July 30 NHBR Preview

The push for green businesses is on, and a new business incubator is helping fledging companies with novel sustainable concepts grow. Michael McCord takes us on a tour of the Seacoast Sustainable Energy Technology Incubator inside Brayton Energy in Hampton. Jim Kesseli, founder and president, has a unique turbine engine that may revolutionize the trucking industry – and is supporting other green companies in the incubator with Brayton’s resources at the same time.

Pay-for-performance may be coming to New Hampshire’s health-care industry. Under a five-year pilot program – called an “accountable care organization," or ACO – health-care providers will be compensated based on their quality of care instead of the current fee-for-service model. As Cindy Kibbe reports, this program is not without some controversy. Many questions remain, including exactly how providers participating in the ACO will be paid.

In our “Minding Your Business” section, Paul Boyton, career coach, author, and head of Moore Center Services, Manchester, tells us that the bad apples of the office just might be cajoled into better performance by using a bit of humor. Boyton answers this and more of your business questions using the “Begin with Yes” attitude.

Wiggin & Nourie attorney and immigration law expert Mona T. Movafaghi says there are still plenty of H-1B visas available for companies seeking foreign workers with specialized knowledge and experience, however, applying for the visas can have pitfalls employers need to be aware of.

A new law signed by Gov. John Lynch retroactively allows investors to engage in real estate exchanges permitted by federal law – called 1031 exchanges - without paying capital gains taxes. Bob Sanders writes that about 30 investors were spared from owing $5 million in back taxes – but a 1031 exchange is still a complicated matter that must be thoughtfully and carefully pursued.

And the state’s third annual Greenerpalooza is coming up Aug. 12 to the Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion in Gilford. Grammy Award-winning musician Sheryl Crow, joined by 2009 BMI Pop Award Songwriter of the year Colbie Caillat, will headline this year’s concert, that will also feature an eco-village of green businesses.

Find out all the Greenerpalooza details and much more business news in the July 30 edition of NHBR, in print and online this Friday.