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Down the drain? How local retailers, restaurants are adjusting to offering fewer U.S. beverages

Local retailer Benson Mutalemwa credits community support for helping him to avoid a $15,000 loss this past...

Two brothers and their Scrappy Scraper look to turn the world of BBQ scrapers on its head

Miles Hammond and his brother always wanted to start a company together. They came up with countless...

Food Basics brings first ‘urban concept’ store to Queen St. in bid to expand beyond suburbs

Food Basics has opened its first “urban concept” grocery store in an underserved area of Ottawa’s downtown,...

With court decision looming, fate of former Ottawa Bay locations still up in the air

Local retail leasing experts say it’s still anyone’s guess what will fill the gaping vacancies left behind...

More ‘big-box’ retail spaces sitting empty in Ottawa, CBRE says

Ottawa’s robust retail leasing market is starting to show a few cracks as more and more large...

Almonte’s Equator Coffee Roasters quietly taking over from Starbucks at Indigo-Chapters

Almonte-based Equator Coffee Roasters is taking over the Starbucks location inside the Indigo-Chapters on City Park Drive...

New Metcalfe Plaza touted as game-changer for Ottawa’s downtown core

In what Ottawa nightlife commissioner Mathieu Grondin hopes will be one of his office’s legacy projects, a...

Ottawa’s busiest Baskin-Robbins franchisees to open a ByWard Market location next month

The owners behind many of the city’s Baskin-Robbins franchises are excited to open in the ByWard Market...

Ottawa couple gets barefoot shoe company Nunorm up and running through bootstrapping

An Ottawa-based barefoot shoe company is getting its feet wet with an in-person business in the ByWard...

Downtown BIAs say they’re cautiously optimistic about new sports arena at LeBreton Flats

A new sports arena at LeBreton Flats would be a catalyst for revitalization, the Downtown BIA executive...
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Years of economic uncertainty haven’t slowed Canada’s entrepreneurs. They’ve made them more determined. New research from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) for Small Business Week finds 78 per cent are focused on growth, and this year’s theme says what’s at stake: in a “Two-Speed World,” it’s “Fast or Finished.” So what separates the businesses pulling ahead? Join OBJ, Trexity and the Ottawa Board of Trade for a live virtual event during Small Business Week and get the answers directly from the people tracking the shift: -- Get the research first. BDC chief economist Pierre Cleroux will unveil new research on the state of entrepreneurship in Canada, with insight you can use to benchmark your own business. -- Understand what’s changing on main street. Alok Ahuja of Ottawa-based Trexity will explain how local businesses are adapting, and finding new customers, in an e-commerce world. -- Find out what Ottawa is doing to help. Sueling Ching will outline the Buy Local program and other initiatives aimed at spurring economic growth in the city. Whether you run a business, work with one or are weighing your next move, this is a chance to get informed and come away with ideas worth acting on.
Small Business Week: Entrepreneurs are Fast or Finished

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