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New winners were crowned and legacies were cemented Thursday night during the 30th Business Excellence Awards.
The night’s list of honourees included the first second generation BEA winner in three decades.
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Dane Fader, founder and owner of the full-circle farming operation GreenerFarms, won the inaugural Green Innovation Award. His mother, Julie, received the Small Company of the Year trophy in 2019 for Head of the Class Education Centre.
I am so very grateful for this incredible honour
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A survey by global workforce solutions giant ManpowerGroup forecasts Windsor employers will be cautious in hiring in the next three months, but employment opportunities will be much more robust in London.
The survey reports five per cent of Windsor employers expect to hire while 25 per cent of London businesses plan on adding staff. London is predicted to be one of the hottest job markets in the province ranking second only to Ottawa (27 per cent).
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Posted: Jan 25, 2021 5:20 PM ET | Last Updated: January 25
The Panache Restaurant on Pitt Street East is one of several restaurants in Windsor Essex that can take advantage of DINE#YQG.(Dale Molnar/CBC)
The Windsor-Essex County Regional Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island (TWEPI) and CUPE Local 543 to provide a $154,000 program to help local restaurants struggling with the pandemic closure. We all know that because of the pandemic and because of the long term condition, this particular sector has taken a huge hit, said chamber president Rakesh Naidu in a teleconferenced announcement Monday morning.
The program called DINE#YQG includes a website that lists local restaurants and has pictures featuring some of their meals and how to place an order.
WINDSOR, ONT. A new initiative is offering cash prizes of $11,000 to customers and food service businesses in Windsor and Essex County. The local support program, called ‘#DineYQG’, was launched on Monday by the Windsor-Essex Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island (TWEPI) and presenting sponsor CUPE 543. “#DineYQG will support locally owned restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops, take and bakes, wineries, breweries and distillers at a time when their businesses have been severely impacted by COVID-19,” said a news release from the chamber. Most local restaurants remain open for take-out, delivery or curbside orders, but no in-person dining is currently allowed under provincial lockdown guidelines.
Three local tourism innovators have been awarded a $3,000 grant and mentorship after making winning pitches for the second round of the Windsor Essex “Spark” Program.
The “Spark” Mentorships & Grants Program is a partnership between the Ontario Tourism Innovation Lab, Southwest Ontario Tourism Corporation, Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island, Libro Credit Union and WEtech Alliance.
The program looks to find, foster and support new tourism ideas, experiences and partnerships that will enhance current offerings, address gaps or challenges, motivate travel and longer stays, and increase year-round visits in the region.
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The top five applicants to the Windsor Essex “Spark” Program were invited to present their new tourism idea at a virtual Pitch Session held on January 14th. A judge panel of partner representatives and a tourism innovator from outside the region selected the three winning applicants.