New Hampshire Business Review

Ground broken on three-building flex complex in Franklin

General Properties’ Mercantile Place will feature office, industrial tenants

by nhbr staff

Southern New Hampshire retail space picture looks like last year’s

KeyPoint: Vacancy rate rises slightly, but empty big boxes are filled

By Jeff Feingold

TD Bank in $61.1 million bond deal with Saint Anselm

Portion of money will be used to build new welcome center

By NHBR staff

Q&A with Center for Women & Enterprise Director Nancy Pearson

‘Women entrepreneurs face structural, financial and cultural barriers that are often invisible but can adversely impact revenue numbers and job creation,’ says Nancy Pearson, director of the Center for Women & Enterprise.

By Michael McCord

Extended Learning programs link schools, businesses

Real-world experiences seen as mechanism to build Granite State workforce

By Liisa Rajala

A different view of Trump

A trip to Florida reveals contrasting attitudes toward the president

By Brad Cook

Impeachment a tale of eroding checks, balances

David C. Steelman

Employment and state pregnancy leave requirements

What New Hampshire law says about providing leave to employees

By Beth A. Deragon

Medicaid expansion is critical for NH

By Suellen Griffin

‘The Walking Dead,’ Northern Pass edition

By Judy Reardon

Cartoon Week of April 13, 2018

How to recruit new salespeople

Slowing down the hiring process can be a good thing

By Kevin Hallenbeck

Eversource’s ‘bully’ tactics

Investing in a time of ‘sharing’

While consumers might love the benefits of the ‘sharing economy’ investors and others may not

By Tom Sedoric and Casey Snyder

Looking for a business idea?

It may be as close as your own backyard

By Ron Bourque

The ABCs of accelerated bridge construction

When used appropriately, the more efficient method uses higher-quality components

By Daniel Whittemore

4 steps to help address the opioid epidemic

It’s an issue of humanity, and it’s important to take action now

By Cheryl Wilkie

How does an employer approach becoming a ‘recovery-friendly workplace’?

Granite State businesses share different perspectives, practices

By Bob Sanders

ARMI update shows an industry beginning to take shape

‘You’ve already seen companies moving here and opening up shop, and you’ll only see more of that’

By Liisa Rajala

Tech Tidbits From Around NH

NH submits amicus brief to Supreme Court regarding internet sales tax case, Pennsylvania company purchases Dunn Industries ... and more

By NHBR Staff

Meteorologist to headline April 11 TechWomen Power Breakfast

WMUR’s Hayley LaPoint to discuss technology and accuracy of weather forecasting in New England

By NHBR Staff

Global trends drive growth for Nashua firms

Microdesk, M2 Technologies assist clients in achieving efficiency

By Liisa Rajala

ARMI tax break proposal examined by New Hampshire House panel

Tax credit, loan forgiveness bill greeted by wary lawmakers

By Bob Sanders

NH Businesses for Social Responsibility readies 17th Spring Conference

Director of Harvard Center for Health and Global Environment to deliver keynote

By NHBR Staff

Hitchiner announces $50 million expansion

Manufacturer unveils plans to build 85,000-square-foot facility in Milford

By Jeff Feingold

UNH researchers put a high price tag on coastal ‘nuisance flooding’

Study finds over 7,500 miles of roadways along East Coast are threatened

By Jeff Feingold

Granite Bridge reaches deal with NH Building Trades Council

Manchester, Nashua, Concord chambers endorse gas pipeline project

By NHBR Staff

NH’s February construction jobless rate down from 2017

7.7 percent rate is third-lowest in U.S.

By NHBR Staff

Where is the housing market headed?

Rising interest rates, prices make homeownership a different kind of calculation

By Bill Norton

People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Rundown

Fair Housing Act conference at St. A’s, NH Housing boosts affordable housing projects … and more

By NHBR Staff

185 New Hampshire bankruptcies filed in March

Total is a big jump from February

By Bob Sanders

Tech Tidbits From Across New Hampshire

Net metering bill generates heated debate

Bid to add larger renewable systems stirs debate before House panel

By Bob Sanders

Tech Tidbits From Around New Hampshire

Sen. Hassan visits Smiths Medical in Keene, Saint-Gobain agrees to cover filters for Merrimack Village District Water Works ... and more

By NHBR Staff

SNHU incorporates real-life cybersecurity scenarios to evaluate students’ skills

CYBRScore Labs provides a series of 30 scenarios integrated within three cybersecurity graduate-level courses

By NHBR Staff

Clean Tech Corner: When clean technology meets policy

When cars no longer run on gasoline, how will we pay for our roads?

By Tom Burack

BAE Systems contributes nearly $1 billion to NH’s economy

Electronic Systems division has 580 job openings in Nashua

By NHBR Staff

GT Advanced Technologies shareholder suit settled for $27 million

And plaintiffs win a key ruling in second suit related to bankruptcy

By Bob Sanders

Report: Foreign-owned businesses a key New Hampshire employer

Plymouth State study finds they employ 44,000 Granite Staters

By Liisa Rajala

Ray, McLear seek to team up on another I-93 rest area

Proposal calls for facility similar to developers’ Hooksett project

By Michael Kitch

People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Rundown

Red Oak completes Milford townhome project, NH Housing honors partners … and more

By NHBR Staff

NH House committee skeptical of real estate transfer tax break

Ways and Means members voice concerns, criticism about bill aimed at first-time homebuyers

By Bob Sanders

Why we should keep current use as it is

The system is key to the state’s economy and quality of life

By Gene Chandler

NH Site Evaluation Committee should stand firm on Northern Pass decision

State regulators should be looking out for the public good

By Emily Norton and Cathy Corkery

NH Senate OKs bills to shore up biomass plants

Measures would hike rates to subsidize industry

By Bob Sanders

New Hampshire’s personal income rose 3.5% in 2017

Growth rate ranks seventh in nation, third in New England

By Jeff Feingold

Current use study efforts fizzle in NH Legislature

Efforts to probe system’s effect on taxpayers tabled in House, Senate

By Michael Kitch

The rest of the Brock impeachment story

It’s a tale of eroding checks and balances on the judiciary

By Gregory M. Sorg

April-13 2018

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