Posts by Flamborough Chamber
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION …
There are big changes coming to this year’s Outstanding Business Achievement (OBA) awards gala. Last Monday, the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) videotaped profiles of each of the recipients of this year’s awards. This Monday, the FCC will be finishing these brief videos that are being professionally produced by BizClip. In addition to the videos, CHCH…
Read MoreLunch N’ Learn & More Galleries!
Our new website has beautiful, updated Photo Gallerie! See our Latest Events in photos: Lunch N’ Learn on Employment Law Planning Summit #3 Mayor Eisenberger’s Business Roundtable
Read MoreAND THE OBA WINNERS ARE …
YOU ARE INVITED Join the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce in ‘honouring and celebrating the very best in corporate excellence and community service’ OUTSTANDING BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT(OBA) AWARDS GALA Friday, March 27, 2015 • African Lion Safari AND THE WINNERS ARE … GORD FORTH Gordon Forth Farms & Copetown Woods Golf Course Lifetime Achievement AwardWATERDOWN IDA PHARMACY Chris Burling Business Growth…
Read MoreOCC Business Perspective on the Undersaving Challenge in Ontario
– The Ontario Chamber of Commerce “We recently provided a submission to the Government of Ontario on its proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP). Co-signed by leaders from nearly 50 chambers of commerce and boards of trade, the submission expresses our collective concern that the government’s proposed approach to tackle the so-called “undersaving challenge” could…
Read MoreGord Forth to Receive ‘Lifetime Achievement’
Annual Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) gala ‘honours and celebrates the very best in corporate excellence and community service’ He started growing vegetables in Carlisle when he was only 13 years old. And before he sold his farms just outside Copetown last year, he was an award-winning grower (including Canadian Farmer of the Year) of…
Read MoreCanadian Chamber Unveils Top 10 Barriers to Competitiveness for 2015
Émilie Potvin – 05/02/2015 Ottawa, February 5, 2015— Either we act urgently to improve our competitiveness or we will pay a high price in lost jobs and prosperity. Three years ago, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce launched its Top 10 Barriers to Competitiveness. In collaboration with its network of chambers of commerce and boards of…
Read MoreAt Long Last, Hamilton Votes To Implement A Lobbyist Registry
By Samantha Craggs CBC News Thursday, September 4, 2014 After seven years and numerous debates, the city of Hamilton is implementing a lobbyist registry. But local business leaders still worry it’ll deter companies who want to locate here. The general issues committee voted unanimously on Thursday to be the third municipality in Ontario to implement…
Read MoreA Sad Day For Hamilton Taxpayers
By Arend Kersten Executive Director Flamborough Chamber of Commerce Near the end of a marathon meeting last Thursday (September 4), Hamilton Council – meeting as the General Issues Committee (GIC) – decided unanimously to create a new ‘lobbyist registry’ (Mayor Bob Bratina and Councillors Brad Clark, Scott Duvall and Bob Morrow were not present when…
Read MoreSpecial FCC News Alert
In monitoring the agendas for meetings of Hamilton Council and its committees, Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) Executive Director Arend Kersten has confirmed that the matter of creating a ‘lobbyist registry’ in Hamilton is on the agenda for tomorrow’s (Thursday, September 4, 2014) meeting of Council’s General Issues Committee (GIC). The FCC (along with the…
Read MoreRegistry For Disaster? – Lobbyist Registry May Lead Developers To Bypass Hamilton
By Arend Kersten Flamborough Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Does the creation of a “lobbyist registry” represent yet another — and perhaps final — nail in the coffin of economic development in Hamilton? After an angry outburst from a volunteer member of the Accountability and Transparency Sub-Committee (who has been lobbying for the…
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