By Andrew Macdonald How Tom Rose Conceived Newly Formed Atlantic Compassion Fund - During A Pandemic Halifax office furnishings mogul Tom Rose, who founded Atlantic Business Interiors, back in 1986, has significantly given back to his community. His inspired Atlantic...
By Andrew Macdonald Halifax Hospitality Titan Dennis Campbell: Harbour Hoppers & Other Vessels To Launch July 1st - 2021 Cruise Ship Bookings Up On Friday, Trudeau Transportation Minister Marc Garneau announced the seasonal 2020 cruise ship season will be canned....
By Andrew Macdonald By Andrew Macdonald The global pandemic is going to play havoc with the significant tourism economy in Halifax — no question about that. But Ross Jefferson, CEO of Discover Halifax, formerly known as Destination Halifax, the regional destination...
By Andrew Macdonald The Discover Halifax tourist agency collects a hotel levy to operate its marketing office, per a hotel tax on each guest. With the pandemic shutting down hotel bookings, it means the agency, formerly known as Destination Halifax is not going to...
By Andrew Macdonald Some folk in the business community think the Halifax Port Authority’s Seaport Farmer’s Market is a gigantic white elephant. Prior to the pandemic, the market had only seriously been open one day a week. It was the brainchild of former port CEO...
By Andrew Macdonald The pandemic has been particularly hard on emerging millennial entrepreneurs, folk aged 25 to 37, defining an age group who are passionate and enthused about being their own bosses in the City of Halifax. Dedicated readers of The Notebook are...
By Andrew Macdonald When Ian MacLeod left a dedicated paycheque working in an office building in Downtown Halifax last November and bravely launched into becoming a millennial entrepreneur in Dec. 2019 - his company forecast did not include a pandemic and the ensuing...
By Andrew Macdonald Further to Friday night’s coverage that former Bird Construction CEO Ian Boyd, is going back into an entrepreneurial role as owner of a new upstart general contractor, Iron Maple, I have examined Bird financial documents. Boyd resigned at Bird last...
By Andrew Macdonald A big development on the general building scene in Halifax and Atlantic Canada is taking place as industry veterans launch a general building contractor firm. Civil engineers Jim Brennan, Ian Boyd, Durck deWinter and Rene Cox have signalled they...
Q & A With Jim Brennan, chair of Iron Maple, which as I report in the above story is a new building contractor in Halifax and Atlantic Canada. Q: What is the make-up of the new company? Brennan: Equal ownership between the four of us. Q: Why did you leave Bird?...
