Hospitality

National engineering firm VHB has signed a long-term lease for nearly 9,000 square feet of office space at the Mercantile Center.

The minimum wage will rise, workers will no longer receive higher pay on Sundays and holidays, and a paid family and medical leave gives workers new benefits.

Bed-and-breakfasts used to be the little guys on the block in hospitality before anyone could rent their place on Airbnb. But in Central Mass., at least, they're holding their own.

Central Massachusetts is square in the middle of a robust gaming market without a casino to call our own. But, really, we don't need one.

The fight for entertainment dollars is not getting easier for Central Massachusetts venues and attractions, even if leaders aren't sure how casino competition will play out.

Gov. Charlie Baker is considering returning a bill taxing and regulating short-term housing rentals with an amendment to exempt from taxation owners that rent out their homes or apartments for less than two weeks a year.

Short-term housing units rented through websites like Airbnb could be taxed at almost 17.5 percent in Boston, and Massachusetts would be the first state to maintain a central registry.

The Hangover Pub, the Green Street bacon-based restaurant shuttered amid an ongoing inquiry into other Worcester restaurants being a launder for drug money, will reopen on Friday.

Living where you shop is now part of a trend toward developments not differentiating between a commercial area and a residential one.

Tree House Brewing Co. has only been operating in Charlton for about a year, but it is gearing up for another expansion after the town approved plans for a 16,000-square-foot addition.