London Tech Jobs

Zeros and ones are adding up to a whole lot more in London as the technology sector grows. Established industry juggernauts such as EK3, Phoenix Interactive, and Autodata Solutions are looking to expand while emerging companies like Big Viking Games are gearing up for growth. The LEDC has launched www.londontechjobs.ca to support the growth of the tech sector and attract talent. “We are promoting www.londontechjobs.ca across Ontario and in key markets where we know we can recruit talent,” notes Larry MacKinnon, Director of Business Development, Technology. “With strengths in game development, content solutions, middleware systems and financial services, our multi-faceted ICT sector has many opportunities available.” Visit www.londontechjobs.ca and help spread the word – London’s ICT sector is growing and we need talent!

Entrepreneurs Recognized at Venture London Awards

Venture London, a business plan competition held annually in the city, announced the winners of this year’s awards at a ceremony held April 4^th at the Best Western, Lamplighter Inn. Variable Speed Controls was awarded more than $30,000 in cash and prizes in the planned business category for their plan for bringing energy conservation devices for pool pumps to the market. In the existing business category, Race Roster received more than $40,000 in cash and prizes for their cloud-based registration platform for road race organizers.

Fifty-one business plans were submitted to the competition, representing a broad range of businesses from fields including manufacturing, industrial services, financial services, retail operations, and medical devices. The four-month, two-round competition was designed to help entrepreneurs and new businesses develop sound business plans.

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Solar Opportunities Lighting Up in London: CanSIA Connections

With our recent attraction of Samsung, London is quickly gaining a reputation as a hothouse for Ontario’s solar industry. Companies like QPA Solar, German Solar, KACO new energy, and Hanwha Solar Canada are lighting up the city within the global solar industry. CanSIA, a national trade association representing the solar industry in Canada, is hosting its Solar Ontario 2012 conference in London. “LEDC has worked closely with CanSIA and we are excited to host the organization and its members in our city,” says Heather Pilot, Director of Business Development. The conference will host over 50 exhibitors and 300 delegates. With a focus on Ontario’s FIT Program, the conference offers a robust agenda to those in the solar industry, developers, architects, builders, NGOs, and anyone interested in learning more about the solar industry in Canada. Register online to connect with this growing sector.

Talent Still the Best Corporate Asset

In a downturned economy, with companies looking for innovation in leadership, the YMCA Spencer Lodge Outdoor Centre delivers. Amazing things happen there when corporate groups gather at the YMCA Spencer Lodge Outdoor Centre for a day of teambuilding away from the office.

The YMCA has been facilitating high-impact teambuilding workshops in the outdoors for groups from the corporate and non-profit sectors for almost ten years. When professionals arrive, briefcases and laptops are left at the door as teams communicate, problem-solve, and laugh their way through a day of progressively more challenging activities designed to build a renewed sense of team identity, purpose and drive. Click here to learn more.

OPEN for Business Emergency Preparedness Workshop

As part of the City of London’s National Emergency Preparedness Week activities, local business owners are invited to learn from the Goderich Community Emergency Management Coordinator and Chamber of Commerce about their experience during the 2011 tornado. The workshop will be held Monday, May 7th, from 9 am to 4 pm, at the London Emergency Operations & Training Centre, #12 Firehall in Byron. Participants will tour the centre and hear from London Emergency Management staff and officials from Western’s Institute of Catastrophic Loss Reduction. OPEN for Business is a free program that provides a disaster protection and a recovery planning toolkit for small to mid-sized businesses.

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