This time around, N.H.'s craft beer industry shows signs of staying power
Made with premium ingredients like malted barley, wheat and rye, craft beer is brewed for style and distinction, not mass appeal
New Hampshire Business Review - July 29 2011
FRM victims lash out at trustee's role in bankruptcy
The bankrupt estate of Financial Resources Mortgage Inc. - the Meredith company behind a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme - has been suing hundreds of the people who were victimized by the swindle for whatever FRM-related assets they may still have. In…
Business Excellence Awards deadline getting closer
The nomination deadline is less than a month away for New Hampshire Business Review's 2011 Business Excellence Awards - awards that recognize the imagination, industriousness, innovation, achievements and dedication of small-business owners and operators of businesses with 100 employees or…
New effort to reward restaurants as 'Certified Local'
The program was designed to promote eateries in the state that have made a commitment to using locally sourced food and farm products
Five N.H. Borders stores victim of company's shutdown
Following a long struggle to keep its head above water, Borders, the nation's second-largest bookstore chain, will liquidate and shutter its nearly 400 remaining bookstores, including all three full-size stores and two express stores in New Hampshire.After being unable to…
PSNH '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 earlier this month.The percentage of power sold by PSNH competitors to the companies in the utility's…
Survey: Cuts in benefits causing HR headaches
The recession has taken its toll on employee benefits, with more human resources professionals reporting a decrease in benefits and more workers taking on greater responsibility for managing their retirement savings and health care costs, according to the Society for…
Addressing workers' top complaint: stress
Editor's note: This series of articles follows the progress, challenges and successes of several businesses in Keene as they take part in a new workplace wellness pilot program. The businesses include True North Networks, Hamshaw Lumber Company, The Cheshire Horse,…
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…
Anti-tax pledges are just plain irresponsible public policy
John Crosier, the former president of New Hampshire's Business and Industry Association, was feted by a group of his friends at a gathering in Concord on July 20.Crosier, a Massachusetts state department head before coming to New Hampshire to lead…
