If your $59 home office printer ran out of ink and you went to the office supply store to find the cost of replacement cartridges to be more than a new printer with ink – would you return home with a new device and throw out the old one? Not likely. It would be a [...]
You may not know this but the evolving world of cloud-based phone service (otherwise known as VoIP- Voice over Internet Protocol) is good for the environment. At the heart of these types of services is the provider’s phone switch, which typically consumes as much as 84% less power than traditional carriers. Like all technologies, telco [...]
Tomorrow has arrived and the much talked about labour shortage is here. Now more than ever it is imperative that businesses attract and hire the right candidates. But what happens after a business attracts the right employee? How does the company retain them? Perhaps more importantly, understanding that more than 50% of all employees come [...]
LEVERAGING THE GREEN What do you get when you mix world travel, green beer, pro ball and Dragon’s Den? Guy Chaham, of Dartmouth’s Green Gym, apparently. Guy arrived in Halifax on St. Patrick’s Day, 2003. Despite having lived in Mexico, New York, South Africa and his native Israel, and in spite (or perhaps because) of [...]
[one_half] Andrew MacKean Name of company: Nova Vaults Inc. Safety Deposit Box Centers Position: Owner/President Partners: Dr. Richard Homburg In business since: We open for business April 17th, 2012 I’d describe this business: As the first non-bank safety deposit box center in Canada and the first of its kind to utilize a German-designed automated access and retrieval system. Smartest [...]
Corporate comedian and former accountant, John Garrett, is in high demand, making his way across America helping companies build teams and raise morale with his unique brand of humour. “It’s true, I was a certified public accountant; passed the exam and everything. Hellooo, ladies!” From full-time accountancy to full-time funny man, the 35-year-old tours comedy [...]
Take a few minutes to do your body some good. Here’s on-the-job exercise idea #2 from Evolve Fitness’s Matt Benvie. It doesn’t take a lot of room or even gym clothes…. Hold something solid with a bit of weight to it (try a book) in front of your thighs and stand tall with your feet [...]
How do you score? The feeling of spring is in the air, and it brings to mind so many things: warmer weather, fishing and hiking. And yes, finances and taxes. We all know that taxes are something we should be planning for all year, along with our budget for financing ourselves, and not just when [...]
… in world where privacy no longer exists. Try using Google to search for your email address or phone number. When I searched for my phone number one of the first results that came back in the search list was titled “India Mobile Number Index for phone numbers starting with (xxx)-xxx-xxxx” Your stuff is out [...]
