Joan LaPlante, state director and lobbyist for the New Hampshire chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, for more than two decades, will be stepping down from that role on Jan. 1. She will be succeeded by longtime Concord…
Banishing the Gardeners’ Eden product line still left Merrimack-based lifestyle retailer Brookstone’s revenues in limbo, reporting $76.7 million in net sales, a 7.3 percent decrease for the third quarter of 2005 ended Oct. 29. It was the last revenue report…
GT Equipment Technologies, a Merrimack-based developer of solar photovoltaic power sources, has received a record order for 100 specialized silicon growth furnaces from LDK Solar Hi-Tech Co. of Jiangxi, China. The deal brings GT Equipment’s business in China to more…
Lebanon-based GlycoFi has established a strategic alliance and multi-year research collaboration with Merck & Co. Inc., the pharmaceutical giant, that will focus on he use of GlycoFi's yeast-based glycoprotein optimization platform to develop biologic and vaccine drug candidates. The companies…
Tim Murray of Hopkinton, chief executive officer of USI New England, has been elected chairman of the board of Easter Seals New Hampshire. The association also has announced the election of new board members. They are: Cathy Burnham Martin of…
Cathleen A. Schmidt, currently executive vice president and director of retail banking of Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, will be taking over next month as president and chief executive officer of Citizens Bank New Hampshire. Schmidt will replace Thomas M. Metzger,…
State employment offices in Littleton, Lebanon, Keene and Salem might close if the state Legislature doesn’t give the Department of Employment Security more money, according to Commissioner Richard Brothers. But Brothers told NHBR Daily that the closures will not be…
More than $395,000 has been raised to meet a federal matching grant to restore and upgrade the historic The Music Hall in Portsmouth. The federal grant was awarded to the 127-year-old theater by the Save America’s Treasures program, sponsored by…
The Small Business Administration says it has increased its dollar-based small-business size standards to account for inflation, restoring small-business eligibility to those firms that may have lost their small business status because of inflation since February 2002. The agency has…
Manchester city officials will be among those on hand Thursday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the official opening of The Residences at Manchester Place, a $40 million, 204-unit luxury apartment complex in the city’s downtown. The courtyard ceremony - to…
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.
Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Rising demand, transmission constraints, and the push for regional solutions
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.
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.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
UNH is home to the state’s largest school of nursing
