Small Business

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from April 1-15, 2015.

Brendan O'Connor, the owner of O'Connors Restaurant in Worcester, isn't upset that the state will make his business offer paid sick days to all employees starting July 1. It will mean higher costs that he'll have to pass on to customers, he said, but he doesn't take issue with the idea.

The DCU Center retail space on Commercial Street formerly used as the pro shop of the Worcester Sharks will soon house Worcester Wares, a sell of “all things Worcester,” according to the DCU Center.

A recent report ranked Massachusetts 34th in the nation when it comes to growth of women-owned businesses in the last 18 years.

Fuller Automotive of Auburn knows cars. Now in its fourth generation, the company has been around for...

Mansfield Holdings Group LLC of Worcester, led by the founder of a city-based energy services company, has purchased Lapels Dry Cleaning stores in Boston, Cambridge, Natick and Needham.

The Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) Business Confidence Index fell again in May, its second consecutive monthly decline after reaching a 10-year high in March.

Worcester's Running Start has joined the Workbar Network, allowing its members to use space in six different locations in Massachusetts.

<i>(Editor's Note: Inspiration and Innovation, which focuses on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, is a new column written by Jeff Schiebe that will run in every other edition of the Worcester Business Journal.)</i>

With most consumer markets populated by mass-produced items that are cookie-cutter images of each other, entrepreneurs in Worcester are capitalizing on goods that emphasize customization and craftsmanship through the use of time-honored skills in a 21st-century marketplace.