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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Swings in the global energy market reach NH

Petroleum energy prices are rising globally, and New Hampshire is not immune to this increase. Sharp upward pressures on prices, particularly for crude oil, pose a new challenge to household budgets in the Granite State.

Wilcox Industries eyes 12-story expansion called ‘gem of Newington’

Wilcox Industries, a military and law enforcement tactical equipment developer and manufacturer, is planning a major addition to its headquarters that would house partner businesses in the electrooptics industry.

Take 5: Outdoor recreation sector, fuel prices and remote workers

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

SBA announces National Small Business Week 2026 award winners

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) earlier this month announced its 2026 New Hampshire Small Business Award winners.

CCSNH receives funding to fill growing workforce demands for energy contractors

The Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) and Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) received approval for a $1.2 million Training for Residential Energy Contractors (TREC) grant from the New Hampshire Executive Council to meet workforce needs for energy contractors.

Surviving ‘The Pitt’

Hit HBO medical drama underscores the impact of stress in the workplace

Q&A with Taylor Community President & CEO Michael Flaherty

Since Michael Flaherty joined Taylor Community as president and CEO more than a decade ago, the Lakes Region continuing care retirement community (CCRC) has grown to three sites, expanding form its Laconia flagship to locations in Wolfeboro and one in Meredith that it acquired from other providers.