With employee benefits like tuition subsidies, funding for IVF treatments, post-secondary scholarships and a "Dollars for Doers" charity initiative Emera Inc. finds itself, once again, on Atlantic Canada's Top Employers list.
Indigenous investment isn't charity. That’s one of the topics Keith McIntosh, CEO of software testing companies PQA Testing and indigenous-led and staffed PLATO Testing, tackles in this episode of Take 5 with the Top 50 CEOs. McIntosh also shares his thoughts on how to fill the talent funnel in a competitive sector as well as the road that led him to a career that didn't exist when he was growing up. See below for the full interview. In each episode of Atlantic Business Magazine’s Take 5 with the Top 50 CEOs video series, we ask five questions of a 2020
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As acres of potatoes started to be churned up from the red, iron-rich soil of Prince Edward Island in 2020, farmers were aware of where they stood, even before the accounting began. Another year with drought conditions for many during the height of the growing season, with limited ability to mitigate, meant there were lower yields per acre. Farmers who spoke with Atlantic Business Magazine are certain, given climate change, the hits from peak-season drought are going to be all the more common. The provincial government says with climate change the Island will, generally speaking, receive more precipitation in the
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Gaming – specifically use of entertainment centres, casinos and separate video lottery terminals – slowed to a crawl as a result of required COVID-19 restrictions. Both private companies and provincial governments are scrambling to manage the losses. In a particularly difficult case, staff at the Grey Rock Entertainment Centre in New Brunswick were notified this week of more changes – to hours and take-home pay – for the 75 people still employed there. The way casino owner John Bernard described the latest changes sounded like a Hail Mary pass with a clock winding down, with Bernard doing anything he can
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If you’re struggling to work through the bills and keep a business afloat, to cover fixed costs, it’s possible one of the last things on your list would be your business association or chamber of commerce membership. That’s a challenge both for individuals and their businesses, but also the local chamber. Without a membership, there is a loss of services and some peer supports, while the chamber loses out on annual dues it needs to operate – a real risk as businesses struggle in the wake of COVID-19. “Restaurants, travel, some retail: we continued to hear their stories. And one
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