Croissance des entreprises
Les Insulaires connaissent peut-être le travail d’Alicia Birt à Innovation Î.-P.-É., où elle a exercé diverses fonctions pendant plus de 15 ans.
Maintenant, Alicia est la première accompagnatrice d’entreprises de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, un rôle qu’...
Jill and Brian Burridge were working for a Western Canadian company in Alberta when their first child was born and the magnetic pull of the red Island soil got stronger and stronger.
Jill (Cheverie) Burridge, a Holland College grad who got an...
When PEI Bag Company Sales Manager Jerry MacDonald retired after 43 years, someone at his retirement party said, “when you deal with the sales team here, you think you’re dealing with the owners.”
The way they treat their customers has been key to the...
Brian and Amber Craswell fed the cows on their South Rustico farm from the comfort of a Paris hotel room.
Being one of the most automated dairy farms in North America has its advantages.
Overhead video cameras monitor the barn as the high-tech...
A young Island couple’s candle business is on fire since landing a big order from retail giant HomeSense.
Megan and Sage Grady run their burgeoning Lighters Candle Co. from their West Royalty garage in Charlottetown and - thanks to a grant from the...
Their stock may be getting low as boating weather comes to a close for the year, but Mermaid Marine will be ready to supply North American boaters for the 2017 season.
Staff at the successful wholesale marine distributor in Charlottetown are busy...
One of the planet’s top dog trainers runs his business in a place you might not expect. At an industrial park in Stratford, Duke Ferguson operates Unleashed Potential®, where dog trainers are trained and dogs from around the world learn to sniff out...
Teresa Tu provides support to Island business owners by connecting them with global talent when they are having trouble filling job vacancies locally.
“We help businesses grow and succeed by connecting employers with international recruits who have...
They are two Commonwealth Islands, separated by 3,700 kilometers of water, with one nearly at the Arctic Circle and the other close to the equator. But in an office in downtown Summerside, PEI, staff is busy helping a Barbados company manage and organize...
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In just over a year, the former Georgetown Timber mill has changed from an empty shell to a magnet that is attracting employers and skilled workers to eastern Kings County.
The 40,000 square foot former mill was converted...
The recently renovated spa at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel and Convention Centre is a tranquil oasis inside a bustling hotel.
Dim lights, peaceful music and essential oils welcome clients in the waiting room where they are offered a 'cloud chair' and a...
The first time Matthew Doiron stepped on a stand-up paddle board he said he knew it was going to change his life.
“I had goosebumps; it was a Eureka moment,” the 35-year-old owner of East Coast Paddle Adventures said. “That day, I thought ‘I’m going to...
Island filmmaker Jeff Eagar has had a lifelong love affair with sport. As a varsity basketball player, a marathoner and now a daily yoga practitioner, he sees sport and movement as a 'pillar of life.'
That’s why he wanted to introduce three highly...
There’s a good chance that the next bag of Frito Lay potato chips you tear open will contain chips from Prince Edward Island-grown potatoes.
Historic Freetown-based Monaghan Farms is Frito Lay’s largest supplier of raw product for export and were their...
Everyone who lives on Prince Edward Island knows the power of word of mouth – whether good or bad.
For businesses, word of mouth can make or break you.
Every business owner knows technology and social media has magnified the devastation of a bad review...
Selon Scott Costain, l’installation d’une borne de recharge pour les véhicules électriques au Mill River Resort and Golf Course, à O’Leary, permet d’offrir un meilleur service à la clientèle et en fait un attrait pour les touristes ayant un véhicule...
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Moth Lane Brewing a connu un succès phénoménal durant sa première année d’activités, ce qui a amené la brasserie à manquer de bière plus d’une fois.
Un nouveau soutien offert par le gouvernement pourrait aider...
New engineering grads get the kinks out of potato farming
Inside Prince Edward Island’s sleek new engineering school, students are putting their heads together to save the spuds.
Members of at University of Prince Edward Island’s School of Sustainable...
Creating jobs for Islanders
WorkPEI is helping to make the labour market easier to navigate for employers and for people looking for jobs on PEI.
“The job market is tighter than it used to be, so that means companies don’t really have the option of...
Creating jobs for Islanders -
A former potato chip plant is creating new market opportunities and lucrative new crops for the farmers of Prince Edward Island.
Earlier this year, New Leaf Essentials East took over facilities in Slemon Park previously...