NORTHEAST CREDIT UNION (NECU) announces that its new branch in Lee is now open to serve the community.
The branch is located at the intersection of 145 Calef Highway (Route 125) and Steppingstones Road, less than one mile south of the Lee traffic circle. The Lee location is a full-service branch of convenience, offering a drive-up ATM that is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a-week, and four drive-up teller lanes. This branch also offers services such as new account openings, deposit services, and a full range of mortgages, consumer loans and small-business offerings.
The Lee branch will soon feature a financial education center, containing helpful articles and credit counseling information for members.
Portsmouth's BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES, a leading provider of collaborative payment and invoice automation solutions, announces the appointment of several new insurance and legal executives to its product and account management teams.
These appointments further broaden Bottomline's ability to provide claims litigation expertise and deliver innovative solutions for Bottomline's rapidly growing base of top property and casualty insurance firms.
SETH COLBY as senior account manager.
An expert on the intersection of technology applications and litigation management, Colby has been a featured speaker at industry conferences across the country. Prior to joining Bottomline, Colby was a claims specialist for Westport Insurance Co. and handled a variety of complex claim types, including directors and officers, legal malpractice and employment practice.
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Bottomline also announces that in a recent vendor evaluation conducted by research firm AITE GROUP, Bottomline's Web-based global cash management solution ranked best-in-class for international payment capabilities and flexible end user dashboard.
Bottomline's WebSeries® Global Cash Management solution provides banks and financial institutions the flexibility and scalability required to address the cash management challenges of their corporate clients. Offering a single platform for originating and managing payments activity worldwide, this modular solution leverages Straight-Through Processing (STP) capabilities, including multi-bank, multi-currency data integration, global payment validation and support for multiple languages and double-byte characters to allow users to meet global information reporting requirements.
EMMITH BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, bookkeeping professionals and Intuit-Certified QuickBooks training center, of Hampton has been engaged to provide these and other services by the following companies: Cebula Design, 1-2-3 Little Me, AB Aviation, Reel Tape Solutions, Dream Builder Investments, Bellman's Portsmouth, Spasso Foods, Alternative Energy, Prima Provisions, Jonathan's Motel/Condo Association, M&M Landscaping, Hunt Electrical, J. Buck's Espresso & Wine Bar & Best Connectivity.
EBS is a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor and its bookkeeping specialists have developed the expertise to work effectively and efficiently with a wide array of businesses.
The EBS staff includes two consultants with advanced MBA degrees as well as a CPA to answer all clients' tax questions. Additionally, EBS offers one-on-one QuickBooks training sessions with a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
LISA CORBIN-WALKER, associate broker with RE/MAX Coast To Coast Properties Inc., of Portsmouth, has completed a highly specialized course in the skills involved in obtaining and servicing real-estate listings in today's complex market conducted by the Council Of Residential Specialists of the National Association Of Realtors.
LIONWISE, of Hampton, a provider of leading-edge point-of-sale (POS) systems to both the quick-service and table-service restaurant industry, announces that Cotton (www.cottonfood.com) has implemented the LionWise Restaurant POS System (RPS).
Cotton, located in Manchester's historic Millyard District, is know for its great food and relaxed, hip atmosphere. The restaurant has received numerous accolades such as "one of the 10 best neighborhood restaurants in the East" from Bon Appétit magazine.
Leading local recruitment firm STR recently announced the launch of its staff training academy at its head office in Portsmouth.
The academy, which runs full-time, six-week courses, is designed to train new industry recruits to the highest standard and fast-track them into the company culture as smoothly as possible.
STR specializes in permanent and contract recruitment across sales, engineering, technical, health and IT sectors. Now with offices in Guilford and Portsmouth, STR is one of the largest consultancies in the area and specializes in providing a cost-effective service for consistent and targeted recruitment.
At its recent annual meeting, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PORTSMOUTH welcomed two new members to its board of directors and elected a new slate of officers.
New board member GEORGE BALD brings decades of experience in public service and economic development. Bald served three terms as mayor of Somersworth, and directed the economic development programs for the city of Rochester and Pease Development Authority. He was appointed commissioner of the Department of Resources and Economic Development for the state of New Hampshire by Govs. Jeanne Shaheen and John Lynch, and serves in that capacity today. Bald and his wife, Candace Small, reside in Somersworth.
Also joining the board is AARON WENSLEY, vice president of marketing and business development at Relyco in Dover. He holds a master's of business administration degree from the University of New Hampshire, and is an active volunteer in the Dover Main Street Program and The Children's Museum road race. A lifelong resident of the Seacoast, Wensley and his wife, Michelle, live in Dover with their young daughter, Charlotte.
DAN MULKERN, co-founder and managing director of Vigilant Capital Management in Portsmouth, is now serving as chairman of The Children's Museum board of directors.
JACK BUCKLEY, director of the Dover Housing Authority, was elected vice chairman, and Thomas Wiggins, chief financial officer of Hampshire First Bank in Manchester, is serving as treasurer.
Attorney MIKE KENISON of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton in Manchester, is now the board's secretary. Retired educator SUSAN O'BRIEN of Rye is serving as member at-large, and SEAN O'CONNELL, shareholder and director of Shaheen & Gordon PA in Dover, is the board's past chairman.
JOHN PRATT joins First Colebrook Bank as senior vice president/Seacoast region manager. He will head the bank's new Small Business Loan Center to be opened in Portsmouth.
Most recently, Pratt had been president and chief executive officer of the former Siwooganock Bank, based in Lancaster. Earlier, on the Seacoast, he held top executive-level positions with Ocean National Bank, Kennebunk, Maine; and Portsmouth's Olde Port Bank and First National Bank of Portsmouth.
Pratt holds a bachelor of science degree in management from Franklin Pierce College in Rindge. He has also studied with and served as an instructor for the American Institute of Banking. In both the Lancaster area and on the Seacoast, Pratt volunteered with a large number of civic, charitable, cultural and youth sports organizations.
THOMPSON/CENTER ARMS, a Smith & Wesson company in Rochester, announces that it has named TYLER STONE as plant manager.
Stone will oversee the daily operations of Thompson/Center's manufacturing plant, and will be responsible for all aspects of the company's production and distribution operations. Stone will manage production and quality along with supervising significant plant upgrades that have commenced at the factory.
Stone's career spans 20 years of engineering, manufacturing and new product development. Most recently, Stone served as special projects manager for the Timken Co., where he analyzed manufacturing locations around the world, identifying new opportunities for growth.
Stone earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Hofstra University and a MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
BISSON BARCELONA, a Barrington public relations firm that specializes in high-visibility publicity and image management services was recently contracted by Smuttynose Brewing Company to be the company's publicist to assist in the brewing company's marketing and public relations efforts.
SMUTTYNOSE BREWING COMPANY owner, Peter Egelston, attended a bankruptcy auction in December of 1993 that featured the assets of the then-defunct Frank Jones Brewery with the intention of seeing who would purchase them. He ended up as owner of a new business and Smuttynose was founded. In 2006, the award winning brewery graduated from microbrewery to regional craft brewery status when its annual production exceeded 15,000 barrels.
AQUA PARADISE POOLS AND SPAS has chosen BRESETTE + COMPANY to conduct a new marketing initiative. After serving pool and spa owners on the seacoast for more than 25 years, Aqua Paradise will be creating a new brand identity with Bresette, as the first step in a new campaign.
Bresette + Company has developed a fully integrated marketing plan for Aqua Paradise to develop a new brand identity and marketing materials. Plans include an advertisement series, radio spots, direct mail program, promotional brochures and collateral, and a completely redesigned Web site.
ANN BISHOP INVITATIONS is proud to have been selected to create the official class announcements for Portsmouth Senior High School. This will mark the 30th year Ann Bishop has created the commencement announcements.
The stationary, with the school's insignia Clipper Ship, includes a separate personalized card for each of the graduating seniors. The graduation date, confirmed to the students at a recent class meeting, is Friday, June 8, at 5:30 p.m.
