New Hampshire Business Review - April-5 2013

March 28, 2013

NH Business Review Staff

Electricity suppliers flock to New Hampshire

Bob Sanders,

Despite alternative supplier’s recent troubles, firms are racing to provide electricity in N.H.

Division of Economic Development: The little agency that could

Kathleen Callahan,

With scant resources, the Division of Economic Development’s recruitment team makes an impact in N.H., and beyond

The nonprofit sector’s role in N.H.’s economy

Mary Ellen Jackson,

Nonprofits employ one out of seven workers in New Hampshire and generate over $9 billion toward the state’s GDP

Q&A with More Than Wheels CEO Terri Steingrebe

Michael McCord,

‘We look at ourselves as a social enterprise, a nonprofit that is run like a business, which is not how a lot of nonprofits are viewed,’ says Terry Steingrebe, CEO of New Hampshire-based More Than Wheels.

How Wall Street keeps its finger in the D.C. pie

Tony Paradiso,

In the litany of oxymorons, no more ironic one exists than Wall Street integrity’

An economic plan for New Hampshire?

Brad Cook,

Participants are needed for the BIA’s newly launched strategic economic plan effort

AmEx report: N.H. sixth in nation for growth of women-owned businesses

Bob Sanders,

The nearly 40,000 women-owned businesses in New Hampshire are expected to generate $7.6 billion in revenue this year -- more than double the amount 16 years ago. It was a growth rate that was exceeded by only five other states…

N.H. February foreclosures plummet from a year ago

Bob Sanders,

The number of foreclosures recorded in New Hampshire -- perhaps the most stubbornly high statistic in the recession aside from unemployment -- took a nosedive in February. Some 240 foreclosure deeds were filed in February, the lowest number recorded in…

Candlepin ‘headquarters’ Leda Lanes files for Chapter 11

Bob Sanders,

Leda Lanes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month, but the iconic candlepin bowling alley in Nashua fully plans to stay in business. “I want everyone to know that we are going to be stronger than before,” the company’s vice…

Five N.H. businesses file for March bankruptcy

Bob Sanders,

While the number of New Hampshire individuals and businesses filing for bankruptcy was up in March from the five-year monthly low the previous month, the number still marked a big drop from last year. There were 339 New Hampshire bankruptcy…

More news from NHBR:

Private equity firm agrees to acquire a majority stake in Velcro Companies

Arsenal Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Velcro Companies from the Cripps Foundation, which owns the privately held British company, a longtime New Hampshire employer. Under the deal announced May 26, the Cripps Foundation will continue as a minority shareholder of the company, which opened its manufacturing center in Manchester nearly 70 years ago.