Renewed commitment to supporting its Code of Conduct, more effort toward energy conservation and a growing level of community involvement were among the highlights of The Timberland Company’s third corporate social responsibility report released yesterday by the firm. The report…
A firm run by Edward Theobald, the former chairman of the state Retirement Board, received free rent from a company that was conducting business before the board, according to documents on file with the state Retirement System. Theobald did not…
The president of the New Hampshire High Technology Council is expected to call for the formation of a private sector emergency preparedness advisory group as art of a planned briefing on emergency preparedness and homeland security, to be held Wednesday…
Once upon a time, all you had to do was breathe the phrase, Ban smoking in restaurants," and you would see fire coming from the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association. No longer. Smoking is already banned in most dining…
Edward Theobald may have been ousted from his role of chairman of the New Hampshire Retirement System for a deal that he said never ended up participating in. But Theobald’s Boston firm - Maiden Lane Partners LLC - was involved…
While New Hampshire public health officials are working hard behind the scenes to be prepared if and when avian influenza strikes, the state’s businesses seem to have shown little interest in what is being described as a potentially devastating pandemic.…
A few years after Delise West moved from her native California to the Seacoast region, the experienced human resources professional decided she didn’t want to return to the business world she knew well. “The more I interviewed, the less excited…
At a recent retreat, I heard an interesting presentation by an economist predicting what New Hampshire would look like several decades from now and in the period between now and then. What I heard did not necessarily make me optimistic.…
Every cloud has a silver lining At a time when consumer confidence is heading in the exact opposite direction of energy prices and when Americans in general are justifiably worried about security threats, economic threats, health threats and the break-up…
There’s an old adage that says, “Nothing happens ‘til somebody sells something.” The last section of your marketing plan should do just that—describe how your firm’s products and services, your “thingamajigs,” will be sold. The sales section of your plan…
