Tag: Local Business
London-area employers ask: Where are all the workers?
Nearly two-thirds of London-area employers are having a hard time laying their hands on enough labour, leaving hundreds of jobs in the region begging for bodies. That’s one of the key findings of a new survey looking at the state of the local labour market and challenges businesses are facing. It was conducted by the […]
Tiny urban farm puts down roots in downtown London retail space
An urban farm has sprung up in downtown London, growing greens in a 750-square-foot retail space. Forest City Microgreens is harvesting, on average, more than eight kilograms of greens weekly in its tiny storefront space on King Street, offering an innovative use of vacant space downtown, as well as a different way of growing food. […]
ANALYSIS: London factory strike underscores growing worker resolve
Fed up with inflation, empowered by demand, militancy growing among workers Freezing rain and snow pelted workers late at night as they walked the picket line at London’s Dr. Oetker plant in recent days, but one worker shrugged it off. “We’re freezing here, but we will stick it out,” said the woman, who asked not […]
After 84 years and two generations, Posno Flowers closes in Old South
‘We’ll miss it. We’ll miss designing. We’ll miss our customers’
Church hopes to turn former department store into worship space
A long vacant anchor building in southeast London is primed for a new chapter, with the plaza eyeing an unusual tenant to breathe new life into the commercial property.
Dr. Oetker workers upbeat on the picket line on strike’s first day
Workers on the picket line Wednesday at frozen pizza maker Dr. Oetker were upbeat, determined to get a better deal and already talking about when they will get back to work. More than 230 workers at the food giant walked off the job early Wednesday after a narrow strike vote in which 56 per cent […]
London International Airport scrambling to line up flights to sunny south
London International Airport, now able to handle international flights, will try to land some warm weather destinations for the balance of the winter, its chief executive says. The airport, which has seen flights and traffic dwindle under COVID-19 restrictions, will be able to accommodate international travel after Feb. 28, federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced […]
Picket line forms at Dr. Oetker’s London plant as workers go on strike
UPDATE: Feb. 16, 8:30 a.m.: The employees of Dr. Oetker are now formally on strike. A picket line of about 50 workers has been established outside the southeast London factory, as of mid-morning Monday. The 150-worker factory is not operating. Workers at Dr. Oetker were expected to walk off the job at midnight after rejecting […]
London businesses: We’re being ‘harassed’ for supporting protest convoy
Some small businesses in London are facing an “ugly” backlash they see as unfair, after supporting the protest convoy that snarled Ottawa and recently shut down the Ambassador Bridge and Highway 402.
‘I know we can do it’: Bistro opening shows faith in core’s COVID comeback
Opening his first restaurant just two days before the first COVID-induced lockdown has not scared Rami Sefian out of growing his business. The restaurateur has opened Mezza RestoBar, his second downtown eatery in two years and one of 35 new businesses in the city centre, even as core traffic remains scarce. “I still believe it […]