Food truck operators find an opening in the pandemic
Faced with a pandemic-related layoff from her restaurant management position, Patti Alden and her husband, Bryant, executive chef at a popular valley restaurant,...

Entrepreneur’s next step: pot testing
Testing laboratories are a critical component in the supply chain from producer to consumer, and Guy Sylvester — founder of Absolute Resource Associates,...

NH hires director for new outdoor recreation office
The Department of Business and Economic Affairs announced on April 1 that it hired Scott Crowder to run the state’s new Office of Outdoor Recreation Development,...

NASA awards research grants to nine NH projects
Creare, the Hanover-based research and development firm, which has been winning federal contracts since 1961, won six of the grants, including of its drone-based sonic instrument for Venus balloon missions.

Budget writers seek to slow pace of USNH-CCSNH merger
Legislative budget writers have taken steps to temper Gov. Chris Sununu’s proposal to merge the University System of New Hampshire and the Community College System of New Hampshire by proposing...

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Ex-spokesperson sues Bottomline for gender discrimination
Gemma Waite, who currently lives in Exeter, was director of marketing and communications at Bottomline from September 2017 to June 2020.

Survey: Job seekers consider diversity and inclusion policies in search
A global survey of over 200,000 people by Lebanon-based Appcast has found that more than half of U.S. respondents — 51% — say they would exclude a company from their job search if its values and stance on diversity and inclusion didn’t match their own..

MANCHESTER
MANCHESTER: Eight more New Hampshire communities have voted to partner with Consolidated Communications to build out fiber-to-the-premises broadband internet networks.

TAKE5
Within STEM occupational clusters, women are 74% of healthcare practitioners and technicians, account for 25% of those working in computer occupations,...

NH SBDC, NH Tech Alliance launch Cybersecurity Initiative
The Cybersecurity Initiative will provide a web-based training program that guides businesses through cyber planning practices based on five central concepts: identify, protect, detect, respond and recover.

THE BOTTOM LINE
Forcivity is a Salesforce consultancy and system integrator that was named to the 157th spot on Inc. magazine’s 2020 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.

ABOUT TOWN
1 Plymouth State University President Donald L. Birx recounted the school’s history and gave a glimpse into its future during a celebration held March 22 to...

The budget process
Observers of the New Hampshire legislative session this year have noticed some unique elements of it, and some curious ones. Unique arrangements for in-person meetings for “session days” in the House have meant fewer of them, and arranging them in a larger venue,...

But wait, there’s more...
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act signed into law on March 11 by President Biden, just as we are digesting the $900 billion Consolidated Appropriations Act, passed in December.

Housing program offers aid to homeowners and renters
Even during the last recession, when the number of foreclosures rivaled the Great Depression, there was no government program that actually paid a homeowner’s mortgage in New Hampshire.

Organization feeds people in need while supporting restaurants
In February Evan Mallett, owner and chef at Black Trumpet restaurant in Portsmouth, received an email that made him teary-eyed. It was from a local,...

Arrogance: It’s a deadly disease
Well, the iPad was getting old, and I decided to get a new one when everything, including the Apple store in the mall, shut down because of Covid. Now, I knew I could order one online,...

NH’s landlord-tenant mediation program seen as national model
In a March 24 letter to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, the state’s four-member delegation — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Rep. Chris Pappas and Rep. Annie Kuster,...

No immunity from ransomware
Headlines certainly have exposed recent breaches of large and sophisticated companies (like Marriot, Equifax and Yahoo!),...

Proposed Pan Am Rail acquisition back on track
CSX is proceeding with its bid despite the decision of the Surface Transportation Board, the federal agency that regulates railroads, to subject the transaction to the more thorough,...

Poll sees rising demand for dining, travel
Respondents said they wanted to visit attractions like museums and theme parks and planned to keep visiting state parks and beaches. Younger adults were most interested in getting back to museums and theme parks,...

Vital communication skills for business leaders
• The “why” of decisions is clearly explained. This is a lot to consider, but when one or more of these elements are missing, communication can be ineffective.

Governor’s energy strategy is a step backwards
The Union Leader has praised the updated strategy, but praise is wholly unwarranted. In fact, the so-called “update” is more accurately described as a “down-date.”

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The answer to all of these questions is that HB 177 is an attempt by opponents of a single development project to use legislation to bypass the regulatory process and...

America the Beautiful – women finding our voice
As background, I am a wife, a mother and a businesswoman — and importantly, a patriotic American woman deeply concerned about the future of our country.

Federal bill offers hope in opioid crisis battle
As we all know far too well, the crisis surrounding substance use and mental health in New Hampshire and across the nation has significantly worsened over the past year,...

FROM THE GROUND UP: Bowman Place at Olde Bedford
When ground was broken on Bowman Place at Olde Bedford in October of 2019, it would’ve been difficult to predict the unforeseen challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic could present in just months.

BEST OF BUSINESS 2021 BOB AWARDS
NH Business Review is pleased to present the winners of our 14th annual BOB Awards, which honor the Best of Business in New Hampshire for 2021.

BEST OF BUSINESS 2021 BOB AWARDS
Sheehan Phinney attorneys are experienced in all aspects of employment law, labor relations and employee benefits.

Colleges plan return to in-person everything this fall
“We have been wonderfully successful in creating safe teaching and learning environments in Henniker and Manchester with very few Covid cases, nearly all of which were asymptomatic,” New England College President Michele Perkins said in a March 30 statement.

New Hampshire women shine in the construction trades
Now 53, Donavan is a framer and allaround carpenter for Inter-Lakes Builders, doing almost anything that goes into constructing a house, shed or barn — from the foundation up.

New Hampshire Housing honors top lender partners
“Our top lenders and loan originators are vital to supporting affordable housing opportunities for all New Hampshire households,” said Ignatius MacLellan,...

CALENDAR
MERGING UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES — IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS.

THE LATEST
The Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce has named Wendy Hunt.

Franklin Pierce names chief diversity officer
Morton, who joined Franklin Pierce in July 2019 as executive director of the Lloyd & Helen Ament Astmann ’69 Career Center,...

Q&A INTERVIEW
Lori Harnois, director of New Hampshire’s Division of Travel and Tourism Development, took over the position in January 2020, two months before the Covid-19 pandemic severely hit the state’s hospitality sector,...

FLOTSAM&JETSAM
The For the People Act, a bill making its way through Congress, seeks to expand access to voting nationally, with such provisions as requiring at least a 15-day voting period and allowing no-excuse absentee voting in all states.