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A little over a year ago, Sarah Crouch did something many Ottawa professionals have done before – she travelled to Toronto to attend a networking event.

After 30 years as the sole owner of Ottawa-based staffing firm MaxSys, Bryan Brulotte has closed a deal to sell the company to Agilus Work Solutions, the largest privately owned, full-service recruitment firm in Canada.

Kinaxis’s share price fell nine per cent Thursday after the Kanata-based software powerhouse said its 2024 revenues...

After a childhood spent helping out at his family’s butcher shop, John Diener took over ownership of Saslove’s Meat Market in the 1980s. On Wednesday, the popular ByWard Market retailer announced on Facebook it would be closing its doors after 70 years in business.

Geopolitics – once the domain of policy-makers, diplomats and scholars – has begun to draw substantial corporate attention as it starts to disrupt the business environment and affect the fortunes of companies.

Montreal-based developer Rosefellow said Wednesday locally based auto parts retailer AutoShack has signed a deal to lease a soon-to-be-completed 248,000-square-foot building at 405 Huntmar Dr. in Kanata, just north of the Tanger Outlets mall.

Ottawa’s Mydoma Studio, whose specialized project management software for interior designers now has about 5,000 users, was acquired by California-based Studio Designer last week.

As businesses search for ways to cut costs, a majority of Canadian employers say they’ve been forced to hire “underqualified” staff due to recruitment budget constraints – a trend one recruiting firm says is playing out in Ottawa as well. 

Citing uncertainty in the EV market, global materials technology and recycling group Umicore is putting the construction of its new plant planned near Kingston on hold.