Was the House Vacant When the Home Owner Moved Out for Medical Treatment?
Author: Sudevi Mukherjee-Gothi, Partner, Pallett Valo LLP. With an increasing aging population, the risk of a loved one being forced to leave their home indefinitely, is also on the rise. But what happens when there is damage to the property while away? The recent...
People Make The Difference
Author: Cheryl Farrow, MBA, CAE, CEO of Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists Let Our Certified Members Support Your Recovery And Growth By now, we have heard all of the catchphrases to describe facets of this challenging...
How We Saved a Small Business 42k Per Year in Lost Revenue
Author: Amit Birk, CEO of Connected 360 Inc. I was invited to an Accounting firm to discuss their current technology. I had only been there for a short period of time and started noticing the overwhelming amount of email notifications they were all getting. I made a...
Netsuite Cloud ERP + NetDynamic = Business Success
Author: Christopher Kim, Founder and CEO of NetDynamic Consulting Inc. Your NetSuite ERP Consultants for continued business growth! Is your business operating on a cloud-based software? If so, chances are you are using the world’s #1 cloud ERP software, Oracle...
Congratulations 2020 Business Awards of Excellence Winners!
On April 15, 2021, the Mississauga Board of Trade (MBOT) hosted a special virtual event to celebrate its 2020 Business Awards of Excellence winners. These awards recognize and celebrate the individuals and organizations whose outstanding leadership and business...
Significant Changes to 2021 Trust Reporting Requirements
Author: Vinay Khosla, Tax Partner at Bateman MacKay Annual T3 Trust Income Tax and Information Returns (T3) will be required for the majority of trusts, including those trusts which may have never previously filed. The Federal Government has proposed legislation...
Court Rules that “COVID Leave” or Layoff is a Constructive Dismissal at Common Law
Author: Jonathan Borrelli, Employment and Labour Lawyer at Keyser Mason Ball, LLP When the pandemic first hit, employers had no choice but to make difficult decisions to layoff some or all employees. Changes to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act permitted employers to...
Member Spotlight: Kiran Mann
Who are you, and what is your role? My name is Kiran Mann. I am the Founder and Chief Happiness Officer (CHO) of M2M Business Solutions Inc. I lead a team of happy, passionate people who are focused and dedicated to delivering the best in their area of expertise. What...
Major Opportunities for Food and Beverage Manufacturers
Author: Jamohl Rutherford, MBA, is leader of BDC’s small business team in GTA West (Mississauga, Halton Region and Etobicoke) Rising incomes and growing populations to help sector grow 15.6% by 2025 The pandemic has caused enormous disruption for Canadians and the...
The Future of Business is Built on a Semi-colon; the Ethos of a 30-Year-Old Organization
Author: Ken Tencer, Spyder Works Inc. CEO, 2021 MBOT Chair The ethos of Spyder Works is the semi-colon; used to connect two interdependent ideas that are closely related in thought. We leverage this ethos to drive sustainable growth for our clients; creating clarity...
The Political Round Up
Local and 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 Both the City of Mississauga and Region of Peel governments have established support programs and...
Building Back Better Together
Author: Donna Heslin, Manager Entrepreneurship & Innovation, City of Mississauga Change is inevitable and due to the impacts of COVID-19 we have seen more change than many of us could have anticipated, and in a very short time. Businesses large and small...
The Road to Recovery: Supporting Safe Workplaces Today … and a Resilient Life Sciences Infrastructure for the Future
Recovery has many facets and will look different for every business. One consistent theme though, regardless of your industry or the size of your business, is keeping employees safe by keeping Covid-19 out of workplaces. Continued hand washing, mask wearing and social...
The Business of Mentorship
Author: Karen LeMoine, Director, Community Engagement & Stakeholder Relations, Sheridan College The trials of the past year have shown the importance of civic engagement, and the opportunities that are unlocked when people join forces for the betterment of...
5 Tips to Focus Forward by David Wojcik
The last 18 months has been grueling. For staff, front line workers and leaders. We have seen employees move to different companies and different careers, with hopes it will be different. Maybe so, but unlikely. Here are 5 tips to focus forward as we drag the 800...
David Wojcik, MBOT President & CEO, Announces his Retirement
After almost six years as President & CEO of the Mississauga Board of Trade, David Wojcik has announced that he will be retiring from his position effective August 31, 2021. “David is a very inspiring and action-oriented leader,” says Ken Tencer, Ken Tencer, CEO,...
Rethinking and Redefining The Modern-Day Workplace
Author: Ken Tencer, Spyder Works Inc. CEO 2021 MBOT Chair Summer has arrived, and with it has come an increase in vaccine distribution across Ontario. As we approach a welcome return to normalcy, important and necessary questions about the future of the workplace have...
Member Spotlight: Deborah Kenley
Read time: 2.5 minutes MEMBER PROFILE: Deborah Kenley Deborah Kenley is the Senior Coordinator of Greening Corporate Grounds at Credit Valley Conservation and a member of MBOT’s Environment, Sustainability & Infrastructure Committee. We spoke to her recently about...
