If local small businesses are supported by local shopping habits, they can afford to keep and fairly pay employees. Some of us make sure we meet payroll before we pay ourselves. The bottom line is simple. Business is dependent on sales.... if sales drop, business owners either close, or stop employing others in order to feed themselves. For most of us, our business is our bread and butter, at pretty high risks in small markets like Owen Sound. There are no highly...
The EmployerOne survey collects information on a range of issues including projected vacancies, hiring intentions, recruitment strategies and challenges, as well as your perspective on candidate skills, education and training. After analysis, the data is released to schools, community partners, government agencies and the public so that they may see the characteristics of the local labour market.
This survey is the single most referenced document Grey County uses in economic development because...
Summerfolk's artistic director is welcoming 12 local acts to the Heartwood Concert Hall stage this month for an open audition for Summerfolk.
The open showcase had been scheduled for last fall. Bands were signed up, the hall was booked, and they were set for an afternoon of great local music. Unfortunately the death of a dear friend of Summerfolk meant that the event needed...
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
Just before the new year brought its changes to the minimum wage and other costs of doing business, someone posted a sign reporting to be from the management of a Simcoe-area location of a huge multi-national pizza chain. It reflected some of the sentiments of a notice in a local Owen Sound restaurant about price increases, which the owners referred to as a "political statement".
The comments on social media flew thick and fast, some in agreement with the management and some critical. Much....
- by Mini Jacques
I've had several employers tell me that it's going to be a hardship to pay their employees the new wage. As a marketing professional who has clients who are small business owners I tell my clients they should consider two options : 1) take one month and live on the wage that they are paying their employees currently – and see if that was a living wage 2) To take a real hard look at...
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