Transfer of skills

Putting decades of food industry experience to new use, family-run Cardiff Products capitalizes on a market eager for plant-based, shelf-stable beverages

Dispatch: September 10, 2021

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

Looking to take root

Skincare fledgling empyri has developed a line of cannabis root products clinically proven to nourish and heal. Selling those products in Canada, however, is proving to be a weedy issue

The unicorn quest

With global ambitions and millions in new investment, Paystone takes aim at becoming the city’s first billion-dollar baby

EXAR Studios notches new awards

EXAR Studios picks up two best-of awards at Long Beach Augmented Reality Festival

Making sense of it all

Local femtech startup aims to empower people’s birth control decisions

Home inventory reaches record low

At the current rate of home sales activity, it would take less than a month to liquidate the entire housing inventory in the London region

Two-way game

Almost 30 years after opening, Herm’s Sport Exchange expands, adding a second retail store at Western Fair Sports Centre

SkipTheDishes pilots grocery delivery in London

SkipTheDishes is testing a new business model in London and Winnipeg to help it sell household goods and groceries directly to customers

Business groups react to Ontario’s vaccine passport

Business groups support introduction vaccine passport in Ontario, but call out government for lack of workplace guidance for employees

Debt burden mounts for small business

Small businesses debt totals $139 billion due to Covid, says CFIB

JMP Solutions acquired by private equity firm

New York-based private equity firm Crestview Partners has announced a majority investment in JMP Solutions

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