On June 27th, 2016, Peter Dal Bianco, founder of Bianco’s Audiotronic, spoke to the chamber about his experience with succession planning and how to value a company. He went on to provide the following advice to business owners in terms of their succession planning and future success: understand your business, know your industry, follow economic…
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Tracy Nutt – CHAIR (Build North Construction Inc and ServiceMaster of Sudbury) Michael Macnamara – FIRST VICE CHAIR (Conroy Trebb Scott Hurtubise LLP) Kelly Scott – SECOND VICE CHAIR (Barrydowne Paint ) Alyson Laking -TREASURER (Laking Toyota) Karen Hourtovenko- PAST CHAIR (Life Zone Consulting) Debbi M Nicholson- PRESIDENT & CEO DIRECTORS Joshua Blasutti…
In 2015, City Council created the Gearing Up for Growth Advisory Panel and gave the panel a four-part mandate designed to help Greater Sudbury become a more development friendly community. On Tuesday, June 14th 2016, the recommendations of the panel were presented and approved by Council. The recommendations suggest that the City of Greater Sudbury…
The June meeting of the Succession Planning Task Force included a presentation from Paul Seccaspina, CEO at OraclePoll Research Limited on the results of the succession planning survey that was administered. The survey was aimed at current and former business owners to determine their succession planning needs.
The June meeting of the Advocacy Committee included a review of the chamber’s 2016 Public Policy Survey and a discussion around Small Business: Too Big to Ignore. The committee also discussed being in support of the motion to freeze development charges for an additional year.
On June 15th, 2016 your chamber hosted an Immigration Roundtable with Allison Corbett from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada as well as a representative from the Canadian Embassy in France to speak about the Express Entry Immigration system. This session involved discussions around the needs of employers when it comes to the immigration system. During…
It’s not too late to complete your census questionnaire. Go to www.census.gc.ca to complete it online. Enter your 16-digit secure access code and follow the instructions. If you received a census letter, your secure access code is located at top of the page. If you received a paper census questionnaire, your secure access code is located at…
The May meeting of the Downtown Development Task Force involved a presentation from Jeff MacIntyre, Chair, Downtown Sudbury. Jeff spoke about Downtown Sudbury’s mandate, its recently developed Strategic Plan as well as other initiatives. Downtown Sudbury is embarking on a new project called Expressing Vibrancy. Expressing Vibrancy is a research project that looks at neighborhoods…
The May meeting of the Advocacy Committee included a presentation from a chamber member concerned about the state of industrial lands in Sudbury. The Committee also continued its discussion about FedNor as an agency vs. program and how the organization can better serve the North.
On May 12th, the chamber network sent a letter to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change regarding the Ontario government’s plans to implement the cap-and-trade system. In addition to garnering significant media attention, the letter was also discussed in the Ontario Legislature during question period on the day of its release. Watch the discussion…