Pace of USNH-CCSNH merger questioned
House Bill 2, the companion to the budget, would establish by June the New Hampshire College and University System, governed by a single board of trustees. Its first task would be to hire a chancellor. By the close of this year,...

Business is now booming for contractors in state
The majority of clients who had committed to projects opted to back out due to uncertainty about having someone else in their house.

SBDC survey: Small businesses continue to plow through pandemic
Some 70% of New Hampshire businesses reported a decrease in monthly revenue as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and 42% said they are worse off than they were in June 2020,...

Nonprofit registration begins for NH Gives
In June 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 public health crisis, NH Gives shattered all previous records, raising more for New Hampshire nonprofits than it had in the previous four years combined.

Kelly’s Roast Beef aims to expand into NH
The chain, which was founded in 1951 and claims to be the inventor of “the modern roast beef sandwich,” told the Boston Herald it is nearing deals to open locations in Concord and Salem,...

NH BUSINESS REVIEW
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CONCORD
CONCORD: All New Hampshire adults will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in a matter of weeks, Gov. Chris Sununu said.

Summer tourism looking good, but labor shortage remains
While the senator was told in a virtual meeting that vacation rentals and lodging prebookings are up around the state compared to previous years, many businesses in the industry are still struggling,...

Pappas: Federal stimulus package ‘gets us most of the way’
According to Pappas, once the full measure of the plan is taken, its impact in the form of direct payments and benefits to individuals and families as well as funding to state,...

TAKE5
since they’re early in their careers, workers feel they’re not having those in-person meetings that sometimes help them land in career advancing projects, or even to get in good with the boss..

Some businesses tie extended jobless benefits to labor shortage
There has been strong tourist trade in the 1,600-person White Mountains town, home of Loon Mountain Resort and not far from Cannon Mountain,...

Hassan backs R&D investment bill
Right now, companies investing in research and development can either claim a tax credit or fully deduct their investments, which helps them to invest in developing new products. The new bill,...

UNH readies launch of Center for Business Analytics
The University of New Hampshire’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics is launching a new Center for Business Analytics aimed at what it says will provide businesses with the help they need to sustain a competitive advantage — graduates...

THE BOTTOM LINE
Minim was founded in 2017 by Jeremy Hitchcock, founder of Dyn. He is executive chair of the firm, which he said he started “to advance the smart home.”...

ABOUT TOWN
1 St. Mary’s Bank made the first installment of a $500,000, five-year gift to Catholic Medical Center’s Pregnancy Care Center, which is now named the St. Mary’s Bank Pregnancy Care Center.

Associations and the pandemic
The last 12 months have been tough for just about everyone due to a variety of reasons. Loved ones have passed away. Remote education for a full year has been more than our kids, and parents, can handle.

Startup blocks
The owners of Diz’s Café signed a lease for the new eatery’s location in downtown Manchester in January of last year. It renovated “down to the studs” and made plans to open in April — “April 1, as a matter of fact,...

More thoughts on the proposed higher ed merger
In the last column, I discussed Governor Sununu’s proposal to merge the boards of trustees of the university and community college systems, pointing out that while economies can be achieved,...

Outdoor dining returns across New Hampshire
Restaurants must submit an application to their town or city to move onto public spaces like sidewalks or roads. The typical application requires restaurants to fill out a questionnaire,...

Restaurants, community colleges make a “NH Promise”
The New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association and the Community College System of New Hampshire are partnering to launch the “NH Promise” program,...

Changes in the trademark landscape
In a nutshell, the TMA will make it a little bit easier for trademark owners to obtain injunctive relief in court.

Should private hunting preserves pay more taxes if they keep invasive species?
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill that could increase property taxes for private hunting preserves in the Granite State.

Virtual events’ lasting effects
Going virtual has proved to be an effective way to communicate during these challenging times, and in the months ahead when life begins to move toward normalcy,...

Building material prices have jumped in pandemic
At Middleton Building Supply in Meredith, general manager Michael Mussen said that difficulty shipping over distances, especially across national borders,...

Thank you, senators, for minimum wage votes
Earlier this month, Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan were being pressed to support the bill to increase the minimum wage and eliminate the tip wage.

Sadly, racism against Asian Americans is nothing new
When President Biden delivered his first primetime speech about the Covid-19 pandemic on March 11, he condemned attacks on Asian Americans.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The overarching fact is that e-commerce is a part of everyone’s life, and increasingly so. The packages you order from Amazon are trips you are not taking on our local roads and highways.

Collaboration can solve state’s mental health crisis
In February 2013, I wrote an op-ed about a new record number of individuals who were stuck in New Hampshire hospital emergency departments waiting for a psychiatric inpatient bed for an involuntary emergency admission.

Right-to-work is the right move for New Hampshire
The right of a worker to form, join, participate in or financially support a union is a fundamental right that should never be infringed upon. The same goes for a worker who decides to make a different choice.

Environmental due diligence of commercial property
Under federal environmental laws, purchasers of commercial real estate who conduct an environmental due diligence inquiry may be entitled to rely on safe harbor provisions under federal law limiting...

Covid-19 rental assistance launches in New Hampshire
One year after the Covid-19 pandemic was declared a public health emergency by Gov. Chris Sununu, the rental market in New Hampshire has received another dose of government assistance. But even with the new relief on the way,...

Berlin authority hires consultant for hotel project
Officials in Berlin, not giving up on their efforts to attract a small hotel to the city, have hired the management firm currently overseeing development of a Best Western Hotel in Rumford, Maine,...

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ConvenientMD begins to look past Covid
When its walk-in business halted due to Covid-19 precautions, Convenient MD got innovative, setting up some of the first Covid-19 drive-thru testing sites,...

CALENDAR
This year, it’s all business on top and party on the bottom as the celebration moves online where guests will power network with business leaders from across the state while partaking in party boxes,...

Q&A INTERVIEW
The Bearded Bakery Company opened its doors at 819 Union St. in Manchester in December 2019, taking the neighborhood locale over from the former Michelle’s Bakery.

THE LATEST
Through a $25,000 grant from the inaugural Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub Seed Fund Program, Plymouth State University.

Matthew Campbell joins Rath, Young & Pignatelli
Before joining the firm, Campbell practiced at the Boston firm of Keegan Werlin, where he represented gas and electric utilities before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities..

FLOTSAM&JETSAM
To refresh: The bill would create “Education Freedom Accounts” that would give money to any NH resident with public schooleligible kid(s) to instead pay for “a variety of educational services chosen from a state-approved list.”