Opinion: Pandemic symptoms still haven’t passed for small businesses, CFIB’s Kelly says
Last Friday, the World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 “global health emergency.” From Dan Kelly’s view, an awful lot of Canadian small businesses still look pretty sick.
“It is really worrisome right now,” said the president and chief executive of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), the national small-enterprise lobby group representing nearly 100,000 members. “Small businesses are really struggling to get back to normal.”
While the Canadian output and employment surpassed pre-COVID levels about a year-and-a-half ago, CFIB surveys show that sales at roughly half of small businesses are still below their norms before the…
‘Dapper’ chef will ride a bike in a 3-piece suit and luxurious silk bow tie. Here’s why
All David C. Felton ever wanted to be a really good chef. “The best.”
From all appearances, the 46-year-old Fanwood resident had succeeded.
Felton was voted Food & Wine’s Best New Chef (People’s Choice) in 2011; his cooking at the legendary Ninety Acres in Peapack-Gladston earned him a place on New Jersey Monthly’s annual Top Restaurants list 7 out of the 8 years he served as executive chef; and his culinary skills led to an “excellent” rating from the New York Times when he headed the kitchen at the fine-dining restaurant Pluckemin Inn in Bedminister. He also helped launch Hudson…
Calgary apartment tower sale bet on tight Canadian housing market
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Hines, a real estate company with nearly US$96 billion in assets under management, is pitching international investors on a Canadian apartment building deal as a way to bet on the country’s tight housing market.
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The US firm is seeking to sell a 462-unit rental building in Calgary after completing construction nearly three years ago, with the expectation it will fetch around $200 million, according to Avi Tesciuba, head of Canadian operations at Hines.
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Rents in Canada climbed last year as a longstanding shortage of housing was met with a record amount of immigration. Meanwhile,…
Bud Light to spend ‘heavily’ on marketing after Dylan Mulvaney controversy: report
Anheuser-Busch is reportedly planning a major marketing push for Bud Light as the beer giant scrambles to recover after the brand’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney prompted a boycott from conservative drinkers.
Bud Light has faced intense backlash from longtime customers over its recent campaign with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney.
Benj Steinman, editor of Beer Marketer’s Insights, told the New York Post that Anheuser-Busch executives informed distributors this week in a closed-door meeting in Washington, DC, that the company will “spend heavily on the brand after spending fell off a cliff last year.”
BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY CAMPAIGN AN…
Video game advertising venture wins big at Washington State University’s 20th annual Business Plan Competition
y255 venture team wins Herbert B. Jones Foundation $15,000 grand prize at 20th annual WSU Business Plan Competition
“Interest in, and access to, entrepreneurial learning is growing at WSU and throughout our region. That is clearly evident by the diversity represented in this year’s venture teams and their business ideas.”
PULLMAN, Wash. (PRWEB)
April 28, 2023
Innovative business software solutions and mobile app technology for social good were collective themes presented at Washington State University’s 20th annual Business Plan Competition Thursday, April 27.
y255 was the big winner, walking away with the Herbert B. Jones $15,000 grand prize.
y255,…
Disrupted, or Disruptor? How Do You Actually Innovate?
We’ve all heard the phrase, “innovate or die.” And in the business world, there is a lot of truth in this statement.
If we become complacent in what we know, and we stop challenging ourselves to grow, we lose our leadership edge.
We become the disrupted instead of the disruptor.
Digital transformations are always a reflection of people transformation. People have to change along with (and even ahead of) technology in order to effectively lead and innovate.
And yet the one thing we don’t talk about is, where does innovation actually come from? How do we source innovation as leaders…
Geographical proximity key factor in countries’ oil imports: poll
A large oil refinery along the Athabasca River in Alberta’s Oilsands. Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Oil imports from geographically close sources are preferred over supplies from far-flung locations, according to a new public opinion poll of more than 24,000 citizens of 28 countries by Ipsos.
It looked at eight oil-producing jurisdictions: Canada, the United States, Norway, the Middle East, Mexico, Venezuela, Russia, and China. Participants were asked to rank their preferred origin for oil imports between Nov. 18 and Dec. 6, 2022.
Ipsos says aside from geography, the weighted data shows a trend towards choosing suppliers based on shared values, such…
Click supports CIPD’s Flex from 1st campaign
Click Travel prides itself on its employee perks and benefits; from offering employees additional purchased leave, to receiving travel discounts and a packed social events calendar.
Flexible working has always been present among the many benefits offered by the company, with over 70% of employees either working part-time/flexible hours or working from home on a regular basis.
This month Click has taken another step forward with flexible working, introducing flexible working requests from day one of employment, rather than after 26 weeks, supporting CIPD’s Flex from 1st campaign.
What does this mean for Click?
Click has grown by an…
