Small Business

With just more than a week until it can begin issuing business licenses, the Cannabis Control Commission is in the midst of conducting its first background checks for prospective legal marijuana businesses.

Three Central Massachusetts companies have reported CEO pay at least 100 times that of respective companies' median employees.

Government regulation of sports betting will be a "positive thing," according to the president of the Boston Red Sox.

Opening a brewery can be difficult, especially with finances, which will always exceed a brewer's expectations, said Keith Sullivan, co-founder and general manager of Hudson-based Medusa Brewing Co. and vice president of the Mass. Brewers Guild.

More than 27,000-square-feet of office space in Northborough was sold Monday for nearly $300,000 more than what the space was sold for in September.

Monday's ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that states are free to legalize sports betting opened the door to the possibility of a further expansion of gaming in Massachusetts.

Framingham craft beer maker Jack's Abby has transformed into an industry leader, increasing its employee count fivefold and raising its barrel production from 18,000 to 45,000 in three years.

A Worcester city councilor is now asking city officials to hold off on implementation of Board of Health regulations that would restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products to adult-only establishments.

On July 1, Massachusetts will open the doors to its newest industry: Retail weed.

Family businesses likely don't see themselves as dictatorships, but to be multi-generational businesses, they've survived by adapting and looking ahead instead of how things have been done in previous generations.