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Business groups seek certainty on unemployment insurance hikes
December 30, 2020When he unveiled legislation this month to limit sharp increases in the taxes Massachusetts businesses pay to fund the unemployment system, Gov. Charlie Baker encouraged lawmakers to act soon but conceded that they could wait up to three months to
December 30, 2020
Baker shrinking business capacity limits after Christmas
December 22, 2020Gov. Charlie Baker is lowering capacity limits for most businesses and places of worship to a maximum of 25 percent, limiting outdoor events to 25 people and limiting indoor gatherings, including events, to 10 people for at least two weeks beginning
December 22, 2020
Employers may require staff to get the COVID vaccine
December 22, 2020Employers may bar employees from the workplace if they do not receive the COVID-19 vaccine, under updated guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, potentially solidifying a question lingering in the minds of both employers and
December 22, 2020-
Small biz grants meet small fraction of demand
December 22, 2020The nearly $49 million in grants, administered by the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation, will go to businesses that are owned by people of color, women, veterans, LGBTQ individuals and people with disabilities, Baker said.
December 22, 2020 -
Baker bill would lower unemployment insurance increases
December 21, 2020Massachusetts businesses would face smaller increases in taxes they pay to fund the state unemployment system over the next two years, under a new bill Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Friday.
December 21, 2020 
Economic forecast survey results: Hoping to move on from a bad year
Updated: December 21, 2020In WBJ’s annual survey of readers regarding their outlook for next year, the overwhelming consensus is 2020 was not a good year for businesses in Massachusetts, but 2021 will almost certainly bring better fortunes.
Updated: December 21, 2020
blumshapiro to join national professional services firm
December 17, 2020Hartford business advisory firm blumshapiro, which has an office in downtown Worcester, will join CiftonLarsonAllen LLP, known as CLA, effective Jan. 1, the company announced on Thursday.
December 17, 2020
Report: Majority of Greater Worcester PPP loans went to wealthy, white neighborhoods
December 11, 2020The vast majority of federal Paycheck Protection Program loans in the Worcester metropolitan area went to upper and middle income white neighborhoods, according to geocoded data released by Washington nonprofit National Community Reinvestment
December 11, 2020
Worcester raises commercial property tax rate 3% for 2021
December 9, 2020Worcester’s City Council voted 8-3 to raise the city’s commercial property tax rate Wednesday night, while lowering the residential property tax rate.
December 9, 2020-
Baker dials back reopening following case surge
December 8, 2020Massachusetts will move a step backwards in its reopening plan, Gov. Baker announced Tuesday, a move that will lower the maximum size for outdoor gatherings and close some indoor recreational businesses and performance venues.
December 8, 2020 
Index: More confident Mass. employers see brighter future
December 8, 2020With encouraging signs for COVID-19 vaccination on the horizon, Massachusetts employers were more confident about business conditions last month than they have been since the pandemic upended daily life and the economy in March.
December 8, 2020
Military veterans risk losing places to gather as the pandemic hits organizations already hurting
Updated: December 7, 2020Long before the coronavirus pandemic hit, veterans services groups were facing a deep demographic challenge: Far fewer young vets have been interested in joining their local VFW, American Legion or other post.
Updated: December 7, 2020
Webster’s Rose Room Cafe will begin serving alcohol on Thursday
December 4, 2020The Rose Room Cafe and Tonic Bar in Webster will begin selling alcoholic beverages on Thursday after state authorities approved a request to grant the town an additional all-alcohol license, which the town voted to request at its October 2019 town
December 4, 2020-
Report: 37% of Mass. small businesses have closed
December 2, 2020As of Nov. 16, the number of open small businesses in Massachusetts is down 37% compared to January, according to data from the Opportunity Insights Recovery Tracker, which is overseen by a research and policy analyst group based at Harvard
December 2, 2020 -
Lawmakers scale back Baker's small biz plans
November 18, 2020When Gov. Charlie Baker offered a revised budget plan in mid-October, one of the highlights flagged by the administration was a $100.7 million recovery plan that would invest in small businesses and community lenders that had not been helped during
November 18, 2020 
SBA had historic year lending in Mass., exceeding $18B
November 10, 2020The U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded $14.3 billion in Paycheck Protection Loans to businesses in Massachusetts since the program was established, the agency announced in a Monday press release detailing the agency’s loan activity for
November 10, 2020
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