Small Business

As activists ramp up their push to raise the minimum wage again, economists from many of the state's public and private universities are rallying to the cause.

Leominster-based Fidelity Bank and Gardner-based Colonial Co-operative Bank will merge to create a financial institution with assets of $870 million.

State and local organizations and institutions are calling for protections to thousands of young undocumented immigrants who were previously safe from deportation thanks to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Following a dreadful 2016, local farms hope a better a better apple crop leads to increased business.

BlueHive and Paris Marketing will keep their separate names and books but under the BlueHive parent company will share resources and complement each other's specialties.

Now that beer distributors have conceded that the statutory hold they maintain over brewers should be relaxed, brewers and distributors disagree over what defines a small brewer.

After pouring cider for two years, Natick's Lookout Farm is now trying its hand at beer.

Marijuana legalization opponents will outnumber supporters four to one on the commission that will get a legal marijuana industry up and running by next summer.

When companies are starting up, they often overlook the necessity of including legal support in the budget.

Small businesses aren't as beholden to employees thrust into the new trend of adult caregiving, but they still must find a way to operate and retain talent.