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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

Committee green-lights plan to seek public feedback on small biz tax cut

The change would cut property taxes by 10 per cent at about 4,700 commercial properties housing nearly 8,000 small businesses in Ottawa.

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

Joint city committee backs stricter rules on short-term rentals

New bylaw would restrict short-term rentals on Airbnb and other similar platforms to a host's primary residence.

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

Teed off: Ottawa golf course operators say sport unfairly targeted in latest closures

Local clubs on track for record revenues in 2021 before provincially mandated shutdown, owners and managers say.

Airport has high hopes feds will fund LRT terminal despite no budget mention

Airport officials “weren’t expecting anything explicit” in the feds’ latest spending plan, spokesperson says.

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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Ottawa is evolving fast. Key developments are impacting all sectors and sizes of business, from AI, innovation and talent to city building and global competitiveness. Who’s making sure business has a strong voice at every decision table? The Ottawa Board of Trade. Join the Ottawa Business Journal publisher Michael Curran and OBOT president and CEO Sueling Ching for a dynamic conversation about how OBOT is shaping Ottawa’s economic future, and how business leaders can leverage their network, influence, and momentum to grow. What you will learn: -- How OBOT advocacy helps shape pro-growth policy, investment, and city-building decisions that strengthen the region’s economy. -- The tables, events, and networks where decision-makers meet, partnerships form, and ideas become action. -- How OBOT equips businesses with visibility, market intelligence, influence, and relationships that drive growth year-round.
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