Greater Worcester

Dave Howland has an intentionally small business approach to 3Cross Brewery in Worcester.

While concerns like health care and energy costs, taxes and burdensome regulations are often raised by businesses, by far the single biggest issue raised is the need for a trained, motivated and educated workforce.

Allen Fletcher isn't worried about marijuana in Worcester's emerging entertainment destination the Canal District, though he would prefer if it was sold a bit differently.

Worcester's new hockey team recently unveiled its name as the Worcester Railers and has now set its sites on corporate sponsorships.

When it comes to green business, it is hard to find a hotter commodity than solar. Industry...

Breweries are the epitome of startup businesses, growing out of the passion of a brewer, but local brewers are rapidly having to become executives as their businesses grow.

The American Cancer Society has distributed nearly $800,000 in research funds to a Worcester medical school researcher that focuses on lung cancer.

Emuge Corp. of West Boylston donated more than $100,000 in manufacturing equipment to Quinsigamond Community College, to help QCC expand and update its Manufacturing Technology Center.

The Hanover Insurance Group of Worcester is raising $375 million in funds to pay down its debt.

Dueling multi-million dollar lawsuits filed within the past week pit Shields Health Solutions, LLC, a co-venture with UMass Memorial Health Ventures, Inc., its co-founder, Jack Shields, Sr. against former company president Tom Guilfoile.