Tag: Business
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How Your Startup Company Will Benefit From Energy Consultant
If you’re just starting your own company, then it’s understandable that you’ll be very busy at first. After all, you have so much to do to nurture and grow your business. But sooner or later (preferably sooner), your startup needs to take advantage of the services of a top-notch energy consultant. Here are some compelling reasons…
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Current State of Cybersecurity Doesn’t Work
“You pay your money, as the saying goes, and you take your chances.” says Falkowitz, CEO of Area 1 Security. “More and more these days, it seems like this ‘policy’ is the rule rather than the exception, in everything from health care insurance to the commuter parking lot. Even though you’ve paid for the product or service,…
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Digital Serbia Partnership Launches To Set Serbia As Digital Innovation Hub
“Digital Serbia” is the non-profit private partnership initiative launched by Ringier Axel Springer Serbia and leading tech companies. Its mission is to focus on improving the framework and ecosystem required to enable tech entrepreneurship and digital innovation in both industry and education in Serbia. The founding members of the initiative are Infostud, Microsoft, Nordeus, Price…
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eBay Canada Set Sights On Kijiji Shoppers With Test Integration Project
Back in 2017, eBay Canada and Kijiji Canada launched a test to bring increased visibility to Canadian eBay inventory: eBay listings for certain items located in Canada were integrated into search results on Kijiji – the #1 classifieds site in the country. Kijiji buyers were given the opportunity to connect with relevant eBay inventory, and…
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Ontario Intro’s Online Alcohol Sales And Delivery Via LCBO.COM
Ontario is offering a new and convenient way to buy alcohol products by introducing online sales through LCBO.com. Starting today, LCBO consumers can buy online up to 5,000 different products from across Canada and 85 other countries. Customers can choose to have their order sent to an LCBO store of their choosing for pick up,…
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Real Estate Bubble? Celebrities Forced To Reduce Asking Price On Homes By Millions
Both Celine Dion and Puff Daddy have vastly reduced the prices on their mansion homes, featured this week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. “Celine Drops Price on Florida Water Park Home” Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion and her manager husband, René Angélil, built their dream Florida home on Jupiter Island in 2010. The location offered the privacy the…
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“Good Ole Boys” Network In RV Industry Conspired To Keep Me Out
Dear Silo, For the next month, North Americans will be celebrating and honoring women and their journey throughout history. But it’s also important to look at what’s in store for the future. Right now, more than 9 million women own a business in the U.S.A. alone. It’s all part of a change in tide as…
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Ontario Increasing Minimum Wage- will also affect Liquor Servers, Students
Province Committed to Providing Fairness for Workers, Predictability for Business Ontario is raising the general minimum wage from $11 to $11.25 per hour, effective October 1, 2015. Minimum wage rates for jobs in special categories such as liquor servers, homeworkers, and students are also increasing at the same time. The increase is the result of…
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UK’s “ICE Totally Gaming” A Must Visit In The Gaming And Technology Sector
The ICE Totally Gaming exhibition returns to London in the UK next month, but it’s a huge event for the industry worldwide where innovation comes to the fore and the future is literally paraded in front of our eyes. The three-day event offers conferences, seminars, networking and much more from companies around the world, and, of…
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CNNMoney- Millennials Saying No To Credit Cards
CNNMoney @CNNMoney 13h Millennials are saying no to credit cards: http://cnnmon.ie/1uFOSGl via @blakeellis3 pic.twitter.com/T1U8i7OU2I What some tweeters are saying: CalBeach @CalBeach 13h @CNNMoney @blakeellis3 They’re smart to avoid debt. YmeYnot @YmeYnot2011 13h @CNNMoney @blakeellis3 Only use charge card when you can pay entire debt completely before you are charged interest. NETGAINS @Netgains_ 13h @CNNMoney…
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Ontario Greens- Lib’s selling off our natural resources at rock bottom prices
Queen’s Park, Toronto – Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner is calling on the Liberal government to end the fire sale of the province’s natural resources in the spring budget. “It’s outrageous that the Liberals are selling off our natural resources at rock bottom prices when the province has a record $11 billion…
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Ex-Prime Minister of Canada named Special Advisor on Retirement Income Security
Government Working on Made-in-Ontario Plan Premier Kathleen Wynne announced today that the Right Honourable Paul Martin has agreed to serve as Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance. Mr. Martin will work with the government on a made-in-Ontario solution to enhance retirement income security for the people of…
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Ontario government wants to strengthen rules for Debt Settlement Services
Ontario is taking steps to provide vulnerable consumers with protection against unfair business practices of some companies that offer debt settlement services. As part of the province’s continuing commitment to strengthen consumer protection, the Ontario government intends to introduce legislation that, if passed, would impose…
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Letters To Silo- Concern Over Canada-China Treaty Agreement
Hello Silo, I think this is a very, very important non-partisan political issue. I believe it is imperative to get the word out to all Canadians. I hope The Silo will give it some publicity. It is about the Canada-China Treaty Agreement. This is a letter I got from Elizabeth May after I sent an…
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Peel Entrepreneurs Take Part In Global Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend is a global event where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their idea, find some teammates and work on creating a company for only 54 hours. The teams’ aim is to create a minimum viable product (MVP) at the end of 54 hours and pitch it to a panel of judges mostly comprised of investors and…