New Hampshire Business Review - April-1 2016

January 4, 2016

NH Business Review Staff

AIANH names new executive director

NH Business Review Staff,

Kastel to take over for Isaak on Oct. 1

The hazy, crazy days of summer

Bill Norton,

Thanks to technology, the pace doesn’t seem to slow down

NHHTC Entrepreneur of Year finalists named

NH Business Review Staff,

Howard Brodsky, Patrick Sullivan and Marjorie and Stephen Thorpe vie for annual award at June 7 event

Maine bank acquires NH’s Lake Sunapee Bank Group

Jeff Feingold,

$143 million deal would create $3.3 billion company

Mass. firm to relocate to Hudson facility

NH Business Review Staff,

Innovation Associates buys 75k-square-foot Sagamore Industrial Park building

NH’s February construction unemployment sixth lowest in U.S.

Jeff Feingold,

6% industry jobless rate is 2.5% lower than a year ago

House panel votes to put breastfeeding bill on ice

Bob Sanders,

Watered-down measure recommends setting up a study committee

Bills seek to update NH’s aging business tax laws

Bob Sanders,

With no changes since 2000, state code seen as ‘a dinosaur’

Fairness, not free money, for utilities

Donald Kreis,

We shouldn’t have to overpay them just to help customers save energy

A banker’s view of business borrowing

Don St. Germain,

We really are trying to get to a ‘yes’

More news from NHBR:

(Opinion) Take the SBA 250 Small Business Pledge

Celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday with an entrepreneurial spirit

(Opinion) NH’s strongest trade partnership hiding in plain sight

U.S., Canada demonstrate the value of reliable partnership across the border

Markets & Main Streets: Rural housing challenges

Without affordable housing, young people cannot afford to be here. Nowhere in the state is the need to attract younger populations more of an economic priority than in rural communities.

Improving Performance: Learning from those below us

Managers would be wise to pay attention to what their reports have to say

Sustainability Spotlight: Sustainable investing reset

Sustainable investing has undergone a reset. The excitement and lofty promises that accompanied the rise of ESG have given way to skepticism, political debate and a healthy demand for accountability.

Cook on Concord: Filing period is over

Now that the filing period for political office is over, things have become a little clearer. Who is running and who is not, and choices facing the voters have become focused.

The Bottom Line: F.L. Putnam, Connection and Skillsoft

A roundup of news updates from public companies in NH and nationwide

Defense co. creates stay, work, play in one site

New Hampshire entrepreneurs Ken and Grace Solinsky are experienced in creating businesses. On July 7, they cut the ribbon on something much more — an industrial, residential, child care, retail strip, all rolled into one.