Small Business

🔒 Business Starts for Oct. 5, 2026

In June, 1,412 new businesses filed InCorporation paperwork with the Massachusetts Secretary of the State in order to do business in the state.

Boston-based halal chicken restaurant now serving lunch in Downtown Worcester

The Chicken & Rice Guys’ offerings of chicken, gyro, or tofu over rice is now available in Downtown Worcester.

🔒 Lease-to-own condo project helps Main South business owners put down roots

For years, small business owners in Worcester's Main South neighborhood operated without leases that guaranteed their tenure, without equity in the storefronts they built up, and often without any real say when landlords raised rents.

Movers & Shakers for Sept. 21, 2026

Professionals at Fidelity Bank, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, and more, are advancing their careers.
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The Bra Shop expanding beyond Worcester with Wellesley store

Ramey told WBJ in July she is interested in expanding The Bra Store across the MetroWest region and beyond.

🔒 Doing well by doing good: Central Mass. is home to six companies who have become Certified B Corporations

Becoming a Certified B Corporation can require months of work, legal changes, and buy-in throughout a company.

🔒 Q&A with C.C. Lowell: ‘I’d like it to be around for another 175 years.’

Founded in 1852, C.C. Lowell Art Supply has been providing fine art supplies to generations of artists and creators.

🔒 Business Starts for August 24

In May, 1,410 new businesses filed incorporation paperwork with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, in order to do business in the state.
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🔒 The key to North Central downtown revitalization? Small businesses

With new housing and public investment reshaping downtowns, entrepreneurs are attracted by lower rents and growing activity, while local leaders see them as essential to filling storefronts, generating foot traffic, and creating amenities.

🔒 Business Starts for July 27

In April, 1,513 new businesses filed incorporation paperwork with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, in order to do business in the state.
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