A new restaurant concept for downtown Manchester is being launched by Chuck Rolecek, and it’s one he hopes diners will sink their teeth into. The Hanover Street Chophouse, at the intersection of Hanover and Pine streets, will be an upscale…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently increased its audit activity of non-construction federal contractors/subcontractors. Is your company ready to respond? For many employers, the answer, unfortunately, will be no — either because they…
Small businesses in New Hampshire, and undoubtedly throughout the United States, continue to reel from astronomical increases in health-care costs. Health-care premiums are going up in annual double digit increases, but coverages are shrinking at the same time — the…
Q. What are the types of prepayment penalty options I will encounter when financing a commercial property? A. A prepayment penalty is included in most commercial mortgage loans to assure the lender that the anticipated yield that the loan was…
I lost a major account yesterday. The e-mail from the editor was brief, “Hesh, your humor just doesn’t translate well in Australia.” My response? Really, I have nothing disparaging to say about Australians. First, I do not know any. I…
It wasn’t much — a run down New Englander with peeling paint on a quiet Pembroke street — but to William Bouley, “it was the first home I’ve had in 40 years. I came from the streets, and here I…
Medical providers in New Hampshire say the new Medicare Part D drug benefit — passed to much acclaim in 2003 — is poorly planned to the point of chaos, with time running out for a smooth Jan. 1, 2006, program…
Mark Handley, president of New Hampshire Public Radio since 1990, will retire in mid-October to begin a long-anticipated trip around the world with his wife Judy aboard their 42-foot Tayana sailboat. Handley has had careers in both teaching and broadcasting.…
The hoopla surrounding the implementation of E-ZPass in New Hampshire has been an interesting sideshow. The fact is that by offering a large discount to jump-start the system, the state did a good job of weaning us token addicts from…
Shares in New Hampshire-based publicly traded companies increased by an average of 5.3 percent in the second quarter, according to the latest reading of the New Hampshire Business Review/ Chartworth Stock Index. The increase stands in contrast to the 5.6…
