owners, operating a second-hand shop in the era of fast fashion means strategic buying, knowing the consumer base, and educating the customers is all in a day’s work.

A host of factors are putting a squeeze on primary care practices including rising paperwork demands, pay inequities, burnout, and insurer demands for prior approval. Federal regulators and legislators are pushing an increased role for telemedicine as one possible answer.

The economists at MassBenchmarks are taking a more dim view of the state's economy almost halfway through 2024 and said Thursday that a recent slowdown in growth revives questions of whether the economy is headed for a recession or a soft landing.

Worcester-based insurance company Fallon Health has welcomed Dr. Jean Jaoude as vice president and medical director of the not-for-profit’s Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.

Central Massachusetts continues to see drops in the local unemployment rates as four of the region’s metropolitan areas saw lowered rates from March to April.

Sturbridge-based human services nonprofit Venture Community Services has named Mary Bellezza as the company’s new chief financial officer.