Benefits of Hiring PWD
Author: Discover Ability Network The Covid 19 pandemic brought the world to a stand still. In Ontario, this resulted in numerous lock downs and restrictive measures which were particularly felt on businesses. The lasting effect of the pandemic response is still...
“She-Covery”
Author: Discover Ability Network 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 curve” of the...
Experiencing an uptick in chargebacks? We can help.
Author: Elavon Over the past two years, global eCommerce shopping has surged, now with 54 percent of all adult consumers shopping online more frequently than they did before the pandemic.1 This increase in eCommerce transactions has also led to a 39 percent...
A Seat at the Table
Author: Discover Ability Network As Canadians we continuously strive for a barrier free society built on equity and fairness. While steps have been taken towards this admirable goal, more can still be done. This is the central belief for “A Seat at the Table”, a...
Unleashing the Power of Accommodations
Author: Discover Ability Network There are many ways that we can define disability – we can use a medical or legal approach, a charity model, or the social model of disability. The most common definition has been the medical model which frames disability as an...
Home Reno Direct: Giving Home Renovation Professionals the Resources They Need to Excel
Author: Jameel Hanoun, Business Architect, Home Reno Direct In today’s day and age, efficiency can make or break a business; margins are tight and customer patience is low which...
Parkland: Where Every Day Is An All-inclusive Getaway
Seven years ago, Dolores and her husband decided to move to Parkland for a short-term stay while looking for an apartment. “I was only 74 at the time and people wondered what we were doing,” says Dolores. “After a few months I said to my husband, ‘do you want to go...
Why Your Business Needs A Winter Maintenance Plan
Author: Deborah Kenley, Senior Coordinator, Greening Corporate Grounds, Credit Valley Conservation You face a number of unexpected challenges when you manage a business. But one thing is certain: come winter you’ll have to manage snow and ice on your property. Having...
Look Local Mississauga Celebrates the Best of Our Community
As a longtime Mississauga News team member and former editor of The Mississauga Booster, Sam and Hazel McCallion's ‘good news only’ newspaper, Look Local Mississauga owner and publisher Kristy Elik has always had a passion for the Mississauga community. With that same...
Getting in Front of Your Audience
Author: Alex Wilson, Manager, Content + Strategy, Regdon Now is the perfect time to invest in Out-of-Home (OOH) marketing for your business. Some of you may now be screaming silently at your magazine or tablet thinking two things: 1) Ooh what the heck is OOH? and 2)...
84% of Canadian Companies Expect to Face Hiring Challenges Over the Next Year
Author: Melissa Prospero, Employer Relations Job Developer, Queen's College of Business, Technology & Public Safety | Lambton College in Mississauga The pandemic has been difficult for many Canadian Companies. Several industries were already facing a...
Are you expanding your Canadian Business into the United States? Immigration Strategy is key to your success!
Author: Melissa Babel, Certified Specialist in Citizenship and Immigration Law and a Foreign Legal Consultant, Babel Immigration Law When a Canadian business is ready to expand, they often look first to our closest trading partner and neighbour to the south – the...
The Post-Pandemic Workplace: How COVID-19 has Changed Employment Relationships
Author: Sarah Mills J.D, Associate Employment Law - KMB Law The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the way the world operates. Many Canadians would agree that one of the most profound changes has been to the labour market and the way in which we work. Labour...
Employers Frustrated by Tightening Job Market
Author: Peter Hall, VP & Chief Economist at EDC Are there any quick fixes to the labour logjam? Labour issues are critical at the moment. It’s not just in the data; Canadian exporters are relaying this to us in real time. To add to the concern, it’s not just...
Factoring in Canada since 1989
Author: Tina Capobianco, Senior Vice President at JD Factors Corporation J D Factors has been helping companies like yours since 1989, decades of success are marked with strong leadership and unparalleled customer satisfaction. J D Factors is a company that’s...
Businesses of All Sizes Benefitting From Partnerships with Sheridan
Author: Dr. Anne-Liisa Longmore, Dean, Pilon School of Business at Sheridan College No matter the type of business, big or small, a partnership with Sheridan can help them all. “Relationships with local, regional and national business partners are extremely valuable...
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 Peel Public Health has been responding to several COVID cases at indoor locations and advising...
Cultivating a Listening Culture
Author: Saquib Vali, Spyder Works Inc. In early 2000, when Blockbuster was a $6-billion-a-year video-rental company with more than 9,000 retail outlets around the world, Netflix founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph offered to sell Netflix to Blockbuster for $50...
