The BOBs are back
Once again, NHBR is asking readers to choose the best of New Hampshire business. Now in their second year, our Best of Business awards - the BOBs - is a one-of-a-kind way of singling out the best companies in over…
New Hampshire Business Review - December 5 2008
NHBR About Town
Employees of Appledore Engineering take some time off to celebrate announcement of the firm’s recognition as the nation’s Best Small Civil Engineering Firm to Work For, as recognized by CE News magazine. The Portsmouth firm also was recognized Best Training…
Who were the big N.H. contributors in the ’08 election?
All in all, New Hampshire residents who made donations of $200 or more contributed $11.7 million in the last two-year federal election cycle, which ran from October 2006 to early last month. And the total doesn’t include most of last…
Court ruling stiffens ‘disparate impact’ claims
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last June in Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power that employers must prove their decision-making is “reasonable” to avoid liability under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, or ADEA, for “disparate impact” claims. While acknowledging that…
A ‘preference’ you’d prefer to avoid
It’s a fact of business: Some customers will pay slowly and sporadically, promise to catch up, convince you to ship more and then, sadly, file for bankruptcy. Having written off the debt and mentally moved on, two years later you…
Wage violations can be a costly mistake
Sue, a longtime employee of Burger Barn, reported to Janice, her supervisor, that she made a mistake on her time card. Janice made a correction and submitted the time card to payroll. Joe, a new employee of Builders Inc., found…
New FTC rule may have businesses in N.H. seeing red
If you extend credit to your customers or clients, you have just gotten a reprieve on a federal deadline you may not have known you had to meet. While many financial institutions, car dealerships and large retailers are gearing up…
Flotsam & Jetsam
Love is in the air Don’t you get a kick out of politicians when they try to make history disappear, even history that’s happening before our very eyes? A case in point is the recent election of Sherman Packard, the…
Beyond Ads: The importance of building relationships
In all businesses, relationships are important, but for those in the service industry, they are even more critical, since many competitors are capable of performing competently. Compounding the competitive aspects of client relations and development is the crucial nature of…
Cook On Concord: Remembering Buck Buchanan, 1917-2008
Another significant loss for New Hampshire occurred when Creeley S. Buchanan, known to everyone as “Buck,” died Nov. 21. He was 91 years old and had lived a remarkable life. Buchanan came to New Hampshire to attend Tilton School for…
