In August, President Bush signed into law the Pension Protection Act of 2006, the most comprehensive retirement benefits reform act in at least a decade. While the act affects nearly every type of retirement arrangement, as well as a large…
Effective July 1, New Hampshire’s law against discrimination has been amended to broaden the list of employees under its protection to those working for charitable and educational organizations previously exempted from compliance. New Hampshire law previously exempted from the definition…
KDPaine & Partners, the Durham-based marketing and public relations measurement firm, yesterday opened a second office in the North Country city of Berlin. The Berlin office will initially employ four people who will handle media analysis and coding work for…
The Grafton County Nursing Home was found to have zero deficiencies in a recent annual survey by the state Department of Health and Human Services. HHS officials reported that they found no deficiencies in the nursing home’s patient care, bookkeeping…
A $250,000 commitment from the Lincoln Financial Group Foundation has helped the Campaign for Red River Theatres in Concord reach the $1 million mark. Red River Theatres, formed in 2000, is in the midst of a $1.8 million construction campaign…
Editor’s note: In our Aug. 18-31 issue, New Hampshire Business Review explored the effect impact fees on the cost of new-home construction. This issue we look at other issues that may contribute to the cost of housing - and sometimes…
When Hampton-based Fisher-Scientific International folds into Thermo Electron Corp., which is based in Waltham, Mass., New Hampshire will lose its only remaining Fortune 500 company with headquarters within its borders, leaving behind two companies - Timberland Company and PC Connection…
Michelle Bouchard has made her entrepreneurial dream of boutique ownership come true simply by filling a need in the local market. The daughter of two small-business owners, the 28-year-old Bouchard says she always knew she would one day open her…
“WomenBiz in 3-D,” the fourth annual Women’s Business Center Celebration and Showcase of Women Business Owners, will be presented Sept. 25 at The Event Center at C.R. Sparks in Bedford. The showcase - at which more than 50 WBC members…
“Working with New Hampshire Businesses, Creating Opportunities, Building Bridges and Forging Alliances for a More Diverse New Hampshire,” the fourth annual New Hampshire Cultural Diversity Awareness Council Diversity Conference, Expo and Career Fair for Business and Education, begins 11:30 a.m.…
Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.
Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Rising demand, transmission constraints, and the push for regional solutions
The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.
For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
UNH is home to the state’s largest school of nursing
