Archive for March 2020

Construction projects statewide will be brought to a temporary halt while contractors review site-specific issues, develop mitigation strategies and communicate to workers about new state guidelines for construction work during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

Saying it is “critical infrastructure for the United States and the Commonwealth,” gunmaker Smith & Wesson is keeping its manufacturing plants, including the Springfield factory, operational. Read More

Bankers across Greater Boston say they’re willing to be flexible on their loans to businesses, saying they’ll temporarily take loan payments to interest-only, or put off upcoming payments to the end of a loan’s term. Read More

The Business Journal spoke with small-business owners and community leaders across the commonwealth to better understand how they are weathering the coronavirus outbreak. Read More

As Greater Boston’s business community reels from the sudden economic impact of the global coronavirus pandemic, at least one industry has seen a spike in customers: the cleaning business. Read More

Stop & Shop, one of the region’s largest employers, plans a hiring spree as the coronavirus pandemic causes a surge in business at grocery stores. Read More

The dean of The Grove School of Engineering and the Daniel and Frances Berg Professor at The City College of New York will succeed Richard Miller on July 1. Read More

Massachusetts hospitals are slated to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in monthly revenue after the coronavirus sidelined elective surgeries and eliminated many outpatient visits. Read More

One of the biotech industry’s up-and-coming gene therapy companies is further delaying its plans for a U.S. drug launch, citing disagreements with FDA officials and the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More