Your Friendly Neighborhood Banker
Bank of NH senior wealth management officer Bob Magan speaks on community initiatives, fiscal responsibility and more in this week's episode of Down to Business
Author: Peter Biello & Julia Furukawa/NH Public Radio
Employee education: The missing piece in retirement plans
A 2024 Human Interest study found 91% of employees with access to financial wellness education enrolled in their workplace retirement plan, compared to just 76% enrollment without it.
How a town rule took the air out of a giant ice cream cone
The inflatable treat violates a town ordinance in Westmoreland
New Hampshire charts new energy course
NH’s 2025 energy laws shift focus to nuclear, natural gas, and clean energy while pausing offshore wind and exploring grid independence.
Q&A with Associate professor of organizational behavior at UNH Vanessa Druskat
In her new book, “The Emotionally Intelligent Team,” published by Harvard Business Review Press, Druskat explores the overlooked factor she says separates high-performing teams from the rest: emotional intelligence.
The cost of undermining public health in New Hampshire
I am alarmed by the growing erosion of trust in science-based health guidance.
Is unemployment uptick a concern in NH?
So far this year, the unemployment rate is ticking up, reaching 3% in February and 3.1% in March through July, and dipping slightly back to 3% in August
5 essential conversations to have with your financial advisor
Investors should be asking their financial advisors crucial questions at various points in time.
AI for human resources
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Attack of the DEI exterminators
New laws banning diversity, equity and inclusion policies are tripping up businesses and nonprofits
Gunstock plans upgrades for upcoming winter
More than $3 million is earmarked for lifts, $2.5 million for snowmaking and grooming equipment, and more than $4 million for general infrastructure improvements that include electrical systems.
The Latest: Week of September 19, 2025
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Tax planning and policy
The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025) has shifted some timelines on tax policies, and our expert highlights some provisions that New Hampshire business owners should notice.
Why every executive needs a communications strategy that echoes
Too often, leaders miss the moment or stay quiet when people are looking to them for guidance
Concord Hospital nurses in Franklin, Laconia vote to unionize
The vote is a culmination of months of organizing by nurses, fueled by concerns about chronic staffing shortages, burnout and corresponding worries about nurse and patient safety as a result.
Take Five: switching jobs, adding jobs and securing talent
NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics
David Gerry named NH Tech Alliance’s Entrepreneur of the Year
For 37 years, this award has been presented to innovative individuals in New Hampshire’s tech industry based on criteria such as risk, innovation, growth, competition, profitability and employment.
Headwinds hit New Hampshire’s economy
New Hampshire’s 2025 economy faces stalled job growth, rising costs, and long-term challenges like housing and child care despite 2024 gains.
Biking for business
Granite Outdoor Alliance primes networking with mountain trail riding
From Lakes Region to Global Stage: ePropelled Expands to Lead Drone Motor Production
ePropelled earns DoD supply chain certification, boosting U.S. drone dominance
Most taxpayers in ConVal district to see decrease in education tax bill
Most voters in the ConVal school district will see a decrease in the local education portion of their December tax bill as a result of the recent decision by the ConVal School Board regarding distribution of the unreserved fund balance from fiscal year 2024-2025.
Kids Online Safety Act will destroy free expression
We cannot solve our online safety dilemma with authoritarian tactics
Littleton Regional Healthcare selects Dartmouth Health as preferred future partner
After two years of extensive evaluation of various affiliation models, the Littleton Regional Healthcare (LRH) Board of Trustees has chosen Dartmouth Health (DH) as its preferred partner. LRH and DH have signed a letter of intent, which serves as the next step toward LRH joining the Dartmouth Health system.
NH trade mission to Canada seen as having positive results
Gov. Kelly Ayotte led the visit, which included a selection of policymakers as well as businesspeople representing a wide array of enterprises.
More Chinese-owned property in Nashua comes into focus
Nashua Mayor seeks funds to buy the long-vacant Daniel Webster College site from Chinese-owned Xinhua amid rising debate over foreign property ownership.
Jim Loomis, Bottomline Technologies co-founder, dies at 75
James “Jim” Loomis, co-founder of Portsmouth-based Bottomline Technologies, passed away on Sept. 6 in his hometown of Dover after a period of declining health. He was 75. After its creation in 1989 with business partner Daniel McGurl, Bottomline became a worldwide leader in automated business payments and cash management.
Sparking Innovation in International Waters
Encube Labs Founder Rajesh Nair shares updates on his time in Japan, teaching young entrepreneurs how to critically and creatively innovate in their fields
Bedford tech company expands with an eye on AI
SilverTech CEO Nick Soggu discusses the promise and risks of AI as his Bedford-based agency acquires Paragon, expanding digital experience services and advancing AI-driven innovation.
Luring medical residents to train, and stay, in New Hampshire
Educational institutions and hospitals are taking steps to help alleviate New Hampshire’s primary care doctor shortage by trying to expand the pipeline of doctors to help replace those who are leaving.
Critical Condition: Are primary care doctors becoming a vanishing breed in New Hampshire?
It’s getting harder for patients to find a doctor as wait times and barriers to access grow
The Latest: Week of September 5, 2025
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Keene Housing expands solar energy efforts with new installations in Monadnock Region
The nonprofit and ReVision Energy expand renewable energy portfolio with new solar panels across five properties in the Monadnock Region
Public education for business
NH ranks last in the nation for funding public higher education per capita
Trial and error is a sloppy way to investigate and/or manage
Air India crash theories abound, but the facts have yet to emerge
Q&A with Green Lightning Energy’s Jason Plant & Miles Drum
Nearly two years ago, Jason Plant and Kadin Burns founded Green Lightning Energy in Sanbornton with the goal to make clean energy affordable for everyday homeowners.
Note from the field: The outdoor economy is everyone’s economy
New Hampshire’s $4B outdoor economy supports 32,000 jobs and ranks 8th in the nation.
The Bottom Line: Sprague, White Mountains Insurance Group and generative AI
A roundup of news updates from public companies in NH and nationwide
I-95 median barrier: $4.6M project approved after NH highway deaths
A nearly $4.6 million contract has been awarded for the construction of a five-mile median barrier on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire with the goal to prevent highway deaths.
Advocates decry $43.5 M solar grant clawback
Trump pulls funding for Solar for All program, which aims to expand access for low-income users
NH residential real estate: ‘Still very much a seller’s market’
While home prices might be moderating in other parts of the country, the median price of a single-family house in New Hampshire rose to $550,000 in August, the second highest price point this current year. That price is just $3,000 more than the $547,000 recorded in July, but it is $47,500 more than January’s $502,500. The highest median price in 2025 was $569,450, recorded in June and the most ever recorded in the state.
Gather’s leadership says termination of grant has multiple impacts on NH
Seacoast nonprofit Gather lost a $350K EPA climate justice grant to expand food recovery and fight hunger after the program’s termination.
Paid, on-the-job training and education creates career path to address workforce shortages
ApprenticeshipNH has partnered with Associated Builders and Contractors of New Hampshire/Vermont and Elm Grove Companies to launch New Hampshire’s first registered apprenticeship program (RAP) for maintenance technicians
Saint Anselm College dedicates $35 million nursing school building
Meet Samii, the mannequin who is bedridden in the AI Simulation Lab, one of the drawing cards to the new $32 million home of the Jean School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Saint Anselm College.
Renewable energy is a smart business strategy
Despite shifting policies and regulatory headwinds, behind-the-meter solar remains one of the most cost-effective and quickly deployable solutions to control energy expenses.
Derry, Salem methadone clinics under investigation
Two for-profit methadone clinics in Derry and Salem are under investigation as part of a statewide initiative looking into unnecessary barriers patients might face when seeking treatment for opioid addiction.
Exeter residents file lawsuit against RiverWoods
More than 100 residents are suing the town and RiverWoods over a proposed “massive” health care facility they say would disrupt the character of their neighborhood.
Trump tariffs add to woes for coffee shops
Rising tariffs on Brazilian coffee beans are squeezing Concord’s Brothers Cortado, driving costs up and margins down
Amid Claremont crisis, Pittsfield school district works to dig out of its own million-dollar hole
As a crippling financial crisis uncovered in recent weeks in Claremont makes headlines, Pittsfield, too, is reckoning with a budget shortfall of more than a million dollars as a new school year gets underway. Pittsfield’s deficit, discovered early this year, is roughly $1.8…
Take Five: finances, tariffs and AI
NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics
GBCC helps meet growing demand for surgical technologists
Portsmouth-based GBCC offers one of the few associate degree programs in Surgical Technology in the region and the only one in New Hampshire that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP).
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Banker
Bank of NH senior wealth management officer Bob Magan speaks on community initiatives, fiscal responsibility and more in this week's episode of Down to Business
Employee education: The missing piece in retirement plans
A 2024 Human Interest study found 91% of employees with access to financial wellness education enrolled in their workplace retirement plan, compared to just 76% enrollment without it.
How a town rule took the air out of a giant ice cream cone
The inflatable treat violates a town ordinance in Westmoreland
New Hampshire charts new energy course
NH’s 2025 energy laws shift focus to nuclear, natural gas, and clean energy while pausing offshore wind and exploring grid independence.
Q&A with Associate professor of organizational behavior at UNH Vanessa Druskat
In her new book, “The Emotionally Intelligent Team,” published by Harvard Business Review Press, Druskat explores the overlooked factor she says separates high-performing teams from the rest: emotional intelligence.
The cost of undermining public health in New Hampshire
I am alarmed by the growing erosion of trust in science-based health guidance.
Is unemployment uptick a concern in NH?
So far this year, the unemployment rate is ticking up, reaching 3% in February and 3.1% in March through July, and dipping slightly back to 3% in August
5 essential conversations to have with your financial advisor
Investors should be asking their financial advisors crucial questions at various points in time.
AI for human resources
Are businesses liable for AI discrimination?
