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Country Bank and the Worcester Regional Chamber Announced Small Business Scholarships

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Country Bank announced that it has partnered with the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce to offer a scholarship program for small businesses.

Smart Benefits: Fines for Small Business Premium Reimbursement Delayed

Rob Calise, GoLocalWorcester Business/Health Expert

Newly released IRS Notice 2015-17 offers some temporary relief to small businesses – those with less than 50 employees – who have employer payment plans. These...

Friday Financial Five – February 20, 2015

Dan Forbes, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

The continuation of job gains over 200,000 each month is positive, but an increase in people seeking employment might finally signal the start of a true...

MA Consumer Confidence Index Rises to Highest Level Since 2002

GoLocalWorcester Business Team

The Mass Insight Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) has risen sharply in the first quarter of 2015 with overall scoring moving up nine points from 97-106.

MassFiscal Calls For Receivership of MBTA

GoLocalWorcester Business Team

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, an advocacy group dedicated to “promoting better government and right-of-center fiscal and economic policy solutions,” announced Tuesday its support...

Small Biz in A Digital Age: Facebook Marketing

GoLocalWorcester Business Team

The world of business is moving faster -- hyper fast. Small businesses face the challenge of trying to keep up and innovate their business to...

Smart Benefits: 8 Reasons to Have an Employee Handbook

Rob Calise, GoLocalWorcester Business/Health Expert

The employee handbook introduces new employees to your corporate culture and how they will fit in, helping to foster a sense of pride and belonging.

Friday Financial Five – February 13, 2015

Dan Forbes, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

The Treasury released budget data for the first four months of the fiscal year and recent positive trends are facing a reversal. From...

Inaugural Fairman Cowan Collegiate Lecture to be Held on Feb. 17

GoLocalWorcester Business Team

The Research Bureau has announced that the Inaugural Fairman Cowan Collegiate Lecture will be held on Tuesday, February 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Assumption...

Smart Benefits: FLSA Exempt Status Change for Home Care Workers Halted

Rob Calise, GoLocalWorcester Business/Health Expert

Over the last few years, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor has crafted the Home Care Final Rule, which would greatly...

Small Biz in a Digital Age: Direct Response Marketing

GoLocalWorcester Business Team

The world of business is moving faster -- hyper fast. Small businesses face the challenge of trying to keep up and innovate their business to...

Friday Financial Five – February 6, 2015

Dan Forbes, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

The most recent budget proposal was released this week, and the message seems to be pretty clear. With an improving economy, the government...

Worcester Journal: Giving Young Writers a Great Opportunity

GoLocal Worcester News Team

The Winter Issue of the Worcester Journal has recently been released and it's a vast and complete collection of young writers from high schools...

StartUp Worcester to Bring Ideas Into the Marketplace

GoLocalWorcester Business Team

The Chamber's Higher Education - Business Partnership has announced a new initiative that is aimed at helping entrepreneurial college graduates get their business concepts...

Smart Benefits: Voluntary Benefits Up with Employers and Employees

Rob Calise, GoLocalWorcester Business/Health Expert

Thirty-five percent of US employers offered voluntary insurance as part of their overall benefits package last year, up 9 percent from 2012, according to a recent study...

Small Biz in a Digital Age: Consumer Trends

GoLocalWorcester Business Team

The world of business is moving faster -- hyper fast. Small businesses face the challenge of trying to keep up and innovate their business to...

Former T&G Exec to Launch ‘Worcester Sun’ Newspaper

GoLocal Worcester News Team

Mark Henderson, former Online Director of the Telegram and Gazette, has begun a Kickstarter campaign to launch 'Worcester Sun,' a Sunday print newspaper...

Friday Financial Five – January 30th, 2015

Dan Forbes, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

Employment numbers again looked positive, with an unemployment rate for December of 5.6%. Jobless claims have fallen to the lowest level since 2000.

MA’s Seasonally Unadjusted Unemployment Rates Drop 1.9 %

GoLocalWorcester Business Team

The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) today reported that the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates for December were down in seventeen labor market...