Brad Kane

Worcester

Editor at Worcester Business Journal

Husband, father, know-it-all. Editor of Worcester Business Journal @wbjournal he/him

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Articles

O’Connor’s reopens following multi-day closure due to staff shortage

3 weeks ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

Prominent Worcester eatery O’Connor’s Restaurant & Bar reopened on Thursday, after posting on social media on Saturday that it would close temporarily due to staffing shortages. The prominent Worcester restaurant at 1160 West Boylston St. reopened for its regular hours at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, according to a Facebook post by the eatery on Wednesday.
From the Editor: Covering tariffs' impact on Central Mass.

3 weeks ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

As a business journal focused solely on the Central Massachusetts economy, Worcester Business Journal typically doesn’t cover national news. Other publications like Wall Street Journal and Business Insider cover national news from a business angle much more comprehensively, so we concentrate our coverage on news happening within the borders of our business community.
From the Editor: People are scared

1 month ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

The WBJ newsroom enjoys a healthy discourse with practically every major Central Mass. institution. Sure, a business or nonprofit may send us a terse statement or ignore our phone calls for a story it perceives as negative about that institution. But, for the most part, organizations willingly make their executives and other experts available for interviews. Image WBJ Editor Brad Kane That has not been the case since Jan. 20.
From the Editor: Doesn’t curling sound like fun?

1 month ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

I wasn’t trying to make a joke, but apparently what I said was hilarious. Image WBJ Editor Brad Kane Every summer, the main industry association for independently owned business journals holds an annual meeting in a rotating host city. This June, the Alliance of Area Business Publishers will have its conference in Ottawa, Canada. While planning the event, the publisher of Ottawa Business Journal reached out to the AABP board to see what sort of down-time activities would be of interest.
WBJ names winners of 10th annual Manufacturing Excellence Awards

1 month ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

2025 Manufacturing Excellence Awards General Manufacturing Excellence: Seaman Paper Co. Best Collaboration Award: Rocheleau Tool & Die Co. Inc. Manufacturing Champion - Large Company: Jim Knott Jr. Manufacturing Champion - Small Company: John Biagioni Rising Star: SpadXTech Green Manufacturing Award: Electric Hydrogen Workforce Development Award: Kinefac Corp.
Mass. unemployment ticked up slightly in February

1 month ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

The statewide unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose slightly to 4.3% in December, above the national rate of 4.1% and where the Massachusetts rate was a year ago. February’s statewide rate is up from the 4.2% unemployment rate in January and the 3.8% from February 2024, according to a press release issued Friday by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, citing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Life sciences investment group opens office at Worcester incubator

1 month ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

The investor group Conifer Life Sciences has opened at the Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives, joining a growing number of organizations seeking to provide funding for startups and early stage companies in Central Massachusetts. Conifer is the first investor group to locate at MBI’s current location on Briden Street and the second in its 40-year history, according to a Thursday press release from MBI.
Charter Communications to close 174-employee Worcester call center

1 month ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

Connecticut-based telecommunications provider Charter Communications will close its Worcester call center on June 26, as the company is reducing its overall headcount in Central Massachusetts significantly. “We have elected to transition this work to our other U.S.-based Call centers, where we can deliver information, training, and technology to our representatives more efficiently,” Heidi Vandenbrouck, Charter’s regional director of communications, wrote in an email to WBJ.
From the Editor: DEI can be good for everybody

2 months ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

Five years ago, WBJ Publisher Peter Stanton and I penned a letter saying diversity & inclusion is a core value of this publication. Even if sometimes flawed in practice, the principle of DEI is good and would create a stronger Central Mass. economy, as it is meant to overcome barriers to provide opportunities for everyone to best use their natural talents and skills.
From the Editor: Speaking the language of business

2 months ago | wbjournal.com | Brad Kane

As a niche business-to-business publication, WBJ’s content differs slightly from mass media publications like the Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram & Gazette. The biggest difference is our articles are catered to business leaders and how they think. The language of business is numbers, and even more specifically, it’s money.