New Hampshire Business Review - Dec. 1, 2023

December 1, 2023

Mission to Poland: Companies from NH, Mass., forge commerce connections during trade trip

Liisa Rajala,

A recent trade visit to Poland revealed promising business opportunities for companies in New Hampshire and Massachusetts

NH’s remote work evolution

David Brooks-Concord Monitor,

Work-from-home surge grows co-working space

NH retailers primed for strong shopping season

Trisha Nail,

National consumer spending expected to hit record numbers

ESOPs give employee-owners stake in the game

NH Business Review Staff,

Employee stock ownership plans are a creative and effective way to give your company’s team members a true stake in your business and a powerful retirement benefit.

Avoid sourcing, moving operations offshore

Ron Bourque,

Success starts with empowering every member of your team

Early engagement pays dividends

Claudia Tobón,

Why businesses should get involved in career-based experiences for school-aged children

The power of informal leadership

Doug Teschner,

You don’t need a title to have a big impact

Runoff pollution from Concord metal-recycling sites leads to $600K settlement

David Brooks-Concord Monitor,

Runoff containing heavy metals alleged to have come from metal recycling sites in Concord and Manchester have led to a $600,000 legal settlement that will be used to improve water quality in the Merrimack River.

DHHS: Kids’ needs warrant a larger replacement for Sununu Youth Services Center

Annmarie Timmins-New Hampshire Bulletin,

The state’s new secure facility for at-risk youth won’t have more than 18 beds, as lawmakers demanded, but it will be bigger and cost more than the $21.6 million budgeted.

Attempt to kill Biden student debt relief plan tied to income fails in U.S. Senate

Ariana Figueroa- NH Bulletin,

U.S. Senate Republicans on Nov. 15 failed to garner enough votes to block a new Biden administration rule on an income-driven repayment plan for federal student loans

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Shaping NH's health care landscape

NH Hospital Association President Steve Ahnen discusses health care landscape in the state, federal and state policies affecting patients, AI in health care and more

Fake Medicare Card With Fake Us Currency And Pen.

Exit stage left: Two insurers leave NH’s Medicare Advantage market

Anthem and Martin’s Point are exiting the state entirely, Aetna is shrinking its coverage to just one county, and others are adjusting their plans, leaving some of the state’s counties with limited choices

Unbottling the Nongfu Spring deal

New Hampshire’s attorney general says no improprieties by state officials preceded the sale of a large Nashua commercial building to China’s largest water bottler. But Attorney General John Formella’s report to Gov. Kelly Ayotte dated Oct. 3 says the provisions of federal law should have taken place prior to the sale of the 337,391-square-foot building at 80 Northwest Blvd. in Nashua by a subsidiary of Nongfu Spring.