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Timely Tools for Entrepreneurs

SBA's NH District Office is now accepting nominations for its 2010 Small Business Awards, including the New Hampshire Small Business Person of the Year. Preliminary nomination letters are due no later than November 20th.
The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in New Hampshire that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are still available to small businesses economically impacted by the severe ice storm that occurred December 11, 2008. The deadline is December 5th.
The NH Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) announced the results of the first national survey of next generation manufacturing firms, including 74 in NH. The results help identify what NH firms must do to survive global competition.
The Business & Industry Association (BIA) of New Hampshire, in partnership with the New Hampshire Medical Society (NHMS), recently launched a new statewide prescription drug assistance program that makes available free prescription drug cards for all New Hampshire residents. The New Hampshire Rx Card offers savings of up to 75 percent on prescription drugs purchased at retail pharmacies throughout the state and across the country. Average savings are 30 percent.
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SBDC Educational Programs
Environmental Management Program
The N.H. Dept. of Environmental Services and the NH SBDC will offer a morning workshop for auto body/collision repair shops. The workshop will cover new regulations affecting paint stripping and spray coating operations as well as the January 9, 2010 deadline requiring all auto body shops to notify EPA that they perform such work.
For more information or to register, contact Sara Johnson at sara.johnson@des.nh.gov or 603-271-1379.
November 13, 2009
Presented by the NH SBDC and the Construction Safety Roundtable.
November 24, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Ammon Center, Manchester
Presented by the NH SBDC and the Construction Safety Roundtable.
December 15, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Ammon Center, Manchester
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Partner Events
REGISTER NOW! NHHTC Product of the Year Awards Program
This award honors outstanding innovations by New Hampshire's high tech companies. Product of the Year "Judges' Awards" were granted to four high tech products, with the ultimate NH High Tech Product of the Year Award determined at the awards ceremony.
November 17th, 5:30 p.m.
Center of NH, Radisson, Manchester
The Amoskeag Business Incubator's "Ask-the-Expert" for November is Anne Scheer. Anne is an attorney at Devine, Millimet & Branch where she is a member of the firm's Labor & Employment and Employee Benefits Practice Group and focuses on labor relations and employment issues, representing clients in all areas of employee relations, collective bargaining and contract administration.
Presented by Business NH Magazine, the event will feature speakers who will discuss the state of health care in NH and present the consequences that national health care legislation will have for NH business owners.
November 13, 7:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Center of NH, Radisson, Manchester
The Dept.of Defense Northeast Regional Council for Small Business Education and Advocacy will be holding an all day matchmaker event during which small businesses will meet for ten minute appointments with Prime contractors, Federal agencies, state organizations and the PTAC's.
November 19th
Westchester Marriott Hotel
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The NH SBDC provides
confidential business
management consulting and educational programs to more than 3,000 NH small businesses each year. The NH SBDC is the only NH agency that has full time, certified business advisors providing one-on-one, long-term management consulting to small businesses.
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