Small Businesses Seeing Red (Tape)
Our Calgary-based blogger on all things small business >
Waves, a Vancouver based coffee chain, expands into Alberta with some unconventional franchising tactics >
Our Calgary-based blogger on all things small business >
PCL, Graham Group, EllisDon, Ledcor, Torode and Centron among companies betting on increased need for commercial real estate in downtown Calgary >
A group of Calgary businessmen want to raise taxes in their city. Wait, what? >
Calgary is on the hunt for a new brand. Can it find one? Does it need one? >
Both David Finch and Sharon McIntyre point out that the best brands are built from the ground up >
By Paul Marck
Almost lost amidst the flotsam and jetsam surrounding Premier Ed Stelmach’s announced departure has been his message to business. And rest assured, the premier has a distinct message to deliver, along with a challenge — and a warning. Alberta’s corporate sector would do well to pay heed, if our province is to enjoy any degree of economic prosperity.
“Wilful blindness is a great trait of Albertans. It’s what gets us to where we need to be – regardless of what the headlines from the East tell us we should be doing.” >
both as a bar graph and a pie chart
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