Archive for May 2021

Pennsylvania-based investment advisor Great Valley Advisor Group (GVA) has entered the Boston market by acquiring U.S. Financial Advisors (USFA). Read More

Will Congress act before time runs out on the forgivable loan program? Read More

Cambridge-based Inari Agriculture Inc., which has 75 employees in the Bay State, said it raised $208 million. New investors included San Francisco-based G Squared, one of the backers of Boston-based Toast Inc., and Pavilion Capital. Read More

Starter-Fluid LLC provides accounting and finance services to young and growing companies that do not yet need a full-time CFO, offering a mix of high-level CFO-level consulting and bread-and-butter services like bookkeeping. Read More

Founded with a focus on using artificial intelligence to help large companies in e-commerce logistics, this Bedford-based robotics company has expanded to Japanese markets. Read More

Only a small percentage of employers believe their workers want a permanent return to the office, but many companies plan to do just that. How companies address that disconnect could shape their futures. Read More

Massachusetts will soon launch an employer vaccination program, enabling businesses to request mobile vaccine clinics on site or book their employees at mass vaccination sites. Read More

Massachusetts opioid overdose deaths rose 5% during the pandemic, reversing a years-long trend of declining deaths. Read More

Seven years after recreational cannabis use was legalized in Massachusetts, the vast majority of the state’s banks are still skittish around cannabis. Despite federal laws that could legalize cannabis for lenders, that isn’t likely to change. Read More