The Women’s Business Center will be celebrating a milestone of 15 years of educating, encouraging and advocating for women in business at a May 19 event at the New England Center at the University of New Hampshire. The event —…
To the editor:I don’t think the New Hampshire Department of Insurance is doing its job in trying to control the health insurance rates in New Hampshire (“Businesses in the dark on rate process,” April 23-May 6 NHBR.) This is the…
[CORRECTED] Rochester-based BrandPartners Group Inc. shut its doors last month — throwing more than 80 people out of work – because it couldn’t pay millions owed to Kuwaiti lenders on a high-interest loan arranged nearly a decade ago by a…
Since 2001, when the country joined the World Trade Organization, China’s merchandise exports have been increasing by nearly twice the growth rate of global exports. As a result, China has now overtaken Germany as the world’s leading merchandise exporter, accounting…
Since its inception in 1985, the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts has worked to ensure the arts take center stage, along with the other key elements needed to maintain a vibrant and thriving state. Why is this important?…
Spring is here and the sun is shining – well, mostly – so let’s talk about solar power.In a way, there’s a lot of it to talk about. The state’s net-metering program, which basically lets homes sell any excess power…
New Hampshire community banks have been insisting for months that they have money to lend – and have been doing so all along, despite the recession and gloomy media reports. Yet the perception persists that there’s no money to be…
The question of new revenue streams hung heavily over much of the discussion at the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association’s annual transportation and infrastructure summit – held April 22 at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester.Panelists at the event included:…
When it comes to climate change, the only thing the United States has more of than culpability is opportunity. Yet, as a nation, we continue to abdicate leadership. One of the most serious global challenges we face, climate change is…
The following are excerpts from testimony presented last month by Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire President Jim Roche on Senate Bill 497, which would address the tax on LLC distributions the issue of reasonable compensation.I am here this…
