Archive for July 2021

The transaction marks the Boston-based firm’s largest acquisition of a U.S. personal lines and small commercial insurance business since its landmark Safeco Insurance deal in 2008. Read More

A co-founder of Jiffy Lube International and the current chairman of the Planet Fitness gym franchise, Spinelli predicts international partnerships and collaborations with private companies will be prioritized over new campus outposts. Read More

The revised spending plan calls for permanently enshrining the state’s controversial film tax credit program, continuing to delay implementation of a charitable giving tax deduction, and setting aside $350 million to buttress a multi-year education funding reform law. Read More

Just over a year after Sherlock Biosciences won the first-ever U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for any CRISPR-based technology, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, Rahul Dhanda, is stepping down. Read More

Good morning, Boston. Here are the five most important things you need to know to start your day, plus Black Widow, the Vax Bus, Clarkson’s Farm and what to do with those old face masks. Read More

Mass General Brigham has purchased the former site of its regional office in Braintree for $14 million with plans to consolidate its physician practices in the south shore. Read More

Audax Private Equity has purchased a controlling interest in a Charlotte, North Carolina-based maker of ball bearings and other mechanical power transmission components from Incline Equity Partners in Pittsburgh. Read More

Many small businesses have been hoping for a more streamlined PPP loan forgiveness option. A new portal from the SBA could be part of the answer. Read More

More than 2,500 restaurant companies in Massachusetts were approved for $993 million in federal aid under the Restaurant Revitalization Fund — tops in the nation in the average grant per business, according to newly released data. Read More

Which restaurants were approved for funding through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund program? The Business Journals has compiled a searchable database of thousands of recipients. Read More