Despite New Hampshire’s consistently low unemployment rates, wage growth in the state has not kept pace with rising costs of living, according to a newly released report from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. The report, “The…
Technological advancements in manufactures and rising incomes overseas are important contributors to the international demand for state exports. This time around, however, the impact of a weak dollar is the key driving force in the strong demand for exports. Since…
Gone are the days when top-level management sent down a directive from on high to the worker bees to carry out. More times than not, today’s leadership creates the vision of a company and it’s up to the lower-level echelons…
I love my answering machine. Skippy comes to work every day without complaining. Best of all, he screens my incoming calls for telemarketers. I recently decided to audit the last 100 calls taken by my trusty voice mail assistant. About…
Just how different are the products/services you sell contrasted with your competitor? Can your customers genuinely perceive a distinction between what you provide and that of your rivals? If you find yourself quietly admitting to little or no difference, you…
Governor Lynch recently signed into law House Bill 873, establishing the New Hampshire renewable portfolio standards, which requires all power providers to increase their use of energy from renewable sources, such as wind generation facilities. Under the law, providers will…
New Hampshire’s health-care facilities have decided to go beyond federally mandated guidelines for dealing with environmental hazards by joining a national effort to make health-care cleaner and safer, not only for patients and employees but for the environment as well.…
Yet more fuel has been added to the argument that deregulation of electricity markets is, at the very least, not working the way we were promised. Studies conducted in recent months by both proponents and opponents of deregulation have drawn…
When Adan De Leon began learning about computers, he would arrive for his afternoon class at the Manchester Community Resource Center on Lake Avenue on a borrowed bicycle, en route between his two full-time jobs. The 24-year-old Guatemalan native managed…
The biggest “college town” in New Hampshire is not Durham, Plymouth, Keene or Hanover, says Kathy Cook, business education coordinator for the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. While each of those communities is home to a single dominant college or…
Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.
Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Rising demand, transmission constraints, and the push for regional solutions
The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.
For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
UNH is home to the state’s largest school of nursing
