When you’re creating a startup company in old industrial space like a former Nashua Corp. building near the Nashua Millyard, you don’t sketch out your ideas on the back of a napkin - you do it on a chunk of…
The 20 participants in the New Hampshire Start-Up Challenge, a collaborative business plan competition and entrepreneurial program of the Manchester Young Professionals Network and Southern New Hampshire University, have been selected to compete in a 10-week entrepreneurial boot camp to…
Business owners often put their insurance program on autopilot, automatically renewing their policies without comparison-shopping or closely examining what has changed in their business. That might have been OK in boom times, but today, when most businesses can’t afford to…
In metro markets like Boston, it is said that a venture investor looks at 100 deals, spends time on 10 and commits capital to one — pretty bleak odds if you’re an entrepreneur looking for capital. In part, it’s a…
The 20 participants in the New Hampshire Start-Up Challenge, a collaborative business plan competition and entrepreneurial program of the Manchester Young Professionals Network and Southern New Hampshire University, have been selected to compete in a 10-week entrepreneurial boot camp to…
Most of us are grateful that 2008 is over. A few observations and thoughts about the year just ended: First, near the end of the year, two centenarian attorneys passed away. Charles Griffin of Portsmouth died earlier in the fall,…
Kriss Soterion is a Manchester-based former Miss New Hampshire with her own cosmetics line, eponymously titled “Kriss.” Her extensive line of beauty products comes from 10 different manufacturers and reaches a global market through her cyber store. She is also…
President-elect Barack Obama and his economic team have added their voices to the growing chorus of policy experts, state officials and industry representatives calling on Congress to include transportation infrastructure spending as part of an economic stimulus package. The New…
The New Hampshire Retirement System was set up to provide retirement benefits for municipal, county and state employees. It is funded by contributions from employees, employers (i.e. the municipalities) and the state general fund. In fact, the state contributes a…
In 1948, my grandfather paid 55 cents for a dozen eggs to serve at the Whitefield eatery that still bears his name. That was a whopping price, when you consider that, back then, the average family earned less than $10…
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
