Islanders can see the inner workings of seven local businesses during Prince Edward Island’s first-ever PEI Open Business Day. Happening this Saturday, October 22, PEI Open Business Day is just one of the activities planned for Small Business Week 2016. “Small businesses are the...
Mayor Dean Sexton sees a promising future for Borden-Carleton and its surrounding area that will be made brighter by grants from the McCain Foods Adjustment Fund. Nine businesses and the municipal government today were awarded a total of $2 million in grants from the transition...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Builders and contractors like Carson Gill are benefiting from an active 2017 for residential construction in Prince Edward Island. Housing starts are up 43.7 percent compared to 2016 and building permits have increased 23.8 percent. Gill, who owns...
Project Addressing Red Tape (ART) is a government-wide initiative of the Province of Prince Edward Island to streamline processes to increase PEI’s economic and business competitiveness without compromising public health, safety or the natural environment.
In its efforts to be more open and accessible, the provincial government continues to remove barriers to doing business in Prince Edward Island. “Our Government remains committed to working closely with industry to reduce red tape, align regulations with other jurisdictions, and...
The four Atlantic Provinces are joining together to proclaim Jan. 23 to 27 as Red Tape Awareness Week. As part of their commitment to achieve economic gains by reducing trade barriers and harmonizing their regulatory environments the four provinces have adopted a common Charter...
More Prince Edward Island products will be traded with China, more Chinese students will learn at Island schools, and more Chinese visitors will come here as a result of a recent trade mission led by Premier Wade MacLauchlan. The Island delegation to the March 22-31 China trade...
In November 2015 Prince Edward Island joined the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Service Effectiveness and entered into a joint burden reduction partnership with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Prince Edward Island is renowned for its seafood, and with today’s technology, people all over the world can enjoy fresh PEI lobster year round. Live holding tanks allow the lobster to be held longer while maintaining the same quality as the day it was caught. Operated by a...
Mobile application start-up IKBEE is bringing its expertise in offline smartphone notifications and cloud networking to Summerside, says Minister of Economic Development and Tourism Heath MacDonald. “Attracting international business opportunities like IKBEE is vital for the...