New Hampshire Business Review - Dec. 05, 2025

December 5, 2025

Cheila Magallanes

Cook on Concord: Thanksgiving reflections on 2025

Brad Cook,

Looking back on the shutdown, statesmanship and other meaty matters

Overcoming differences

Doug Teschner,

Pondering graceful aging amid a life setback

Modern House With Heat Pump, Efficient Heating With Green Energy

$450M plan aims to supercharge heat pump use

Sarah Shemkus - Canary Media,

New England winters can get wicked cold. Last week, five of the region’s states launched a $450 million effort to warm more of the homes in the often-frigid region with energy-efficient, low-emission heat pumps instead of burning fossil fuels.

Beethoven in the background

Ron Bourque,

How about a little something extra for your customers?

Tannenbaum Times

Brion OConnor,

Real vs. fake: New Hampshire’s ongoing Christmas Tree debate

The Bottom Line: Microwave Techniques, Needham Bank and Provident Bancorp Merger, Connection

Amanda Andrews,

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

The Pulse: New England economy grew at ‘sluggish pace’

Mark Hayward,

Federal Reserve report shows cautious optimism about the future

Take 5: Consumers, Mobility Report, and Resume.org survey

Amanda Andrews,

NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics

What the latest data reveals about NH’s shifting economy and demographics

Jessica Williams/NH Fiscal Policy Institute,

New Hampshire’s story is often told through familiar but false assumptions: retirees driving population change, Massachusetts buyers pushing up home prices, and a uniquely low-tax landscape keeping the state affordable.

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NH Business Finance Authority approves world’s first bitcoin-backed municipal bond

Contributed to NH Business Review,

The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA) board of directors has approved a financing structure that will make New Hampshire the first state in the world to issue a municipal bond backed by bitcoin.

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The Bottom Line: Planet Fitness, White Mountains Partners and Albany International

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

Swings in the global energy market reach NH

Petroleum energy prices are rising globally, and New Hampshire is not immune to this increase. Sharp upward pressures on prices, particularly for crude oil, pose a new challenge to household budgets in the Granite State.

Wilcox Industries eyes 12-story expansion called ‘gem of Newington’

Wilcox Industries, a military and law enforcement tactical equipment developer and manufacturer, is planning a major addition to its headquarters that would house partner businesses in the electrooptics industry.

Take 5: Outdoor recreation sector, fuel prices and remote workers

NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics

SBA announces National Small Business Week 2026 award winners

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) earlier this month announced its 2026 New Hampshire Small Business Award winners.

CCSNH receives funding to fill growing workforce demands for energy contractors

The Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) and Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) received approval for a $1.2 million Training for Residential Energy Contractors (TREC) grant from the New Hampshire Executive Council to meet workforce needs for energy contractors.

Surviving ‘The Pitt’

Hit HBO medical drama underscores the impact of stress in the workplace

Q&A with Taylor Community President & CEO Michael Flaherty

Since Michael Flaherty joined Taylor Community as president and CEO more than a decade ago, the Lakes Region continuing care retirement community (CCRC) has grown to three sites, expanding form its Laconia flagship to locations in Wolfeboro and one in Meredith that it acquired from other providers.