New Hampshire Business Review - Sept. 19, 2025

September 19, 2025

Tax planning and policy

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The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025) has shifted some timelines on tax policies, and our expert highlights some provisions that New Hampshire business owners should notice.

Why every executive needs a communications strategy that echoes

E.J. Powers,

Too often, leaders miss the moment or stay quiet when people are looking to them for guidance

Concord Hospital nurses in Franklin, Laconia vote to unionize

Catherine McLaughlin/Concord Monitor,

The vote is a culmination of months of organizing by nurses, fueled by concerns about chronic staffing shortages, burnout and corresponding worries about nurse and patient safety as a result.

Take Five: switching jobs, adding jobs and securing talent

NH Business Review Staff,

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

David Gerry named NH Tech Alliance’s Entrepreneur of the Year

NH Business Review Staff,

For 37 years, this award has been presented to innovative individuals in New Hampshire’s tech industry based on criteria such as risk, innovation, growth, competition, profitability and employment.

Headwinds hit New Hampshire’s economy

Phil Sletten,

New Hampshire’s 2025 economy faces stalled job growth, rising costs, and long-term challenges like housing and child care despite 2024 gains.

Biking for business

Mike Cote,

Granite Outdoor Alliance primes networking with mountain trail riding

From Lakes Region to Global Stage: ePropelled Expands to Lead Drone Motor Production

John Koziol,

ePropelled earns DoD supply chain certification, boosting U.S. drone dominance

Most taxpayers in ConVal district to see decrease in education tax bill

Jesseca Timmons/Monadnock Ledger-Transcript,

Most voters in the ConVal school district will see a decrease in the local education portion of their December tax bill as a result of the recent decision by the ConVal School Board regarding distribution of the unreserved fund balance from fiscal year 2024-2025.

Kids Online Safety Act will destroy free expression

Jamie Forte,

We cannot solve our online safety dilemma with authoritarian tactics

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