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Stu Harrison Stuart "Stu" Harrison writes a weekly column about business news (published on KawarthaNow.com on Fridays and in the Peterborough Examiner on Mondays) and hosts a business segment every Monday evening on CHEX-TV's Newswatch.

Stu has extensive marketing and advertising experience and was owner of Harrison Advertising for many years prior to joining the Chamber of Commerce in 2003. He is currently the General Manager of the Greater Peterborough Area Chamber of Commerce.

KawarthaNow is pleased to include Stu as a contributing columnist, and we appreciate his extensive knowledge of the local business community.

Feel free to submit your business events and news to Stu via email. Don't forget to submit your business events to KawarthaNow.com too, using our online submission form.

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The Business Beat

by Stuart Harrison
Monday, November 1, 2010

Welcome to The Business Beat.

Business Buddy

Rob Greco wants to be your Business Buddy. Rob has decades of business experience and he noticed that entrepreneurs have access to a lot of great information and advice on business planning, financing, and government regulations, but what they really need is someone who knows what's what, and is available to them 24/7. As your business buddy Rob will help you conceptualize, design, and implement the operational and marketing practices that'll get you operating and performing better. So be brilliant, be bold, check out www.businessbuddies.ca or call 1 (877) 511-4376.

Joe TV

If you are a business interested in having a large format LCD screen located in your waiting room, check-out line or a high traffic area, Joe TV might be your answer. Joe TV carries community content, plus it can be customized for your business to carry special offers, services and promotions. Joe TV is a division of Redstone Media Group on Hunter Street East. Details are online at www.redstonemediagroup.com

Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement

The Chamber of Commerce and the Kawartha Manufacturers Association welcome Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement to the Holiday Inn for a Noon luncheon on November 10. Details on the Chamber website at www.peterboroughchamber.ca

Christmas Show and Sale

The business of farming is indeed big business, and thus a reminder that the Apsley Artisan and Farmers Market's Christmas Show and Sale is on November 28 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Legion Hall in Apsley. You'll find lunch, bread baked in a wood fired oven, entertainment, and arts and crafts, everything handmade and home grown.

Farm Family of the Year

And congratulations to the Stockdale family from Indian River on being named the Farm Family of the Year Friday night in Norwood.

 
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