Author: NH Business Review Staff

2018 Business Excellence Winner: Robin Dewey of Robin’s Egg

Robin Dewey, founder and owner of Robin’s Egg in Amherst, is the 2018 Business Excellence winner in the consumer services category for a small organization

2018 Business Excellence Winner: Patrick Closson of McLane Middleton

Patrick Closson, director at McLane Middleton in Manchester, is the 2018 Business Excellence winner in the business & professional services category for a large organization

2018 Business Excellence Winner: Hollis McGuire of New Hampshire Small Business Development Center

Hollis McGuire, the Nashua regional director of the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center, is the 2018 Business Excellence winner in the business & professional services category for a small organization

Cartoon for the Week of November 9, 2018

2018 Business Excellence Awards Hall of Fame Inductee: Rusty McLear

Rusty McLear, president of Mill Falls at the Lake and partner for Granite State Hospitality, is the 2018 Business Excellence Awards Hall of Fame inductee

UNH receives funding to create self-driving office of the future

Project will test how voice, augmented reality and tangible interfaces safely combine work and driving activities

Former UNH-IOL director to speak at UNH Wildcatalyst Seminar

Erica Johnson is now the COO at QA Cafe in Portsmouth

Tech Tidbits From Across New Hampshire

Littleton-based CAI Technologies acquires Maine company’s mapping divisions, Unified Office named to CRN’s Next-Gen 250 list ... and more

Q&A with NH Women’s Bar President Christina Ferrari

‘To have this ecosystem here in the Millyard in Manchester and in New Hampshire is incredibly important to our state,’ says attorney Christina Ferrari, whose practice specializes in helping biotech clients.

First hearing set for I-93 Concord expansion

4.8-mile, $260 million project to address traffic volumes

Penacook affordable housing project gets big boosts

Plan for former brownfields site wins CDFA, NHHFA funding

NHHFA awards funding for 13 affordable rental developments

Allocations to be used for new, rehab projects

Nationally known walkability expert to keynote Manchester chamber event

Economic Development and Infrastructure Summit to be held Nov. 14

People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Rundown

Madden joins RE/MAX, North Branch completes Portsmouth liquor store … and more

Tech Tidbits From Around New Hampshire

Hypertherm announces corporate venture capital arm, Consolidated Communications increases broadband speeds for NH residents ... and more

AgaMatrix’s technology now part of Choice’s diabetes line

Salem company strikes deal to sell consumer glucose monitoring devices via Amazon

Dartmouth-Hitchcock awarded $3 million to develop medical technology

Technology would provide early alarm when trauma patients begin to deteriorate

Luncheon to explore links between housing and hiring

BIA event to address effects on cost, recruiting and retaining employees

Seacoast summit to tackle affordable housing

Third annual conference to look at solutions to regional problem

People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Roundup

Procon, North Branch among Excellence in Construction winners … and more

Ashoka U co-founder named UNH Social Innovator of the Year

Marina Kim to deliver keynote at 2018 Social Venture Innovation Challenge

Cartoon for the Week of October 26, 2018

Measuring effective leadership

You can start by assessing staff retention and turnover

Congressional candidates on business issues

1st, 2nd District hopefuls offer stances in NHBR survey

The Glen House

Martini Northern constructed a nearly airtight hotel with the functionality to withstand Mount Washington’s winds in a classic New England design to which visitors have become accustomed.

Tech Tidbits From Across New Hampshire

SNHU acquires Chicago company, Pierce Atwood sponsors UNH ECenter ... and more

Five finalists make the cut for 2018 TechOut competition

In addition to capital investment, the first-place winner will receive free office space on Elm Street

New England College launches esports program

Competitive gamer Tyrelle Appleton to lead program starting in 2019

Hutter’s Traffie to speak at UNH CEO Forum

Construction exec to discuss firm’s strategies, impact

NH Public Works Memorial gains ground

Pike, R&D donations led to completion of walkways

10 named to NH Housing Fellows program

Policy, development issues are focus of NHHFA initiative

Rochester Economic Development Office website honored for excellence

Agency wins national recognition at Atlanta event

People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Rundown

North Branch completes two Hooksett projects … and more

2018 Powered by Women

Event photos from the 2018 Powered by Women event held on October 18, 2018

Markem-Imaje to expand R&D capabilities with new digital lab

14,000-square-foot facility in greater Boston area to add 40 jobs

Women in management focus of Nov. 14 event

Founder and CEO of Exceptional Leaders International will headline TechWomen Power Breakfast

Tech Tidbits From Around New Hampshire

National Grid utilizes Nashua company’s mobile app platform, NASA awards SBIR grant to Nanocomp Technologies ... and more

High tech council continues as NH Tech Alliance

Organization seeks full-time executive director

Rivier begins work on $5 million sport facilities project

New athletic pavilion, Raider Field improvements planned

OSHA investigating fatal fall in Hanover

Vt. home improvement company employee dies in incident

People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Roundup

$1.35m Dover retail transaction, Construction Ethics Award nominations sought … and more

Surgeon general voices hope in NH opioid fight

Overcoming ignorance, stigma is key in fighting addiction, he says

Cartoon for the Week of October 12, 2018

Is the NH House too large? Here’s one answer

To the editor: In response to Brad Cook’s article in the NH Business Review of Aug. 3-16 (“Is the NH House too large?), I offer the following: In 1974 I was elected to the NH Constitutional Convention from Grafton District…

Kelly v. Sununu: on business issues

Gubernatorial candidates offer their stances in NHBR survey

UNH Manchester opens Engineering Technology Machine Shop

Engineering technology graduates demonstrate tendency to find high-paying careers in NH

AutoFair sells car in exchange for cryptocurrency

80 New Hampshire merchants accept Dash

With FDA approval, Vapotherm prepares for product launch

Precision Flow Hi-VNI system deemed applicable for all types of respiratory distress

Tech Tidbits From Across New Hampshire

Ken Breen named president of Open Access Technologies, The Provident Bank helps kick off Manufacturing Month ... and more

Dartmouth details $200 million Thayer School expansion

Project incudes 160k-square-foot addition, 348-space underground garage

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No sale: NH decides to lease not sell redeveloped I-95 welcome centers

Officials say it's a win for the state, and for Hampton, as the state makes a push for proposals from developers/operators

How new data on water/sewer infrastructure might lead to more housing in NH

Only 5.6% of the buildable land in New Hampshire has access to both water and sewer systems. When it comes to much-needed residential construction in the state, that represents an opportunity and a challenge, according to presentations Oct. 29 during…

Ask the Experts: Connect and collaborate from outside the cubicle

From nature-space retreats to historic venues, New Hampshire offers businesses unique ways to bring teams together outside the office.

Banking on a different approach to health care

Former Portsmouth credit union will house surgical center and other medical businesses

‘Housing as another form of infrastructure’

New Hampshire voters aren’t feeling much relief from their anxieties about the state’s housing crisis. The continued reduced housing inventory, which pushes home prices higher, is also dampening labor market in the Granite State, according to a pair of studies.

Even with improving trends, NH housing remains a challenge

Residential real estate trends in New Hampshire— from supply to interest rates to median price — have improved incrementally since January.

Unbottling the Nongfu Spring deal

New Hampshire’s attorney general says no improprieties by state officials preceded the sale of a large Nashua commercial building to China’s largest water bottler. But Attorney General John Formella’s report to Gov. Kelly Ayotte dated Oct. 3 says the provisions of federal law should have taken place prior to the sale of the 337,391-square-foot building at 80 Northwest Blvd. in Nashua by a subsidiary of Nongfu Spring.