After selling and repairing outdoor power equipment for roughly 70 years in Central Massachusetts, Caola Equipment in Worcester is shutting its doors for good. The outdoor power equipment superstore, a staple on Route 9 for decades, announced in a statement posted to the business’s website that it would no longer be offering any more sales,...Read More

For 65 years, Ford, Gittings & Kane Jewelers have been serving the people of Rome. Not many businesses can claim that longevity. And for 50 of those years, Jan Fergerson has been with the company because one of its founders, Joe Gittings told her “Stick with me, kid.” Through its many incarnations, staff changes, remodels...Read More

Travel and tourism in Ohio and across the country are significant economic development engines, employing hundreds of thousands of people and generating hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue. Locally, tourism is a strong component of our economy, and we work to continuously increase its significant impact in Belmont County. According to...Read More

Small business owners and entrepreneurs in Turlock will have an opportunity to learn more about funding opportunities at the City of Turlock’s first ever Small Business Funding Expo on Jan. 18. The event, which is a collaborative effort between the City of Turlock, Valley Sierra Small Business Development Center, Central Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce...Read More

Generally speaking, business growth is a sign of success. However, when a company grows too quickly and doesn’t have the policies and processes it needs to maintain that growth in place, it can ultimately lead to trouble. Many Forbes Coaches Council members have seen how businesses lacking sustainable systems and processes can grow beyond their...Read More

Michael Bracewell — art critic and biographer of Roxy Music — published his previous novel, Perfect Tense, 22 years ago. Unfinished Business is, his publisher says, his “return to the form”. It is not his return to form, because his writing in other literary areas has been consistently compelling for the past two decades, up...Read More

China is vowing to boost domestic prospecting and build strategic reserves to secure supplies of energy and key strategic mineral resources. “China will launch a new round of domestic prospecting operations, focusing on strategic bulk minerals that are in short supply,” Wang Guanghua, Minister of Natural Resources, was cited as saying in an interview with...Read More

Published: 1/5/2023 4:19:24 PM Modified: 1/5/2023 4:16:23 PM Business sponsors fuel food distribution program GREENFIELD — The van transporting food to people across the county continues to be possible thanks to the partnerships, new and old, established between the Franklin County Community Meals Program and businesses. “Our business partners are a huge part of the...Read More

As SVP, Professional Services at BairesDev, Damian oversees the entire customer relations life-cycle, safeguarding the company’s operations. getty “In a normal world, we would not really be asking about the ‘business case’ for women in leadership,” Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic writes in a Forbes article. “After all, one would expect any fair, moral and highly functioning nation...Read More

Americans are applying to start new businesses at a record rate, according to the White House, up about 30% compared to before the pandemic. In addition, a recent Bank of America survey of more than 1,300 small business owners found that 66% believed their revenue will increase in 2023, while 77% of respondents believed their...Read More