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Meet the founders of Durham Region’s trendiest home décor and design companies
Posted on Monday, March 13, 2023 01:09 PM
By Jennifer Foden
If you’re looking to give your home a facelift then look no further than these Durham Region businesses.
Mango ReclaimedMelanie Curley’s journey to become the owner of Mango Reclaimed and Mango Paint, a vintage furniture studio and paint line, started with something tragic: her husband passed away. Melanie, who was pregnant at the time, left her job, sold her house in Toronto and returned back to Durham Region where her support network was. “I realized once my son was born that I...
Meet the founders of some of the best marketing automation companies in Durham Region
Posted on Monday, March 06, 2023 03:45 PM
By Jennifer Foden
Did you know Durham Region is home to a diverse group of marketing automation businesses? We chatted with three founders about what it’s like running a company in this growing space.
MobileXCoMore than 15 years ago, Andy Bruce, now the founder and CEO of MobileXCo, a Whitby-based marketing and analytics company, was working at Unilever when he noticed the business was spending a lot of money promoting their products in retail stores, but very little was done in terms of...
Growing Durham Region’s agri-food industry and vibrant northern economies for the future
Posted on Monday, March 06, 2023 03:16 PM
Whitby, Ontario – The Regional Municipality of Durham is moving forward with two five-year plans to deliver new economic development projects, programs and approaches to grow its agri-food industry and create high-value jobs in north Durham. The Region will be working hand-in-hand with its partners in the north to create jobs and economic growth over the next five years.
The Growing Agri-food Durham Plan 2023 – 2027 was created in co-operation with Durham’s various agri-food producers, businesses...
Meet the founders of Durham Region’s top innovative technology companies
Posted on Friday, February 17, 2023 11:32 AM
By Jennifer Foden From a car sharing platform to a software consultancy to Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tax software, these Durham-based companies could give the tech giants of the world a run for their money.
SubskrybKendell Victor Johnson, now the CEO of Subskryb, a subscription-based car sharing platform, was a software executive at Fortune 100 companies like IBM and Salesforce when he began working with auto sharing companies and recognized a market gap: customer service. Unlike his...
Durham Region is pleased with OPG announcement to proceed with headquarters in Durham
Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 03:42 PM
Whitby, Ontario – The following statement is being issued on behalf of John Henry, Regional Chair and Chief Executive Officer for The Regional Municipality of Durham:
“Durham Region is an exciting place to be—filled with talented, smart and ambitious people who enjoy a great quality of life. A place where manufacturing drives economic development, while clean energy powers our future.
Today, we were pleased to hear that Ontario Power Generation (OPG)—one of our longest-standing partners—is...