New Hampshire Business Review - July-8 2016

April 27, 2016

NH Business Review Staff

NH’s construction unemployment rates drops in May

Jeff Feingold,

3.6 percent figure is 13th-lowest in nation

Manchester-Nashua foreclosure rate falls in April

NH Business Review Staff,

Mortgage delinquency rate drops as well

People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Roundup

NH Business Review Staff,

DHMC breaks ground on new facility, Howe named Monadnock Realtor of Year … and more

Buck steps down as NH Home Builders Association exec

Bob Sanders,

Two board members also leave amid financial troubles, declining membership

New advanced manufacturing study stresses education

Edie Allard,

Well-educated workforce ‘matters more than any other single factor in the health of advanced manufacturing firms’

Brexit’s impact on NH businesses still unclear

Liisa Rajala,

‘Nobody really knows what’s going to happen … so we just have to wait to see’

Largest Planet Fitness shareholder to sell 10m shares

Bob Sanders,

San Francisco private equity firm will still retain majority of stock

MIT program gives NH high school teachers a course in coding

Edie Allard,

Manchester schools, UNH Manchester, Dyn team up for ‘TeachCode Academy’

Great Bay Community College to offer new engineering degrees

NH Business Review Staff,

Bioengineering, engineering science programs designed to offer more affordable path to 4-year degree

Litchfield educator's new teaching model vying in $50 million national competition

Sarah Rondeau,

Socrademy focuses on app-centered model of collaborative education

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