Small Business

A lawyer was working late one night when he saw a colleague’s computer suddenly turn on. Files flashed up on the screen as though someone were at the empty desk searching through the firm’s documents and data.

Massachusetts will steer nearly $169 million in U.S. Treasury funding toward loans and seed money for small businesses and entrepreneurs, the Baker administration announced Tuesday.

Massachusetts employers in November reported the highest degree of confidence in their economic outlook since September 2021, according to the latest monthly report from the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. granted $10,000 to the City of Fitchburg for the development of pop-up shops for local artisans, crafters, and entrepreneurs.

Trivia question: What was the formal name of The El?

Brenda Tomasetta closed her father's Sena's Barbershop on Grafton Hill and has now moved and joined forces with Kelly Collins at her barbershop, Studio C Hair Artistry, on Massasoit Road in Worcester.

Worcester restaurant Maddi’s Cookery and Taphouse, the second location from the owner of the Depot Street Tavern in Milford, will close on Saturday, becoming the fifth Canal District eatery to close in a few months.

The manager for an elite competitive dance team and an instructor with a background in professional dance is taking over the MEM Dance Theatre in Sterling from retiring founder Paula Meola.

Form First Physical Therapy, a new physical therapy clinic, opened its first location at 48 Main St. in Sturbridge on Nov. 1.

Worcester’s Smokestack Urban BBQ is the latest Canal District restaurant to announce closure or sale since late summer, following The Hangover Pub and Broth, PreGamers Sports Bar and Grill, and Buck’s Whiskey & Burger Bar, which was sold.