Author: Madison Neveu

N.H. ranks 17th in growth of women-owned businesses

Survey finds the firms generate some $7.5 billion and employ about 38,300 people

Want to keep young people in N.H.? Try dodgeball

The N.H. Sports and Social Club offers young professionals a different way to network

There’s green in New Hampshire’s forest

Study pegs forest economy’s impact at $3.8b

USDA 2013 funding in N.H. totaled $221.5m

The bulk of the investment went to funding housing programs and preservation grants

Honest Tea CEO to keynote NHBSR conference

Goldman will share the story of how he co-founded and grew Honest Tea from a small-home based business into the world’s largest organic tea company

Pamela Pantos, 2014 Outstanding Woman in Business

Executive Director, Opera North

Marty Sink, 2014 Outstanding Woman in Business

President and CEO, Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire

Linda Fanaras, 2014 Outstanding Woman in Business

President, Millennium Integrated Marketing

New MCC program centers on cyber security

Launched last fall, the program meets a growing need

N.H. cost-cutting programs point to $3.7m in health savings

Firm says transparency, incentives help reduce costs

NH-ICC and abi Innovation Hub agree to merge

New organization will remain focused on growing startups, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in the state

Latest stats show big drop in N.H. foreclosures

36 percent annual decrease reported in November

More news from NHBR:

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.