New Hampshire Business Review - June-23 2017

June 23, 2017

Tech Tidbits From Across New Hampshire

NH Business Review Staff,

Worthen Industries completes 80,000-square-foot rooftop solar panel array, Sen. Ayotte joins Cirtronic's board of advisors ... and more

Collaboration drives progress in ed-tech space says Boston startup

Liisa Rajala,

Unruly Studios founder tells TechWomen to utilize connections, resources to succeed

New Hampshire’s labor shortage unabated

Bob Sanders,

Pay hikes are minuscule as unemployment remains below 3 percent

NH April home prices up 6.7 percent from a year ago

Jeff Feingold,

Prices jumped 7.9 percent in Manchester-Nashua

Wellington added to Capital Regional Development Council staff

NH Business Review Staff,

Former Grafton Regional Development Corp. CEO to focus on Claremont, Newport, Franklin

Rochester forum takes aim at housing-jobs link

NH Business Review Staff,

Event to probe how availability affects economic development

Bensonwood’s Unity Homes to move to Keene

NH Business Review Staff,

North Branch begins renovation work at 104,000-square-foot manufacturing plant

People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Roundup

NH Business Review Staff,

Londonderry real estate firm joins Masiello Group … and more

Ruger issues recall of new Mark IV pistol

Bob Sanders,

Company launches voluntary recall all guns made before June 1

Tech Tidbits From Around New Hampshire

NH Business Review Staff,

Orchard Systems wins Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Forum Competition, Future in Sight receives grant to expand technology to visually impaired children ... and more

More news from NHBR:

(Opinion) NH knows the playbook for prudent energy policy

Energy reliability and affordability are of paramount importance in New Hampshire.

Letter to the editor: The empire strikes back at New Hampshire

New Hampshire does have power — that’s why the DNC is afraid of us.

(Opinion) Camping for kids should be priority for the state

One of the greatest honors for me as executive councilor for District One is representing the towns around Lake Winnipesaukee, one of New Hampshire’s most stellar natural resources.

(Opinion) NH stands to lose $430.4m in Medicaid through ‘34

The federal budget reconciliation law enacted last year was particularly designed to punish states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, as New Hampshire did through its Granite Advantage Program.

Sustainability Spotlight: The competitive edge

Small businesses drive New Hampshire’s economy, accounting for roughly 97% of all state enterprises and generating the majority of its jobs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Cyber crime legislation aims to protect victims from bad decisions

SB 482, which goes into effect in December, sets a daily conversion limit of $2,000 per digital transaction kiosks.

Cook on Concord: What to watch in campaigns

By the time you read this, the September primary election will be history and the candidates for the November general election will be in place.

Our economic secret weapon

It’s not often that an institutional leader embarks on a mission to eliminate their job. That is the proposal of Cathy Provencher, the current chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire.

ACT through challenges

“It’s a shallow life that doesn’t give a person a few scars.” — Garrison Keillor Change is a fundamental aspect of growing as a person, but sometimes it can be pretty difficult.