New Hampshire Business Review - July 15 2011

Rep seeks to reduce state paperwork

Can state paperwork be simplified for small businesses? Rep. George Lambert thinks it can, but he doesn't know how to go about it yet.Lambert, R-Litchfield, plans to file a bill that would require different agencies in the Department of Labor,…

Future construction deals rise in June

The total value of future construction contracts reported in New Hampshire for June 2011 increased to $221.3 million, up 9 percent from the $203.6 million reported a year earlier.According to statistics from the industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, a 61…

N.H. home sales fall again in June

There was yet another year-over-over decline in home sales and prices in June -- the last decline that can be blamed on the sales peak fueled by last year's stimulus tax break, according to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.Home…

Hampshire First net income rises 50%

Second-quarter net income was up 50 percent at Manchester-based Hampshire First Bank, the bank reported Friday.The bank earned $430,000, or 15 cents a share, for the quarter ending June 30, compared to $266,000, or 10 cents per share a year…

PSNH 'power migration' rate tops 37%

Business customers in Public Service of New Hampshire's service area continue to choose to buy their power elsewhere, according to the latest figures released last week.The percentage of power sold by PSNH competitors to the companies in the utility's service…