As 2007 dawned, New Hampshire exporters saw solid gains in foreign sales as overseas shipments of Granite State-made products leaped by 8.8 percent in January to $244 million. The January export surge — the largest increase in the last 30…
Redhook Ale Brewery’s New Hampshire facility will be increasing its capacity just in time for those warm summer days. Four new fermenters — each holding 16,000 gallons — will be hoisted into place April 13 by a crane, said Doug…
The initial delivery of pipeline-quality renewable natural gas has been delivered by an Environmental Power Corporation subsidiary from its Huckabay Ridge facility in Stephenville, Texas. Microgy Holdings LLC, the subsidiary of Portsmouth-based Environmental Power, designs, constructs and manages waste-to-power facilities.…
Charles Summers, the Small Business Administration's New England regional administrator, has been recalled to active Navy duty and will be sent to Iraq in July. Summers, a lieutenant commander, joined the U.S. Navy Reserve in 1996. He is part of…
Governor Lynch has proclaimed April as Financial Literacy for Youth Month. In his proclamation, Lynch acknowledges that “personal financial education is essential for ensuring that the youth of New Hampshire are prepared to manage money and credit wisely and responsibly.”…
Contracts announced in February for future residential, nonresidential and nonbuilding construction in New Hampshire are below the level reported in February 2006, according to McGraw Hill Construction data. The Lexington, Mass.-based firm reported that future residential construction decreased by 52…
The mother of two young children, Jenny Chartier knows firsthand the challenges facing working mothers. So when she took over the family business - Abigail’s Bakery in Weare - seven years ago she was committed to making it a family-friendly…
As mortgage foreclosures increase nationally, the Northeast has not been as hard hit as other parts of the country, but the region, and New Hampshire, are far from immune, according to the Consumer Credit Counseling Services of NH-VT. The service,…
The New Hampshire House voted Tuesday to allow health insurers to offer individual policies containing riders that exempt those policies from covering a policyholder’s pre-existing conditions. The House voted overwhelmingly, 333-16, to pass the bill. Supporters argued that even limited…
A new alliance formed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services’ OSHA Consultation Program and the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center is aimed at keeping the state’s smaller businesses up to date…
