New Hampshire Business Review - December-13 2013

December 2, 2013

Spanish firm buys Newmarket International for $500m

Jeff Feingold,

Company’s headquarters, employees, management team will remain in Portsmouth

Five N.H. communities awarded CDFA planning grants

NH Business Review Staff,

The New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority has approved awards to fund five planning grants for community development projects around the state. The feasibility studies, funded by the federal Community Development Block Grant program, will allow local officials to assess…

People and Property: Real Estate and Construction News Roundup

NH Business Review Staff,

New hires at Brookstone, DuBois & King, Peabody & Smith … and more

Jewett completes new Sig Sauer HQ

NH Business Review Staff,

Work has been completed on the new 57,000-square-foot corporate headquarters of gun manufacturer Sig Sauer Inc. at the Pease International Tradeport in Newington. The renovation and fit-up, designed by Nutec Corp. of York, Pa. and built by Jewett Construction Company…

New officers installed by Seacoast Realtors

NH Business Review Staff,

Thomas Heany of Keller Williams Coastal is 2014 president

N.H. jobless rate doesn’t budge in November

Bob Sanders,

But initial unemployment claims drop and jobs increase

One-time USA Springs investment source indicted on federal fraud charges

Bob Sanders,

Swiss firm faces criminal, civil charges in investment schemes

Checking the state of the Seacoast business climate

NH Business Review Staff,

NHBR asked several members of the Seacoast business community to give their take on some of the key issues facing the region as well as to offer their views on how the area’s economy is faring.

Answering questions about Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP)

NH Business Review Staff,

The government will pay up to half of my company’s health care premiums under the Affordable Care Act, but I have to sign up my business for SHOP (the Small Business Health Options Program), which uses a narrow network for…

Have we learned any lessons from the 2007-08 financial crisis?

Chris Dornin,

Saint Anselm seminar explores roots, ramifications of Wall Street collapse

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ADUs, manufactured homes can help with NH housing crisis

Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.

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Rugg family, Exeter settle land dispute

The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.

(Opinion) Novus Public Affairs’ 30-year anniversary: Paul Young’s meaningful mark on NH

For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.

(Opinion) A legacy of impact: the McCourts’ gift to Great Bay Community College students

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