New Hampshire Business Review - May-16 2014

May 1, 2014

NH Business Review Staff

Kathy Kittle of CATCH Neighborhood Housing

Kathleen Callahan,

2014 Financial Executive of the Year winner

John Gargasz of 10X Venture Partners

Kathleen Callahan,

2014 Financial Executive of the Year winner

Anna Johnson of Jabra-GN Netcom

Kathleen Callahan,

2014 Financial Executive of the Year winner

Edwin Garside of Optima Bank & Trust Company

Kathleen Callahan,

2014 Financial Executive of the Year winner

Elin Treanor of Easter Seals New Hampshire

Kathleen Callahan,

2014 Financial Executive of the Year winner

Marjorie Thorpe of Adaptive Communications

Kathleen Callahan,

2014 Financial Executive of the Year winner

Where did Peter T. Paul get his money?

Bob Sanders,

The man whose name adorns the UNH business school is a financier who helped create securitized low-doc loans

Newly launched program gives women a pathway to building trades

Beth LaMontagne-Hall,

Lisa Wiggin was looking for a career change. A 40-something nurse’s assistant, she wanted a job that was “more hands-on” and gave her the satisfaction of working on a project and seeing something finished.

Newforma execs named Entrepreneurs of Year

NH Business Review Staff,

Bob Batcheler, Dave Plunkett and Ian Howell, the three men at the helm of Manchester-based Newforma, have won the 26th annual New Hampshire High Tech Council’s Entrepreneur of the Year award. The leaders at the other two finalist companies, Scribe…

Report: N.H. 13th best state for retirement

NH Business Review Staff,

State cited for health care quality, low taxes, crime rate

More news from NHBR:

Shipyard payroll shows strength over the years

An analysis of economic impact reports of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard by the Seacoast Shipyard Association from calendar year 2020 to 2025 shows that payroll value increased by 15.3% — from $671.4 million to $774 million.

Minus33 Merino Wool celebrates expansion

Minus33 Merino Wool, a manufacturer of outdoor clothing, celebrated a major expansion on Oct. 27 as well as a combined 110 years of doing business in Ashland, a town at the heart of the Lakes Region.

NH office construction pipeline runs thin

The amount of available office space in New Hampshire is shrinking and becoming more expensive to lease due to a lack of new construction and higher demand that is still trying to find its footing post-COVID. The office vacancy rate statewide fell to 10.3% in the third quarter, down 3.1% from a year ago, and average asking rent rose to $22.28, up 1.7% from a year ago, according to a Colliers study.

NH is destination for space sector

The two-day Space, Technology, Trade and Research expo on Oct. 28-29 in Durham convened innovators, producers, scientists, engineers, investors, bankers, students and representatives of the U.S. Space Force and Department of War. The goal: Increase networking, collaboration and awareness of what’s happening here, including on the campus of UNH, which provides tools, expertise and facilities for product development and testing.

Five companies named finalists for NH Tech Alliance’s Product of the Year

The five New Hampshire companies named finalists for the 2026 NH Tech Alliance Product of the Year underscore the diversity of the Granite State’s tech sector, with solutions designed to help companies improve their IT security testing, streamline how businesses use artificial intelligence, produce high-demand rare earth metals, help softball players monitor pitch calls and protect aerospace and defense systems from cyberattacks.

BAE signs pact with War Department to increase production of laser-guidance kits

The Hudson campus of BAE Systems was the setting for the signing of a multiyear agreement with the U.S. Department of War to increase production capacity of the company’s APKWS laser-guidance kits up to 35,000 units per year. The kits, which transform unguided 2.75-inch rockets into precision-guided munitions, are used by the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy, and are available to U.S. allies.