Small Business

Camping World Holdings of Illinois has acquired Flagg RV locations in Uxbridge and West Boylston, the Illinois company announced on Thursday. 

A new report from a Tufts University think tank suggests that now "may not be an optimal moment" to raise unemployment tax rates, but says that a repeated pattern of rate freezes is a "recipe for long-term insolvency and future debt."

Confidence levels among Massachusetts employers rose for the fourth straight month and spilled into positive territory for the first time since before the pandemic, according to index results released Tuesday reflecting a survey of more than 140 employers.

When Kate Tobiasson, a Westborough resident who spent nearly 15 years working as an English teacher at three different Central Massachusetts school districts, was about to give birth to her first son in February 2013, she had fortunately saved enough accrued paid time off over several years. 

Shops, restaurants, gyms and other businesses will be able to welcome more patrons into their spaces starting Monday after Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday announced he'll ease the capacity restrictions he imposed in hopes of tamping down COVID-19 spread during the holiday season.

Two years ago, Del Valle said Friday, she purchased a house and was able to expand the backyard using money she gained from a refund facilitated through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA, program. That in turn gave her clearance to open her daycare.

The popular blog Barstool Sports, originally founded in Massachusetts but now headquartered in New York City, has provided financial relief to four Central Mass. businesses.

Another 1,100 Massachusetts small businesses will split $45.3 million in grants designed to keep them afloat during the COVID-19 crisis, the Baker administration announced Thursday.

Residents who need to buy health insurance will now have until March 23 to get coverage through the Massachusetts Health Connector's open enrollment period, the Connector announced Friday.

Worcester may have improbably managed to keep shoppers coming into the city in the age of new highways and suburbanization, but it didn’t last. In the past decade or two, Worcester has seemed to lose its place as the shopping heart of Worcester County.