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Dispatch

Dispatch: A summary of recent business appointments and announcements, plus upcoming events for the week ahead

RETIRING Steve Cordes, CEO, Youth Opportunities Unlimited (effective August 15, 2025).

OPENED Hard Rock Hotel London at 100 Kellogg Lane.

ANNOUNCED By the Home County Folk League, a return of the Home County Music and Art Festival to Victoria Park, Saturday, July 26, 2005 (one-day festival).

AWARDED Larry Myny (senior investment advisor, CIBC Wood Gundy), United Way Elgin Middlesex ChangeMakers 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Steve Cordes
David Ross
Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery

APPOINTED Durk Vanderwerff was appointed acting chief administrative officer, County of Middlesex.

MARKED By Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, 25 years in business.

OPENED Olivia Therapy & Retreat, 470 Ridout Street North.

APPOINTED Steve Pons, CEO, McCabe Promotional Advertising Inc.

APPOINTED Izzy Siebert, entertainment and marketing assistant, Tourism London.

SOLD SlyFox Web Design & Marketing, to Art Zohrabian.

ANNOUNCED By VersaBank, addition of second U.S. receivable purchase program (RPP) partner through its wholly owned subsidiary, VersaBank USA National Association.

APPOINTED Bob Blake, people and culture business partner, YMCA of Southwestern Ontario.

APPOINTED Ellen Husk, economic research coordinator, London Economic Development Corporation.

CLOSING Bocconcini, 1140 Southdale Road (as of April 27, 2025).

APPOINTED David Ross, chief financial officer, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Ontario (effective June 2025).

APPOINTED Heather Scott, director, philanthropy, Children’s Health Foundation.

April 25-27London’s Rock N’ Gem Show

April 2838th Annual Geriatric Medicine Refresher Day

April 28Small Business Centre: Business Planning Guide Workshop

April 29 HRP4B Mentorship Event

April 30T1 – CRA Taxation Requirements for Sole Proprietors

May 1Innovating for Impact – Frugal Biomedical Innovations Shaping Healthy Futures

May 1Life Sciences London’s Monthly Virtual Meet Up

May 1Foodpreneur Advantage: How to Sell Your Food Product

May 1 30th Annual Manufacturers’ Scholarship Awards & Recognition Night

 

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