Small Business

To say the coronavirus pandemic impacted small businesses would be a serious understatement. Lockdowns, supply chain shortages, labor shortages, and inflation have hindered businesses and forced industries to quickly adapt or close up shop.

President Joe Biden announced a winter plan for combatting COVID-19 during remarks at the National Institute of Health in Maryland on Thursday, including an impending requirement for private insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests and a plea for private employers to provide paid time off for employees to get booster shots.

For more than two decades, Cynthia Gray has worked as a business analyst, collaborating with companies to solve complex problems. As demand for her services grows, she is recruiting young people into the industry.

The Worcester Redevelopment Authority on Friday morning approved two new lease agreements for restaurants to move into Union Station.

Neal Rosenblum Goldsmiths Gallery, a custom jewelry shop owned by two brothers on Park Avenue in Worcester, will close its brick-and-mortar location after more than 40 years in business, co-owner Neal Rosenblum announced in a press release Monday.

The decade-old Worcester restaurant will open its doors at its new Shrewsbury Street location on Thursday, almost two years after beginning renovations on the new building.

The owner of upscale Webster restaurant Stave & Still is planning to open a southern-style restaurant and bar in Dudley by the end of November.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts has provided "unprecedented support" and "unprecedented access to capital" to entrepreneurs of color, MassINC research director Benjamin Forman told lawmakers Tuesday.

A WBJ webcast scheduled for Tuesday will tackle an issue of growing concern for businesses of all sizes: ransomware.

Lawmakers who want to make it easier for home cooks to sell foods like jam, bread, cookies and pickled vegetables said the state's current system regulating these so-called "cottage foods" is overly burdensome for many would-be entrepreneurs.