Oct. 14, 2019 - Worcester Business Journal

News

🔒Implementing education reform will be the real challenge

Massachusetts appears headed in the right direction toward closing the achievement gap in its public schools, as the state Senate passed the $1.5-billion Student Opportunity Act earlier this month. The […]

Agriculture

🔒#buylocal is more than a hipster catchphrase

Buying local is more than just a marketing phrase and it should matter to you.

Banking & Finance

🔒Fidelity Bank’s newest C-suite executive focuses on culture

Fidelity Bank Chief LifeDesign Officer Sherri Pitcher is focused on culture and customer engagement.

Banking & Finance

🔒Movers & Shakers: Oct. 14

CINDY CASSATA is the new assistant vice president for product solutions and design at Activer Solutions, a...

Advice

🔒101: Tackling tariffs

How can businesses, especially smaller ones, handle the effects of tariff increases?

Advice

🔒Return-to-work programs benefit companies & employees

Many business owners think it is better to have someone out on worker’s comp than to pay...

Advice

🔒10 Things I know about … Running a successful fundraiser

10) Form a strong committee. As with most endeavors, being surrounded by the right people is key....

Retail

🔒The new wave of business cyber attacks

Employees at F.W. Madigan, a Worcester construction contractor, regularly receive suspicious emails from their superiors. The problem is, the emails aren’t really from their bosses and the messages are scams.

Health Care

🔒Shine Initiative creates mental health app to reach youth on their phones

Worcester’s Shine Initiative is taking its mission to encourage dialogue about mental health and open up access to services for youth mobile with a new app.

Manufacturing

🔒Local marijuana tech companies face out-of-state competitors, regulatory hurdles

Marijuana technology companies in Central Massachusetts face challenges amid opportunity.

Real Estate

🔒Coveted younger demographic increasingly calling Worcester home

When Worcester has attracted new residents in the years since 2010, it’s very often been in one...

Health Care

🔒UMass Medical School to build new VA Clinic

A 53,000-square-foot Veterans Affairs outpatient health clinic will be built in a new building planned next to UMass Medical School in Worcester, officials announced Monday.

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