Business Resources
Here to Help Local Business
This page provides businesses with resources to finding and training employees, financing and skill-building. Below is a list of organizations that help businesses thrive. Many provide free help.
| Finding and Training Employees | |
| Organization | Mission |
| MassHire Bristol Workforce Board | MassHire creates and sustains powerful connections between businesses and job seekers through a statewide network of employment professionals. |
| Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (MassBioEd) - Apprenticeships | MassBioEd has created two Apprenticeship programs, one for Biomanufacturing Technicians (BMTs) and one for Clinical Trial Associates (CTAs). |
| Enables employers to hire and train new employees while being reimbursed a percentage of the new employee's wages during training | |
| Registered Apprenticeship Programs | Apprenticeships range from traditional jobs, such as carpenters, electricians, and public safety officials, to new technology-focused occupations, including those in cloud computing, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare. |
| The Workforce Training Fund Program helps address business productivity and competitiveness by providing resources to Massachusetts businesses to fund training for current and newly hired employees. | |
| Commonwealth Corp Workforce Training Fund | Commonwealth Corp provides a full range of training and education, from entry-level training for new workers to career advancement for existing employees. |
| Southeastern Advanced Manufacturing Consortium (SAMC) | The consortium connects employers, educators, and stakeholders to develop a skilled manufacturing workforce that meets regional employer needs. |
| MassTalent | Get access to free resources to help you recruit and hire talented people for your organization |
| Funding Resources | |
| Organization | Mission |
| South Eastern Economic Development Corporation (SEED) | SEED promotes economic growth by creating and retaining jobs to help Main Street businesses recover from economic hardship. Offers loans, SBA 504 financing, workshops, and business templates. |
| MassDevelopment | Provides financing and real estate solutions to support businesses, nonprofits, and housing development while eliminating blight. Offers bonds, loans, grants, and tailored funding solutions for Massachusetts small businesses through its merger with Mass Growth Capital Corporation. |
| Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources | Guide to energy rebates and incentives available in Massachusetts including: energy efficiency (home, appliances, business), renewables, clean heating and cooling, alternative transportation and more. Programs include energy rebates and incentives |
| Massachusetts Life Sciences Center | MLSC invests tens of millions of dollars in positioning the Commonwealth and its workforce as the unquestioned leader in advanced biomanufacturing in novel therapeutics. |
| STEP Grants | STEP Grants help offset international business development and related marketing costs for small businesses. The maximum award for STEP Grants is $15,000. |
| MassVentures | Finds, funds and fosters early-stage deep tech that fuels economic growth across the Commonwealth. |
| Mass Cultural Council | Partnering with communities across the Commonwealth to expand access, improve education, promote diversity, and encourage excellence in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Offers grants, funding and resources. |
| Massachusetts Office of Business Development | Assists businesses relocating to Massachusetts as well as businesses wishing to expand their current operations, with specific attention being paid to jobs created, jobs retained, and capital invested. Financial programs include Business Builds Capital Grant Program & the Economic Development Incentive Program |
| Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation | Provides non-profit community development organizations with the financial resources they need to build quality affordable housing and child care facilities |
| Business Skills | |
| Organization | Mission |
| Business Front Door | The Business Front Door connects you to the latest and most relevant resources available for businesses looking to start, grow, or relocate to Massachusetts. |
| Service Corps of Retired Executives for Southeast Massachusetts (SCORE) | Mentoring and educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed nationwide since 1964. |
| Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network-SE Regional Office | Pools federal, state, local, academic, and private resources to provide small business management and educational programs. Part of the UMass Amherst MSBDC Network. |
| The Center for Women and Enterprise-Eastern Mass | CWE is a non-profit economic empowerment organization whose mission is to strengthen communities and the economy by supporting women to launch and successfully sustain businesses. |
| MassHire BizWorks | BizWorks representatives connect businesses to many money-saving services and resources offered through state workforce development, economic development, and education partners to help them grow and thrive. |
| Veterans Business Outreach Center | In partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, VBOC equips veteran and active duty service members and their families with the resources to help them start and run their businesses |
| Small Business Administration (SBA) | Helps Americans start, build, and grow small businesses to preserve competitive enterprise and strengthen the national economy. |
| Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) | They are accelerating economic and social impact in communities nationwide through inclusive entrepreneurship. |
| SBA Thrive | Offers executive-level entrepreneurship training for high-growth small businesses, with peer networking and access to business experts and professional coaches |
| Supplier Diversity Office | Certifies diverse and small businesses, connects them with contracting opportunities and resources, removes barriers, and increases diverse business spending. |
| Department of Labor Standards (DLS) | Department of Labor Standards (DLS) offers a free consultation service designed to help employers recognize and control potential safety and health hazards at their worksites and improve their safety and health programs. |
| Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) | The Workplace Safety Grant helps employers reduce the risk of injury and illness to workers and promote safe and healthy conditions in the workplace through training, education, and other preventative measures. |
| Networking and Advocacy | |
| Organization | Mission |
| Norton Business Association | |
| Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce | The Chamber provides businesses with the forums to make meaningful business contacts, and offer a powerful marketing tool to promote your business. |
| The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA) | To drive economic equity and prosperity for Massachusetts to achieve inclusive growth through advocacy, programming, and strategic partnerships that enable Black-owned businesses and Black communities to thrive |
| Asian Business Empowerment Council | Coordinate and unify a vibrant community of business owners, entrepreneurs, service providers, and advocates to build a strong collective voice for the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) business community across Massachusetts |
- Here is a great resource guide for businesses from MassHire BizWorks. This guide will connect your business to the services you need!
- The Town has approved a number of tax abatements or Tax Increment Financing for eligible new development. If interested, please contact the Town Manager who will be happy to discuss your proposal.
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- Did you know the Town offers free video promotions for businesses? Check out our library of business profiles! Contact us to do a free profile!
- You can apply for various permits online.