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Small Business

  • SBA honors five Central Mass. businesses of the year

    Anthony Buscarino April 12, 2022

    The honors include Family Owned Business of the Year, Minority Owned Business of the Year, Women Owned Business of the Year, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and Small Manufacturer of the Year.

    Anthony Buscarino April 12, 2022
  • Laotian immigrant launches cybersecurity firm at Worcester incubator

    Anthony Buscarino April 11, 2022

    Sonny Phengsomphone opened the business in the memory of his sister, who died in a Thailand refugee camp while migrating to the U.S., and in honor of his 62-year-old mother.

    Anthony Buscarino April 11, 2022
  • Central Mass. business confidence falls below state average in March

    Katherine Hamilton April 4, 2022

    After a streak of above-average business confidence, Central Massachusetts business owners’ optimism slipped in March.

    Katherine Hamilton April 4, 2022
  • Advocates seek support for employee-owned businesses

    State House News Service March 31, 2022

    Advocates for employee-owned businesses in Massachusetts are pushing lawmakers to advance a suite of policy proposals that they say would provide those organizations with access to capital, technical assistance, and give workers at conventional

    State House News Service March 31, 2022
  • Q&A: Mastectomy fitter gives back to those who have lost

    Victoriahope McAuliffe March 28, 2022

    When she opened her first women’s healthcare boutique more than 20 years ago, Walsh-Aframe’s goal was to support women going through one of the most physically and emotionally challenging times in their lives as they navigated the trauma of being

    Victoriahope McAuliffe March 28, 2022
  • WBJ panel: Worcester's growth leads to opportunities, challenges

    Katherine Hamilton March 23, 2022

    Worcester has experienced Boston-sized population growth over the last decades, creating not only major opportunities for businesses but urban growing pains along with it.

    Katherine Hamilton March 23, 2022
  • Small businesses to receive extra deferment of COVID loans

    Sloane M. Perron March 16, 2022

    Isabella Casillas Guzman, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced additional deferment of principal loans and interest payments for those businesses who received relief under the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

    Sloane M. Perron March 16, 2022
  • Nick's bar sold to longtime bartender, to reopen with new name

    Anthony Buscarino March 9, 2022

    The bar, located on Millbury St., is to be sold by Vincent Hemmeter to Mara and Frank Inangelo, the latter a longtime employee of Vincent’s bar in Worcester. 

    Anthony Buscarino March 9, 2022
  • Lucky’s Cafe to reopen in new downtown location

    Katherine Hamilton March 8, 2022

    After closing its location on Grove Street, Lucky’s Cafe in Worcester appears to have found a new spot to do business.

    Katherine Hamilton March 8, 2022
  • Worcester restaurateur buys $1.8M warehouse near Polar Park five months after last sale

    Katherine Hamilton March 7, 2022

    The property includes an 8,200-square-foot industrial warehouse formerly occupied by Worcester Electrical Associates, Inc., which sold the property to Mahoney in September.

    Katherine Hamilton March 7, 2022
  • Central Mass. business confidence rose in February, remains above state average

    Katherine Hamilton March 7, 2022

    Central Massachusetts’ business confidence edged up in February after a slight dip in January and is still almost 1.5 points higher than the statewide average.

    Katherine Hamilton March 7, 2022
  • WBJ names the 2022 Business Leaders of the Year

    Brad Kane Updated: March 7, 2022

    The five Business Leaders of the Year have committed themselves to excellence, elevating their companies and their communities to levels not possible without their involvement.

    Brad Kane Updated: March 7, 2022
  • Indoor golf simulator and bar to open at Worcester’s Trolley Yard

    Katherine Hamilton March 1, 2022

    X-Golf Worcester, an indoor golf course simulator and sports bar, will open at the Trolley Yard Plaza in Worcester on March 11. The facility at 287 Grove St. will feature nine golf simulators with 100 golf courses, as well as a full bar.

    Katherine Hamilton March 1, 2022
  • Worcester businessman sells Leominster property for $3.4M

    Katherine Hamilton February 28, 2022

    A 12,800-square-foot plaza in Leominster which houses a D’Errico’s Market butcher shop franchise was sold by D'Errico's owner Rodrigo DeOliveira for $3.35 million, DeOliveira confirmed in a phone call.

    Katherine Hamilton February 28, 2022
  • Canal District restaurant suffers break-in two weeks after West Boylston Street theft

    Katherine Hamilton February 28, 2022

    The restaurant posted a photo of the smashed glass door and emptied cash register on Sunday morning with a caption stating there was a break-in.

    Katherine Hamilton February 28, 2022
  • Baker launches new $75M small business relief fund

    State House News Service February 24, 2022

    Amelia Goncalves came to the United States from Angola in 1996, and by the early part of the next decade she and her family had opened a restaurant in Brockton serving the types of West African dishes she had grown up on.

    State House News Service February 24, 2022

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Has your company created pathways for women, people of color and other minorities to advance to more senior positions?
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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.