CTV News: Ottawa small business owners say revenues are worse than pre-pandemic
Read Here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/ottawa-small-business-owners-say-revenues-are-worse-than-pre-pandemic CTV NewsMarch 15, 2023By Peter Szperling
Ottawa Citizen: HELP WANTED: Ottawa employers face elevated vacancies for kitchens, retail, construction jobs
Read More: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/help-wanted-ottawa-employers-face-elevated-vacancies-for-kitchens-retail-construction-jobs Ottawa CitizenSeptember 27, 2022By: Taylor BlewettPhoto: Jean Levac /Postmedia Article excerpt: “Retailers have had to … layoff or downsize staff more than three times, possibly four times, over the course of two and a half years,” said Michelle Groulx, executive director of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA), speaking to this newspaper in July.
Ottawa Business Journal: Hard-hit Ottawa small businesses to get federal funding, marketing support
Read Here: https://obj.ca/hard-hit-ottawa-small-businesses-to-get-federal-funding-marketing-support Ottawa Business Journal January 13, 2022
CTV News: Restaurants brace for new round of restrictions
Read here:https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/restaurants-brace-for-new-round-of-restrictions
CityNews: Many Ottawa businesses staring down growing ‘debt mountain,’ says coalition executive director
Watch Here: https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2022/01/04/many-ottawa-businesses-staring-down-growing-debt-mountain-says-coalition-executive-director-4920714/ CityNewsJanuary 4, 2022By: Mike Viasveld
CityNews: Many Ottawa businesses staring down growing ‘debt mountain,’ says coalition executive director
Read here: https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2022/01/04/many-ottawa-businesses-staring-down-growing-debt-mountain-says-coalition-executive-director-4920714/ CityNewsJanuary 4, 2022By Mike Vlasveld
Ottawa Business Journal: New COVID-19 restrictions ‘devastating’ for mainstreet retailers, restaurants, biz advocates say
Read here: https://obj.ca/new-covid-19-restrictions-devastating-for-mainstreet-retailers-restaurants-biz-advocates-say Ottawa Business JournalJanuary 3, 2022By: David Sali
Ottawa Citizen: Majority of Ottawa restaurants, businesses enforcing proof of vaccination, city bylaw stats indicate
Read here: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/majority-of-ottawa-restaurants-businesses-enforcing-proof-of-vaccination-city-bylaw-stats-indicate Ottawa CitizenDecember 13, 2021By: Matthew Lapierre
Ottawa Citizen: ‘Last chance they have’: December a make-or-break month for Ottawa retailers
Read More: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/last-chance-they-have-december-a-make-or-break-month-for-ottawa-retailers Ottawa CitizenNovember 30, 2021By: Peter Hum
CBC Radio Canada: Holiday season: Staff shortages worry Ottawa retailers
Read here: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/fr/nouvelle/1843417/saison-fetes-magasinage-penurie-personnel-inquiete-commercants-ottawa Radio CanadaNovember 29, 2021