NH Business Notebook: Taking action for kids
Parent Leadership Training Institute aims to improve the lives of children
Author: Mike Cote
Q&A: Granite United Way President and CEO Patrick Tufts
Patrick Tufts says Granite United Way is probably the “best known and least known” nonprofit in New Hampshire. As president and CEO, Tufts oversees an organization that was established in New Hampshire nearly a century ago and has national roots 140 years old.
Life Is Good launches ‘Keep it Simple’ custom T-shirt business at new Hudson plant
Business has been steady since Life is Good opened its 500,000-square-foot production and fulfillment center three months ago in Hudson, where it has had a presence for more than 20 years
$500 million says Dean Kamen’s ARMI can manufacture human body parts in Manchester
ReGen Valley’s latest $44 million ups the ante to a half a billion dollars since 2017
Breeze Airways announces service to Orlando and Fort Myers from Portsmouth
Breeze Airways, which debuted in New Hampshire last month with service from Manchester, plans to start flying to Orlando and Fort Myers from Portsmouth in October, the low-cost carrier announced Wednesday. The 3-year-old airline offers point-to-point service from 58 U.S. destinations on its new fleet of Airbus A220-300 aircraft. It plans flights from Pease International Airport to Orlando on Wednesdays and Saturdays beginning Oct. 9, and to Fort Myers on Thursdays and Sundays beginning Oct. 10.
ReGen Valley to receive $44 million through federal Tech Hubs program
The Manchester effort to escalate the mass production of human tissue and organs has been earmarked for $44 million from the federal government, officials announced Tuesday. ReGen Valley” — the marketing moniker for the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute — is one of 12 Tech Hubs selected for funding by U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.
Fresh air at MHT
With a drizzle coming down and the sun trying to poke through the sky, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) celebrated the inaugural flight of Breeze Airways last week, the third new carrier in three years to begin flights from the Queen City.
Q&A: Tech entrepreneur and educator Rajesh Nair
Rajesh Nair has endured the ups and downs of being an technology entrepreneur, enjoying hard-won success and painful failures.
Q&A: Health care entrepreneur Nick Vailas
Nick Vailas has been in the local health care industry for four decades, co-founding and operating a family of businesses that offer physical therapy, outpatient surgical care, urgent care and diagnostics
Business Notebook: Investing in the club
Fidelity team nurtures partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester
Leadership Unscripted
On June 6, I’ll be moderating Leadership Unscripted, a forum that runs from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at the Rex Theatre in Manchester.
Q&A: Apparel Impact CEO Joe Whitten
To date, Apparel Impact has diverted over 65 million clothing items from entering a landfill - a number that Whitten hopes to grow
M&T Bank president’s support for Easterseals has personal roots
M&T Bank’s decision to finance an affordable housing complex for veterans in Franklin overseen by Easterseals NH was a natural progression for Tim Wade, the bank’s regional president in New Hampshire.
ARMI project secures $100 million from Department of Defense
10-year agreement for Dean Kamen-led biofabrication effort in Manchester builds on federal Tech Hub designation
Q&A: Swim With a Mission co-founder Phil Taub and Hidden Battles Foundation founder Scott Hyder
Phil Taub, with his wife, Julie, co-founded Swim With a Mission, a Bedford-based nonprofit that raises funds for veterans services and holds several fundraisers throughout the year, including its signature swim race at Newfound Lake in July. Army and police veteran Scott Hyder founded Hidden Battles Foundation, a Dracut, Mass.-based nonprofit that helps veterans and first-responders, both active and retired, cope with mental health issues.
Drilling down on the ‘New Hampshire 200’
The first thing I did with my copy of “New Hampshire 200” after I brought it home from the office was to drill a hole through it. Now it had a utility function similar to the “Old Farmer’s Almanac,” the 232-year-old annual produced by our parent company, Yankee Publishing Inc.
Tougher than the rest
Imagine undergoing training led by people whose sole mission in life is to do everything they can to ensure you fail, to push you to your limits until you break.
Q&A: Rise Private Wealth Mgt. Co-founder Bob Bonfiglio
From engineer to co-founder, Bob Bonfiglio has developed a strategic plan to create a business that evolves as it grows
A victory lap and a forecast for another good year
In my last column, I shared some anecdotes that help tell the story of the New Hampshire economy, but I would not make any important decisions based on the laments of my Lyft driver or rumors about remote working from skiers on the gondola at Loon. For data-crunching, we have people like Brian Gottlob, director of the state Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau.
The economy according to my Lyft driver and those kids I met on the chairlift at Loon
A couple of weeks ago, the Chamber Collaborative of Portsmouth invited me to talk about the state economy during a forum that featured people who have a much firmer grasp on the data than I do.
Nonstop at 95
Don’t ask Jack Middleton when he will retire. He doesn’t know how.
Dave’s Hot Chicken fires up Queen City tender war
This week, Dave’s Hot Chicken, a trendy chain whose investors include the rapper, Drake, opened in Manchester, serving fried chicken sandwiches on a retail strip already saturated with fast-food joints.
Life sciences trade group announces founding member companies
New Hampshire Life Sciences (NHLS), a newly formed trade group that supports the Granite State’s life sciences industry, has signed two companies that employ hundreds of workers as its inaugural founding members. Novocure operates its North American flagship location in Portsmouth, where it employs between 300 and 400 workers. Novo Nordisk employs 350 people in West Lebanon.
Art for everyone’s sake
Open Arts United aims to increase access to cultural activities
Foolproof predictions for 2024
Workforce, housing, child care continue to top NH’s list of needs
Stashing the cash at home
Bill would require state and local tax revenues to be invested in New Hampshire banks
The truth according to Vivek Ramaswamy
As time winds down for the Jan. 23 New Hampshire primary, GOP presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy has been making a name for himself but has failed to make much of an impact. The former biotech executive, who spent considerable time…
Business scents: Alene Candles produces specialty lines at its Milford factory
If you bought a candle from a name-brand retailer during the Christmas season, there’s a good chance it was made by Alene Candles, a Milford private-label company that produces more than 100 million candles every year.
Q&A: Mike Pence
Mike Pence’s bid for the GOP presidential nomination never gained much traction so it wasn’t a big surprise when the former vice president decided to end his longshot bid Oct 28. The news came two days after the New York…
Millyard rising: Biotech effort selected as ‘Tech Hub’
‘ReGen Valley’ will be able to compete for a share of $500 million in federal funds
Former Governor of Arkansas: Asa Hutchinson
Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson was excluded from the second national GOP presidential debate, having polled too low to qualify.
Down to Business Primary Edition: Doug Burgum
Down to Business Primary Edition: Q&A with North Dakota's Governor, Doug Burgum asking him questions related to New Hampshire
Legal News: Briefs from around New Hampshire
Susan Manchester receives good neighbor award Susan Manchester, attorney with Sheehan Phinney received the David P. Goodwin Outstanding Neighbor Award on September 21, 2023 at an event held at Straw Mansion Apartments in Manchester. Over 160 guests attended the reception,…
Writers strike has Seth Meyers focused on podcasts and standup comedy
‘Late Night’ host and New Hampshire native Seth Meyers returns to the Granite State on Nov. 4 to perform a benefit show at SNHU Arena
Joey Calcavecchia: On the ‘roam’ for the next great bite
Social media influencer Joey Calcavecchia, known as the Roaming Foodie, is making the rounds throughout NH
Citizens regional president assesses the impact of higher interest rates on M&A
Report shows effect of interest rates on business activity in the state
Letter from the (new) editor
Switching of the guards at NH Business Review
GOP presidential hopeful Asa Hutchinson
Trumping Trump, uniting the country – and eating chicken tenders
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Sig Sauer and Israeli company partner on combat drone
Sig Sauer is partnering with an Israeli aerospace company to develop a military-application drone armed with the Newington company’s latest-generation machine gun
Newport’s largest employer, Sturm, Ruger & Co., confirms job cuts
Firearms manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., confirmed earlier this month that it had reduced its force.
Summit Packaging Systems founder Gordon Gilroy dies at 101
Gordon Crossman Gilroy, 101, passed away peacefully at his home in Bedford, New Hampshire, on January 27, 2026. Gilroy founded Summit Packaging Systems, a Manchester-based company that makes aerosol valves.
Hiding in plain sight
Loss of manufacturing jobs contributed to our housing crisis
Amid volatility, local economies can provide a model of stability
As we begin 2026, we face another set of choices about how to forge a future that enables us to navigate the continuing instability and volatility in our civic and economic lives.
Every big company starts small
When I started my first business in 1982, I didn’t know exactly where the journey would lead. What I did know was that I wanted to build something lasting, something rooted in innovation and capable of creating good jobs.
Merrimack Anheuser-Busch plant to close after 55 years
The Anheuser-Busch brewery on Daniel Webster highway will close in the company months after 55 years of operation in town.
Pappas seeks reimbursement of ‘harmful’ tariffs on small businesses
U.S. Rep. Christopher Pappas is sponsoring new legislation that seeks to exempt small businesses from tariffs and reimburse them for the trade war duties that the 1st District congressman described as “unnecessary and harmful.”
This bot makes bones
A process to create human tissue and bone through 3D printing won top honors at the NH Tech Alliance’s Product of the Year competition. The BioAssembly Bot 500, a robotic-based tissue fabrication and manufacturing platform, was developed by Advanced Solutions Life Sciences, a Louisville, Kentucky-based company whose research and development team is based in the Manchester Millyard.
