New Hampshire Business Review - Sept. 19, 2025

September 19, 2025

Tax planning and policy

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION,

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

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.