New Hampshire Business Review - May 8, 2026

May 8, 2026

Amanda Andrews

The Bottom Line: TDS Telecommunications, Unitil and Albany

Amanda Andrews,

A roundup of news updates from public companies in NH and nationwide

Common Man Roadside expands with new Concord location

Sruthi Gopalakrishnan/Concord Monitor,

The Common Man Roadside franchise is expanding again, this time on Manchester Street, less than a mile away from their sit-down restaurant in Concord.

Take 5: Amazon investments, AI skills and U.S. democracy

Amanda Andrews,

NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics

Federal regulators visit New Hampshire to encourage brownfields redevelopment

Mara Hoplamazian-NH Public Radio,

Federal officials visited Manchester this week, aiming to generate excitement about long-running efforts to clean up and redevelop contaminated land.

Pumping up the New Hampshire brand

Mike Cote,

State teams up with Granite State companies for Made in NH campaign

Pay gaps and workforce dynamics across New Hampshire

Jessica Williams/NH Fiscal Policy Institute,

Women in New Hampshire are earning less than men and are less likely to be in the workforce, which can have major implications for family finances and the state’s economy.

Q&A with Rob Whitten and Jane Lo, co-founders of p!ng, a robotic coffee shop drive-thru

Amanda Andrews, Mike Cote,

Rob Whitten and Jane Lo want to speed up that line of cars that snakes around a coffee shop. With P!ng, they’re updating the traditional drive-thru model by replacing human servers with robotic automation and moving orders from speaker boxes to smartphone apps.

On course for growth

Paul Miller,

Fueled by a spike during the pandemic, golf continues to gain traction in NH

Inflation hit magical target in early 2026; then the war started

Mark Hayward,

It was brief, even fleeting, but for the first three months of 2026, the average, annualized rate of inflation in New England was 2%.

Robust spring market pushes NH home prices higher

Paul Briand,

Just how high can prices go? Is another record-breaking price threshold in the offing?

More news from NHBR:

‘What must remain human?’ Dartmouth AI conference opens without a clear answer

Dartmouth College opened its “AI at 70” conference Thursday morning, Oct. 29, with a session called “The Future Worth Building is Human.”

(Opinion) Utilities learn to communicate through uncertainty

On Nov. 26, 2015, heavy wet snow was falling, with a forecast warning of an impending storm for days. The phone rings, and before I answer it, I already know what the reporter is going to ask.

(Opinion) From mill town to river town

New Hampshire has more than 10,000 miles of rivers, many of which flow through downtowns.

(Opinion) Investing in youth mental health in New Hampshire

The nationwide youth mental health crisis has seen marked improvements in New Hampshire since 2021, but the problem is still far from fixed. Indeed, while the measured outcomes are getting better compared to the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the figures today are still historically concerning compared to a decade ago.

(Opinion) People with disabilities are an untapped resource

New Hampshire employers spend considerable time and resources trying to find dependable employees who want to work. Yet there is a segment of our population that is too often overlooked: adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Come to the table

Reliable, accessible childcare is an economic advantage that helps New Hampshire businesses attract and retain employees, strengthen their workforce and support long-term growth.

Growing with grace

Identifying growing and grace as my top two values helped me focus on who I want to be and how I want to show up. Revisiting these six years later, I am pleased that these ideas still ring true.

Are prediction markets revenue ripe for picking in NH?

To many people, prediction markets and sports gaming are a distinction without a difference. Which begs the question: Should New Hampshire be regulating prediction markets, especially as they apply to sports, the same way it regulates — and draws revenue from — sports betting via DraftKings?

(Market & Main Streets) Employers follow workers

Over the course of my career, I have attended my share of ribbon-cuttings that were the result of a lot of effort to recruit a new company into the state.