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Business exit plans: How to structure a sale to co-owners, family members or key employees

It is imperative that your exit plan works to minimize the tax consequences to the business and to the buyer

Making businesses better: KPMG dedicated to working with private businesses

From startup companies, owner-managed businesses to multinational public enterprises, KPMG can efficiently and effectively respond to clients’ complex business challenges.

Ottawa needs to better promote itself on world stage, city summit told

“You have great neighbourhoods, but nobody knows,” marketing guru says during presentation at online conference Friday.

How rethinking employee benefits gives employers an edge in the war for top talent

A growing number of employers are seeing first-hand how modernizing their employee benefits package strengthens their ability to recruit and retain skilled staff.

Finding creativity in a crisis

Even before COVID-19 hit, Nelligan Law was undertaking a significant modernization effort, injecting business management best practices not always found at more traditional law firms.  

The Bright Side of Business: Centretown salon owner Gamal Rahman combines hairstyling with love for art

Owner of the Connoisseur Art and Hair Studio offers free lessons to community amid pandemic downturn

Podcast: Shopify’s C-suite shakeup, hot cottage market and ‘turning dirty air into dollars’

Listen on Spotify or Soundcloud, or watch the video on OBJ's YouTube channel.

Ottawa businesswomen take bite out of pandemic with major expansion of Corner Peach

Emma Campbell and Caroline Murphy turn popular Somerset Street West restaurant into thriving food store during COVID-19 crisis

You can make a difference for the good of the planet – here’s how

Carbonbase offers an easy and rewarding way to offset your carbon footprint

Sweep deal: Calgary-based landscaping firm acquires Ottawa street-cleaning company

After merging with another local company last year, Urban Life Solutions said this week it’s acquired Ottawa-based Richard’s Sweeping.
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To help showcase the 2026 Forty Under 40 recipients, OBJ and the Ottawa Board of Trade produced several video profiles. In this video, we asked the Forty Under 40 recipients about what they like about living and doing business in Ottawa. Want to read more about the 2026 Forty Under 40? Check out OBJ’s June magazine, which includes features and profiles on all the recipients. Read the digital edition here: https://issuu.com/greatrivermedia/docs/obj_flagship_june_2026?fr=sMTU4NzkxNTQ5MjQ Nominations for 2027 will open in June. Check this website for updates: https://fortyunder40.smapply.io/prog/forty_under_40_online_nomination_process/ #FortyUnder40 #OttawaBusinessJournal #OttawaBoardOfTrade #OttawaBusiness #OttawaLeaders #BusinessCommunity #BehindTheScenes
What do you love about Ottawa? | 2026 Forty Under 40 Recipient Profiles

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