Dec. 6, 2021Edition

Last year, Alli DiVincenzo and her partners founded One Fun Company, planning to turn their Splatz hand soap into a fun way for children to wash their hands. With strong sales out of the gate, the startup has high ambitions for taking the concept to other realms of personal hygiene.

If the coronavirus pandemic has taught the Central Massachusetts business community anything, it is the need for owners and executives to stay on their toes, don’t panic, act decisively, and take advantage of new opportunities as the landscape shifts.

Trauma can be difficult to discuss with others. First responders are dedicated to protecting others and often put themselves at the bottom of the priority list.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Group, Bryley Systems, Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union and more.

Inclusion means ensuring all voices are heard, with opinions considered and the value of all made evident.

In less than two years’ time, COVID-19 may have forever changed the workforce landscape. While many businesses...

Sex, sexuality, and gender are terms often used interchangeably. However, they are three distinct facets of who we are.

As small business owners, we are typically preoccupied with day-to-day operations, staffing, financial decisions, and everything else...

The City of Worcester’s team-friendly effort to pay off the $160-million cost of the Polar Park baseball stadium over 30 years is off to a rocky start.

To say the coronavirus pandemic impacted small businesses would be a serious understatement. Lockdowns, supply chain shortages, labor shortages, and inflation have hindered businesses and forced industries to quickly adapt or close up shop.

Christmas tree farms were taken by storm last year, as shoppers jumped at the chance to partake in a relatively safe, outdoor holiday activity. Local farms sold out their stock in a fraction of the time they’d expect in a normal year.

Like many industries, the biopharmaceutical sector in Massachusetts is working to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion among its workforce, leadership, and supplier channels.

A $3-million property deal between the Worcester Redevelopment Authority and developer Churchill James that will clear the way for the construction of a 13-story tower in the Canal District is set to close Dec. 1, said Chief Development Officer Peter Dunn at Friday morning’s WRA meeting.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston is nearing completion of a $15-million construction project aimed at widening its audience, and will debut its new renovations on Nov. 26.