New Hampshire Business Review - Oct. 11, 2019

October 10, 2019

Jeff Feingold

Having energy when everyone else’s power is out

Tom Burack,

Some practical measures to ease the chance that a storm will knock out your electricity

Of silos and politics

Brad Cook,

Increasingly, campaigns are narrowly focusing on the voters they reach out to

2019 Business Excellence Winner: Joseph Mollica of the New Hampshire Liquor Commission

NH Business Review Staff,

Joseph Mollica, chairman of the New Hampshire Liquor Commission in Concord, is the 2019 Business Excellence recipient in the consumer services category for a large organization

2019 Business Excellence Winner: Raymond Pasquale of Unified Office

NH Business Review Staff,

Raymond Pasquale, CEO of Unified Office in Nashua, is the 2019 Business Excellence winner in the technology category for a small organization

2019 Business Excellence Winner: Scott Knightly of EnviroVantage

NH Business Review Staff,

Scott Knightly, owner and president of EnviroVantage in Epping, is the 2019 Business Excellence winner in the real estate and construction category for a large organization

Q&A with Attorney Barry Needleman

Jack Kenny,

Barry Needleman is managing director of the Manchester-based of McLane Middleton. The law firm celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, which is a sign of it being ‘a strong, effective organization that is very good at what it does,’ he says.

NH Insurance Department’s annual hearing to look at mental health services

NH Business Review Staff,

Oct. 25 event to feature discussions on policymaking

Does your retirement plan account for inflation?

Bob Bonfiglio,

Why you need to make sure it does, and what to do about it

Check your recency bias

Casey Snyder, Tom Sedoric,

Little is more detrimental to a portfolio’s long-term health than the belief that the status quo is here to stay

Want to retire ‘tax-free?’ Pay your taxes now

Daniel Cohen,

Take action to minimize or possibly eliminate the expense in the future

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