New Hampshire Business Review - September-15 2017

September 15, 2017

NH Business Review Staff

UK sustainable investment firm to acquire New Hampshire-based Pax

Bob Sanders,

Deal ‘puts us in a nice situation for expansion,’ says Portsmouth-based firm’s CEO

NH Army National Guard Regional Training Institute and Barracks

NH Business Review Staff,

Confronting challenges, Eckman Construction exceeds expectations

Q&A with Goodwin Community Health CEO Janet Laatsch

Michael McCord,

Janet Laatsch, CEO of Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth is helping to oversee the merger of her organization with Portsmouth-based Families First Health & Support Center.

Energy, collaboration and commitment fuel downtown Nashua’s revival

Liisa Rajala,

Businesses, organizations and City Hall work toward a common goal

‘Behind the curve’ on imports

Bob Sanders,

Why is NH’s foreign trade zone so underused?

Planning, zoning rules faulted for housing woes

Michael Kitch,

Seen as key contributors to NH’s limited supply

No rest for the weary

Brad Cook,

What lawmakers are doing when you think they are home

Will the can kick back?

Tom Sedoric, Casey Snyder,

Brewing generational tensions explain the current economic landscape

Let’s protect hospital workers

June Garen,

New Hampshire can do more to address violence at facilities

Where’s the public in the ‘public health crisis’?

Bernadette Gleeson,

During the 2016 election cycle, the opiate crisis and addiction in New Hampshire was the No. 1 voting issue, and has now officially been deemed a “public health crisis.” However, it is the only public health crisis that I am…

More news from NHBR:

Gas prices cause NH economic indigestion

New Hampshire is feeling some economic indigestion at the start of the summer season, and the main culprit is gas. Six in 10 (61%) of respondents to a new University of New Hampshire polls are worried about the current and future price of gas, and a clear majority put the blame on President Donald Trump.

Private equity firm agrees to acquire a majority stake in Velcro Companies

Arsenal Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Velcro Companies from the Cripps Foundation, which owns the privately held British company, a longtime New Hampshire employer. Under the deal announced May 26, the Cripps Foundation will continue as a minority shareholder of the company, which opened its manufacturing center in Manchester nearly 70 years ago.