Attracting and Retaining Talent is Key! Immigration Strategies for Canadian Companies
Author: Melissa Babel, B.A. (Hons) LL.B, Barrister and Solicitor at Babel Immigration Law Talent is in demand around the world, and many skilled foreign workers will have the option of immigrating to more than one country. Canadians have long focused on the ‘brain...
Quick Start to Corporate Social Responsibility
Author: Deborah Kenley, Senior Coordinator of Greening Corporate Grounds at Credit Valley Conservation Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has soared in importance as corporate leaders have come to terms with the social and environmental costs of doing business....
Canada’s Bank For Business Owners Builds On Success In Ontario
Author: Samuel Cummings, AVP and Market Lead, Mississauga, Canadian Western Bank Since opening our Mississauga banking centre in October 2020 — the first Canadian Western Bank location in Ontario — we have been amazed by the diversity, resiliency, and welcoming-nature...
Leveraging Foreign Talent for Your Business
Author: Rick Lamanna, Director at Fragomen In the current economic environment, attracting talent for your business is more important as ever. Increasingly, that talent may come in the form of foreign workers, who bring a wide range of benefits to Canadian companies...
Get to Know Your DMO: Meet Tourism Mississauga
Behind every popular tourism locale is a team of people tasked with showcasing its virtues. Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) are critical to creating a tourism strategy that ultimately drives increased economic impact across the setting’s business sectors –...
“She-Covery”
Author: Meghan Smith, Ontario Chamber of Commerce In March of 2020 the world came to a standstill due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ontario government called a state of emergence and immediate shut down of all non-essential businesses in hopes of “flattening the...
Salumatics Document Shredding Program, Making a Difference Locally
Author: Chris Peebles, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Salumatics When the late Dave Machika, CEO of Salumatics, initially participated in The Ride to Conquer Cancer, he had not perceived how immense the influence of the event would be. From this, the concept...
Significant Changes in Ontario Estates Law
Author: Daniela Fonseca, Associate at KMB Law A number of changes to Ontario’s inheritance law have recently been implemented in an effort to modernize the practice of estate law. These changes came about as a result of the government enacting the Accelerating Access...
New Anti-money Laundering Measures
Author: Anne M. Kennedy, Partner, Risk and Practice Management, Pallett Valo LLP Recent amendments to the Law Society of Ontario’s Anti-Money Laundering measures require lawyers to ask their clients for additional information whenever they are receiving, paying, or...
Elavon: Diligence essential to maintaining data security
Author: Elavon Data breach events remain at an all-time high as bad actors increasingly turn to sophisticated technologies to seek out gaps or weaknesses in business data environments.1 That’s why all businesses that accept payment card data are required to validate –...
Business Acquisitions: A Powerful Strategy for Growth
Author: Khurrum Khan, MBA, is a leader of BDC’s mid - large business team in Meadowvale, Mississauga Entrepreneurs are increasingly turning to acquisition as a growth strategy amid the booming M&A market. Business acquisitions have rebounded strongly since the...
Getting Parents to Accept Help: 10 Tips
Author: Lucie Shaw, MBOT Chair & Owner of Nurse Next Door Mississauga Seek the advice of a trusted professional. A Physician can be your best ally in getting your parents to accept help. We find that an outside expert opinion can go a long way. Hire a caregiver to...
Five Facts To Convince Your Boss To Hire A Co-op Student
Author: Gonenc Fenton, Business Developer, GTA West, University of Waterloo Between artificial intelligence, automation, hybrid or remote work, and the downsizing of office spaces, the way we work has rapidly changed over the past two years. While experts had long...
The Political Round Up
Local & Regional The Mississauga Board of Trade (MBOT) is the voice of business at the City of Mississauga and Region of Peel orders of government. COVID19 Response Given the situation that the COVID19 pandemic is essentially over, operations at the City of...
Houselife Services
Author: Heather Johnson, Owner of HouseLife Services When asked “What is HouseLife?”, the easiest answer has always been “We take care of stuff” - Your stuff, your client’s stuff, your parents’ stuff, your grandparents’ stuff, your kids’ stuff. HouseLife offers...
Working Remotely Creates Risks, but There are Solutions
Author: Nick Johnston Program Coordinator of the Honours Bachelor of Applied Information Sciences Degree at Sheridan College More people are working from home than ever before, and cybercriminals are trying to cash in. According to Statistics Canada, 42 per cent of...
Identify What You Can Change. Prepare for What You Cannot.
Author: Trevor McPherson MBOT President and CEO The onset of the spring season brings with it a sense of renewed optimism. Restaurant patios have reopened (please support local), the aroma from a neighbour’s grill fills the air, and our days have become warmer...
Springing Forward
Author: Lucie Shaw, MBOT Chair & Owner of Nurse Next Door Mississauga It’s been just over two years since the pandemic was declared. Little did we understand the magnitude of what that meant and how long it would take to return to” normal”. It has been...
