Small Business

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce is strongly encouraging business owners to fill out its open business impact survey as it determines how to best support the local economy as it begins recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is launching a 30-second commercial promoting Worcester, set to air on stations in the Boston-Manchester-Worcester, Providence and Springfield markets, the advocacy group announced on Monday.

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration has awarded $1.1 million to Central Massachusetts municipalities and nonprofits as part of a new Regional Pilot Project Grant Program aimed at helping bolster economic recovery by supporting uniquely regional challenges, according to a Thursday announcement. 

The Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District is looking for artists to help brighten empty storefronts this summer, the organization announced on Tuesday. 

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce is launching a third COVID-19 business impact survey aimed at tracking how the pandemic is affecting the local business economy, the organization announced this month.

After graduating high school in Burundi, Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian moved to the U.S. for college before living all over the world – Canada, France, Asia, the U.S. – working for corporations.

Nominations for the Worcester Business Journal’s annual 40 Under Forty awards are due, today, Friday, May 7.

The Centers for Disease Control on Monday updated its guidance on cleaning and disinfecting facilities and now says that "when no people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 are known to have been in a space, cleaning once a day is usually enough to sufficiently remove virus that may be on surfaces and help maintain a healthy facility."

Business confidence in Massachusetts surged to an outright enthusiastic level in March, buoyed by COVID-19 vaccination progress and the final passage of a $1.9 trillion federal spending law.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday signed the bill authorizing $7 billion in borrowing to stabilize the unemployment insurance system, establishing a paid sick leave program for COVID-19 emergencies, and reducing the size of premium increases employers face to fund the jobless benefits system.