New Hampshire Business Review - Sept. 5, 2025

September 4, 2025

Bedford tech company expands with an eye on AI

Paul Briand,

SilverTech CEO Nick Soggu discusses the promise and risks of AI as his Bedford-based agency acquires Paragon, expanding digital experience services and advancing AI-driven innovation.

Luring medical residents to train, and stay, in New Hampshire

Meera Mahadevan, Granite State News Collaborative,

Educational institutions and hospitals are taking steps to help alleviate New Hampshire’s primary care doctor shortage by trying to expand the pipeline of doctors to help replace those who are leaving.

Critical Condition: Are primary care doctors becoming a vanishing breed in New Hampshire?

Meera Mahadevan, Granite State News Collaborative,

It’s getting harder for patients to find a doctor as wait times and barriers to access grow

Public education for business

Michelle Veasey,

NH ranks last in the nation for funding public higher education per capita

Trial and error is a sloppy way to investigate and/or manage

Ron Bourque,

Air India crash theories abound, but the facts have yet to emerge

Q&A with Green Lightning Energy’s Jason Plant & Miles Drum

Amanda Andrews, Mike Cote,

Nearly two years ago, Jason Plant and Kadin Burns founded Green Lightning Energy in Sanbornton with the goal to make clean energy affordable for everyday homeowners.

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Note from the field: The outdoor economy is everyone’s economy

For NH Business Review,

New Hampshire’s $4B outdoor economy supports 32,000 jobs and ranks 8th in the nation.

The Bottom Line: Sprague, White Mountains Insurance Group and generative AI

NH Business Review Staff,

A roundup of news updates from public companies in NH and nationwide

I-95 median barrier: $4.6M project approved after NH highway deaths

Ian Lenahan-Foster's Daily Democrat,

A nearly $4.6 million contract has been awarded for the construction of a five-mile median barrier on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire with the goal to prevent highway deaths.

Electrician Mounting Solar Panel On Roof Of Modern House

Advocates decry $43.5 M solar grant clawback

Paul Briand,

Trump pulls funding for Solar for All program, which aims to expand access for low-income users

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.