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This week in NH Business Review
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A mutual bank grows in NH
All six states — Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont — are among the 16 states where the number of farms has increased since 2007.
NH employers await vax mandate guidance
“You can’t force people to get vaccinated,” said Mark Thurston, president of CUSA Consulting, an electrical engineering and consulting firm in Hampton,...
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Rising R&D credit demand results in smaller share for businesses
While demand for the credit has increased, the amount allocated by the Legislature to pay for the credit has remained the same.
NH Business Review wins six NH Press Association awards
In addition, staff writer Bob Sanders won three awards, including first place for Business and Economy Reporting for his ongoing coverage of how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the state’s businesses and economy.
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Five New Hampshire firms to vie for Product of the Year honors
Selected by a panel of judges, the companies are CairnSurgical Inc., Lebanon; Advanced Solutions Life Sciences, Manchester; Hypertherm Inc., Hanover; Vapotherm, Exeter; and Helios Sports Inc., Portsmouth.
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Brookline sued over ‘discriminatory attitudes’ toward housing
In a complaint filed last month, Brookline Opportunities LLC and Tamposi Brothers Holdings LLC claim the town of Brookline violated the federal Fair Housing Act by blocking their proposal to...
AG joins national bid to strengthen antitrust laws
The measures are the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, the Ending Platform Monopolies Act, the Platform Competition and Opportunity Act,...
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ABOUT TOWN
1. Capt. Doug Miner of the NH Forest Protection Bureau (pictured here, at center) has received a 2021 Smokey Bear Award for outstanding achievement in wildfire prevention service.
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THE BOTTOM LINE
Waypoint’s flagship products are the Vector and MAV3K, flexible mobile robot platforms that feature omnidirectional mobility and can be fitted with a wide variety of modules and attachments for use in industrial settings.
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NH and the biofab bonanza
There’s a room at 400 Commercial Street in the Manchester Millyard called the Tissue Foundry. Here, the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute, or ARMI,...
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The workplace’s next frontier
Amid ongoing disruptions from the pandemic and managing hybrid workforces, New Hampshire employers face increasing employee turnover fueled by the “Great Resignation.”
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Wisdom that resonates today
When I was a kid, one of my uncles had a beautiful book cabinet full of leatherbound books. I was completely enthralled and resolved to buy such books when I grew up.
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Governor’s diversity council starts with a ‘clean slate’
At the Sept. 28 meeting, members introduced themselves and their backgrounds to each other, reviewed the council’s 2017 mandate and held preliminary discussions on potential subcommittees,...
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Housing shortage ‘still the major issue in the state’
She led the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority as executive director from 1988 to 2007, giving her a front-row seat to an unfolding challenge that became a crisis.
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Tackling vaccine hesitancy through art, not shame
“We are trying to encourage people to get the vaccine and mitigate misinformation,” she said. “A lot of folks, especially in the immigrant community,...
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Remembering Bishop John McCormack
It has been this writer’s privilege to represent the diocese of Manchester for a large part of my legal career, and to get to know bishops from Odore Gendron to Leo O’Neill,...
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Pandemic has worsened NH’s child care problem
In an analysis published in September, the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute largely attributed the state’s labor shortage, which is plaguing businesses big and small,...
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Betraying public trust
The recent budget passed by the New Hampshire legislature contained a $10 million measure to partially reimburse a few hundred clients who lost millions of dollars...
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Appledore Island’s lessons in renewable energy
Appledore Island is home to the Shoals Marine Laboratory, run jointly by the University of New Hampshire and Cornell University.
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We must keep life insurance affordable for families
Our organizations represent thousands of Granite Staters, and we know that caring and providing for a family member with a disability is a front-and-center issue every day for many families.
Tribalism and mob rule come to New Hampshire
To have the workings of government halted by a small group of aggressive and vocal mobsters is new for New Hampshire and a sad day for state government.
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Where’s the compassion when we need it?
We are a reactive society. Even amidst a pandemic that has now claimed over 700,000 American lives, our attention span is limited.
Legislature must repeal the abortion ban
This past June, when Chris Sununu signed into law the first abortion ban in modern New Hampshire history,...
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17 honored at 19th annual Business Excellence Awards
Also, sincere thanks is in order to silver sponsor Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; and general sponsors Connection,...
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Ask the Experts: Trends in meeting planning
“For the off-winter seasons, we have updated and expanded our patio area. This includes a new full-service container bar. This outdoor bar features flat-screen televisions and heaters for when the nights cool down.
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Crushed by pandemic, conventions mount a cautious return
In pre-Covid times, business events — from small academic conferences to giant trade shows — routinely attracted more than 1 billion participants each year.
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Amid Covid, HR’s job became a lot tougher
Human resources professionals wear many hats. They are in charge of payroll and benefits. They handle recruitment, screening, hiring, onboarding, training and development.
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The offensive sound of music
Claims for harassment in the workplace frequently include factual allegations that one employee has directed vulgar or offensive language at another employee.
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New Hampshire’s best business lawyers
Here is a compilation of the top attorneys who practice in New Hampshire in dozens of legal specialties related to the needs of businesses,...
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New Hampshire’s best business lawyers
The Best Lawyers in America© is published by BL Rankings, LLC d/b/a Best Lawyers and Co., LLC, Augusta, Ga., and can be ordered directly from the publisher.
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Q&A INTERVIEW
President Biden has issued new vaccine mandates that will call for employers with over 100 workers to require vaccinations or weekly tests for employees.
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Norris Cotton Cancer Center welcomes Dr. Khagi
Dr. Simon Khagi has been named associate oncology service line director and medical director at Norris Cotton Cancer Center’s Nashua, Manchester and Concord sites.
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FLOTSAM&JETSAM
Ken Weyler, that wild and crazy GOPer and chair of the Joint Fiscal Committee – which really could use someone at the helm who has a firmer grip on reality – managed to somehow...
