New Hampshire Business Review - February-17 2017

January 31, 2017

NH Business Review Staff

$12 minimum wage proposal killed in New Hampshire House committee

Bob Sanders,

Measure would have upped hourly rate by 2020

New Hampshire bankruptcy filings edge up in January

Bob Sanders,

But for second consecutive month, no businesses file for protection

Manchester Millyard map illustrates high tech hot bed

Bob Sanders,

Illustration include 30 companies and counting

The 2017 refrain: recruit, retain, retrain

Matt Cookson,

NH High Tech Council, DRED lead efforts to increase the talent pool

Big data startup talks opportunity and challenges in New Hampshire

Liisa Rajala,

Location is important to investors says Forcivity CEO Steve Baines

Sunrise Labs, HT Presspart partner on fully-connected inhaler

Liisa Rajala,

Miniaturized printed circuit board uses Bluetooth Low Energy to transmit data to smartphone

Tech Tidbits From Around New Hampshire

NH Business Review Staff,

Manchester West High School seeks professionals for Career Day, River Valley Community College partners again with Hypertherm to teach workforce skills ... and more

Paid family leave bill scrutinized at hearing

Bob Sanders,

No opposition surfaces as NH House committee reviews measure

Physician shortage tops concerns of state’s health centers

Bob Sanders,

Medicaid expansion, ACA repeal add to ‘great uncertainty’

Federal agency backs union in Job Corps Center complaint

NH Business Review Staff,

Building Trades Council says it’s ‘vindicated’ by wage ruling

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(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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