Leominster

Nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster on Wednesday voted “overwhelmingly” to authorize a one-day strike, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), the union representing the nurses.

Registered nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital have scheduled a one-day strike vote on Wednesday as contract negotiations with the UMass Memorial Health Care-owned hospital have exceeded the one-year mark.

A Vermont-based manufacturer of yogurt is relocating to Leominster and plans to add about 12 jobs over the next two years, according to MassDevelopment, the state's finance and development agency.

Small businesses in the Fitchburg-Leominster area that need loans that banks won't give them will now be able to approach the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.

More than 2,200 unionized nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have voted to ratify one-year contracts after negotiations that the union called “relatively smooth.”

Twenty-seven Central Massachusetts companies are among nearly 200 companies in the Bay State that have been awarded state-funded workforce training grants.

Leominster-based manufacturer PFERD Inc. plans to consolidate its staff and operations at its Wisconsin facility, BizTimes of Milwaukee is reporting.

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded its debt outlook for UMass Memorial Health Care from negative to positive, citing an upturn in the Worcester-based organization's finances.

Former State Treasurer Steven Grossman, now CEO for a Boston-based nonprofit organization that aims to revitalize urban economies through business and job development, is leading the charge for business training in Massachusetts' 26 Gateway Cities, which include Worcester, Fitchburg and Leominster.

Businesses in Fitchburg, Leominster and Groton recently received a total of $91,500 in small-business loans from the...