New Hampshire Business Review - April 11, 2025

April 10, 2025

Mike Cote

State budget: Where’s the money going, and coming from?

Paul Briand,

NHFPI assesses House Finance Committee budget against governor’s proposal

NH manufacturing resource center faces shutdown

Mike Cote,

While President Trump says the tariffs fueling a global trade war will jumpstart U.S. manufacturing, he is pulling funding from the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, the federal centers dedicated to supporting its growth. The president and director of the New Hampshire MEP expects it to close if the cuts continue.

Trumping trade

Paul Briand,

President Donald Trump's tariffs gambit challenges a global economy with its roots in New Hampshire. The Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944, involving 44 nations post World War II, was designed to create economic stability after World War II and promote international trade.

Study: NH business tax cuts led to ‘forgone revenue’

Paul Briand,

New Hampshire's Business Profits Tax and the Business Enterprise Tax can represent up to 40% of the state’s revenue. A new report argues that the notion of reducing these taxes to help kick start business activity hurts the state in the long run.

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Study: NH business tax cuts led to ‘forgone revenue’

Paul Briand,

Pelham company develops game-changing heart pump

Paul Briand,

VentriFlo offers the world’s first pump to deliver a life-like pulse for use during cardiac-related surgery

More news from NHBR:

Federal and state housing legislation wrestle with affordability crisis

As Granite Staters eye ever-increasing purchase prices for a single-family home, state and federal policy makers wrestle with solutions that create more housing supply. Among them is bipartisan federal legislation on housing that is being held hostage by President Donald Trump’s fixation on a bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship with such documents as U.S. passports or birth certificates.

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Manchester and Nashua: Best bang for the buck in NH

Two New Hampshire cities are among the 10 best-run cities in the country, according to a WalletHub analysis of U.S. communities where residents get the most bang for their taxes. Manchester was rated No. 3, while Nashua was close behind at No. 5., based on a “Quality of Services” score that WalletHub developed using 36 metrics across six key service areas — financial stability, education, health, safety, economy and infrastructure/pollution.