Managing loneliness in the workplace
Have you found that you or your employees are feeling more lonely or isolated lately? It’s not surprising given all that’s happened in the world over the past few years. Here’s what you can do to help.
Launch a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy that includes deaf and hard of hearing employees
As organizations continue to move toward building environments that honour the range of values, cultures, abilities, and disabilities within the workforce, here is how to launch a strategy that includes deaf and hard of hearing employees.
Parkland: Fuelling the energy transition
Parkland is committed to building on their progress in shaping the future of renewable fuels. That includes providing customers with more low-carbon fuel choices while reducing their own carbon footprint.
The business of nation building: the future of our energy sector
ATCO Chair & CEO Nancy Southern talks opportunity, technology and enterprise transformation.
‘Tis the season to shop local: making this season’s gifts truly one-of-a-kind
With major supply chain challenges, chances are high the gifts you planned to order this holiday season may be stuck on a boat or truck or in a shipping container. With local businesses needing an extra boost, shopping local may be all it takes to make this season truly one-of-a-kind.
3 Warning Signs That a Customer Won’t Pay Your Bill
As a business owner you count on your customers paying their bills, but sometimes they don’t. Watch for early warning signs and learn how to be proactive with your accounts receivable.
The “PrintNightmare” Continues In The Tech World
Many of us still need to print, we aren’t all paperless in the business world. We still need to click the print button and print things out on actual paper. However, over the last couple of months Microsoft has made it nearly impossible to print!
Eight Ounce Coffee named 2021 connectFirst Small Business of the Year
The Calgary Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Small Business Calgary Awards Gala, including Eight Ounce Coffee as connectFirst Small Business of the Year.
The art of surviving a pandemic: an interview with Arts Commons’ Alex Sarian
Arts Commons’ President & CEO Alex Sarian talks about what it means to embrace civic responsibility, engage with community and reimagine ways to nourish the arts – and Calgarians – through the pandemic.
Restaurants, cottaging, partying and shopping lead the way for cooped up Canadians: Survey
Province by province passions spelled out in Double Vax Summer Survey by Bromwich+Smith
Local Payments Company Helcim Welcomes Back Small Businesses with Free Chocolate and Beer
On July 14th, Helcim Street Teams visited local businesses in ten different Calgary communities to drop off Welcome Back Bundles from the company’s local merchants to help celebrate Calgary’s reopening.
How to drive traffic to your website
We have curated a list of top solutions and strategies to help drive your ideal buyers to your website.
Budgeting for Business Owners
Are you struggling to budget for your small business? Here are three tips to turn budgeting from a dreaded task to a business building tool.
Engage and Grow: Marketing Q & A
We had so many great questions for the panel at our recent Engage & Grow event that we couldn’t answer them all. We caught up with our panelists and wrote a blog with all the questions that were unanswered. Read the blog to learn more about marketing for your small business.
Tips: Reuse before recycling
You probably wouldn’t demolish your gently used car. So why do it to your computers?