Rising costs of living and doing business in Massachusetts are now the dominant factors influencing local employers’ hiring and location decisions, and pushing some to expand elsewhere, according to a new survey.
Throughout the pandemic, labor shortages and supply chain issues bedeviled Massachusetts businesses. But business leaders say the housing crisis in Massachusetts is now the major existential threat to the state’s competitiveness.
Hybrid work schedules continue to prove popular among employers in Massachusetts, but inconsistent expectations of how much in-person time those entail could make it complicated for policymakers as they navigate the new reality, the head of a regional business group said.
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s the 258th installment of Banker & Tradesman’s Personnel File.
Pittsfield-based Greylock Federal Credit Union has joined the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Pacesetters program, which uses procurement to promote economic opportunity by giving Massachusetts-based minority-owned enterprises access to contracts.
