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10. Develop a crisis management team.Include top management, your public relations manager, corporate counsel and technical experts.
Dragonfly Wellness Center opened at 176 Jackson Rd., in the former American Red Cross building, in Devens. The business features multiple wellness practitioners, such as massage and physical therapists, all under one roof.
Natural gas customers throughout New England got an early holiday present as National Grid and Eversource announced that while gas prices will seasonally increase this winter, they will be down compared with last year.
Companies using temporary workers and franchises will face a multitude of new legal and labor issues, now that the National Labor Relations Board has called into question who actually employs those people.
MARLBOROUGH HOSPITAL’S NICOTINE-FREE POLICYThe hospital's new employment screening program essentially says: No smokers need apply.
Today, 37 percent of local Worcester businesses are owned by foreign-born entrepreneurs, almost double the statewide rate. Foreign-born workers fill critical gaps in the region's STEM workforce, helping position Worcester for economic success.
These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from July 1-15, 2015. Listed below are the corporate name, address, ZIP and president.
There's something about having a local baseball team that some locals have a soft spot for. After all, a coalition of local business leaders tried to form an ownership group to take over the former Worcester Tornadoes, an independent minor league team that suffered financial disaster back in 2012 and is now defunct. The play for the Tornadoes didn't materialize, but shortly after, the collegiate Futures League team, the Worcester Bravehearts, was founded in 2014.
One year ago, when Worcester Polytechnic Institute dove into the high-risk, high-reward world of self-insurance, it hoped the gamble would pay off enough to keep tuition in check.
Of NoteBrightStar Care Milford raised $1,200 with a karaoke fundraiser for the Walk to Cure Alzheimer's.
When Barre Savings Bank President and CEO Guy Boyer went looking for a partner bank to merge with, it was the culture of Fidelity Bank, headquartered in Leominster, that drove his final decision, not figures and numbers. With 146 years of serving the community in and around Barre, it was important to him that a partnering bank have the same outlook and attitude toward its customers and employees as Barre has.
After accepting a new job or getting a promotion, you find yourself in the manager's seat. But before you pop that family photo atop your desk or locate the corporate washroom, spend some time reflecting on myths and missteps that could be out there to trip you up as a new manager. Here are three things to be aware of as you get used to your new role:
Training Associates of Westborough was named a Fastest-Growing Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts.
With about a month left before the Massachusetts General Court calls it quits for the year, Gov. Charlie Baker and state lawmakers need to reconcile their divergent clean energy plans to make sure the final product encourages more large-scale solar development.
RIA K. MCNAMARA was hired by SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston of Framingham as vice president of retail brokerage. Prior to joining the firm, she was the sole owner and broker of Ria K. McNamara Inc. since September 1997.
On March 19, a judge ruled the showdown between the Massachusetts attorney general and the Town of Milton will go before the full Supreme Judicial Court in October. The dispute is over the MBTA Communities Act, which requires cities and towns near T service to adopt zoning allowing multifamily housing by right in certain areas. Some Massachusetts local governments, including Holden, have pushed back against the requirement, saying such zoning doesn't fit in their communities.
Gov. Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell have cracked down on non-compliant communities with lawsuits and by reducing state funding, as part of a larger effort to address the statewide affordable housing crisis. The MBTA Communities Act is one of a handful of laws designed to increase housing construction by having at least one zoning district of reasonable size where multifamily housing is permitted.
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