Business & Economic Development
Business & Economic Development
Shore Thing Sanjay Arwade says UMass Amherst has a long and proud history in the broad realm of wind energy. It dates back nearly a half-century to professor William […]
Change of Direction A growing number of consumers across the U.S. are finding themselves upside down on their car loans as the used-vehicle market continues to stabilize and used values […]
Navigating the Process By Jennifer Sharrow, Esq. Women- and minority-owned businesses play a vital role in our local economies. They also play a larger role within communities in general […]
Drive Time Auto dealers have seen it all over the past few years, from soaring costs for vehicles, parts, and labor to inventory shortages to a rapid […]
Driving Ambition Alex Balise always thought she would get involved in the family business. She just thought that would happen when she was maybe 40, not in her mid-20s, […]
Music Will Live Again By Emily Thurlow There’s a lot to love about the Iron Horse Music Hall. Though it’s not as apparent from the outside, with its large storefront […]
A Hunger to Do More The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Dramatically Grows Its Operations It’s long been a tenet among nonprofits — successful ones, anyway — that […]
There’s Uncertainty, but Also General Optimism About the Year Ahead Brooke Thomson says the Business Confidence Index issued each month by Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM), does a fairly effective […]
Clouding the Issue The Forecast Calls for … More Uncertainty It’s called the ‘quits rate.’ As that name suggests, it represents the number of employees who voluntarily quit their jobs […]
The Road Ahead The car-shopping experts at Edmunds say opposing market forces are expected to keep new vehicle sales relatively steady in 2024, forecasting that 15.7 million new cars […]
Keep on Truckin’ Before relocating to the 413 and a job with Balise Motor Sales, Ben Sullivan lived in Texas for 15 years. In the Lone Star State, he said, […]
Planning Is Key By Kristina D. Houghton, CPA Surprisingly, 2023 was a year with no tax-law changes. Congressional members of both parties introduced major tax policy legislation, but so […]
Growth Spurt Ashley Batlle says she just took a “teenage step.” That’s different from the baby steps businesses take after they open, in everything from products and services offered […]
Promising Pipeline Tech Foundry was launched in 2014 with a specific goal: to increase the technology workforce in Western Mass. at a time when employers were struggling to attract […]
This Is a Laughing Matter Bill Posley acknowledged that one doesn’t exactly set out to make stand-up comedy a career. Instead, it just … happens, he said, adding quickly […]
