Small Business

Banks and credit unions don't have to have a previous affiliation with the U.S. Small Business Administration in order to help companies obtain loans under the $349-billion Payroll Protection Program, created to help businesses maintain their staffs in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

One message was clear during Worcester Business Journal's webinar Thursday about the $2-trillion stimulus package in the wake of the coronavirus crisis: Get your loan applications as soon as possible starting Friday.

The U.S. Small Business Administration is inviting small business owners and nonprofits to apply for up to $ 10,000 in forgivable advances on Economic Injury Disaster Loans, related to the coronavirus.

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Tuesday evening it has begun mobilization of the program designed to help them avoid layoffs and rehire staff amid the economic crisis caused by the efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

A week after closing all non-essential businesses to workers and customers, Gov. Charlie Baker said he was extending his executive order beyond April 7 to keep most businesses physically closed through at least May 4.

In this episode of The Weekly Business Report, co-hosts Brad Kane and Hank Stolz practice social distancing for this podcast and go without guests. Instead, they talk about what has made them happy personally, amid all the COVID-19 craziness

New hires and promotions at companies like AAFCPAs in Westborough, Bryley Sytems in Clinton, Concierge Physical Therapy in Sutton, Reliant Medical Group and Framingham State University.

With a $2 trillion stimulus package one House vote away from President Donald Trump's desk, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday told small business owners that the coronavirus relief bill would make millions available to them, mostly through loans, as they try to weather the shutdown of economic life nationwide.

The impact of the efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus hit hard and fast in the Central Massachusetts economy.

Gov. Baker on Monday outlined a stay-at-home advisory and also ordered all non-essential businesses to close their physical operations to workers and customers, taking a step he has resisted for days as other states like New York have implemented similar measures.