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Ottawa Business Growth Survey: The talent shortage hits close to home

There is definitely a fight for talent in most sectors of the economy – in many cases a company’s growth potential is directly connected to

Hard-hit Ottawa small businesses to get federal funding, marketing support

Ottawa

Bank Street, Preston Street, Somerset Chinatown, Sparks Street and Vanier BIAs have been chosen to participate in program aimed at revitalizing mainstreet retailers.

Roxborough Bus Lines’ expansion drive continues with acquisition of Casselman company

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Family-owned 417 Bus Line Ltd. has about 220 employees who maintain and operate a fleet of 230 vehicles that includes school buses and motor coaches.

Capital’s office vacancy rate drops to 8.6% in Q4

Non-Residential

Downtown vacancy rate of 9.9 per cent last quarter was the third-lowest in North America behind Vancouver and Toronto, real estate firm CBRE says.

C-COM Satellite sees sales uplift

Techopia

The company said the customers plan to use its cellular products for cellular backhaul, disaster management and oil and gas exploration projects.

Eagle Professional Resources sold to T.O.-based IT staffing firm

Ottawa

Founded in 1996, Eagle now has 100 employees in 10 offices across Canada.

Amid gloomy signs, region’s unemployment rate plunges to 20-year low in December

Ottawa

Continuing a troubling recent trend, the overall number of employed residents in Ottawa-Gatineau fell to 753,300 last month, a slight drop from November.