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Equivalent in protein to a chicken's egg but with significantly fewer calories and less fat per serving, "the egg" is a finalist for the 2020 World Food Innovation Awards for "Best food concept", "Best ingredient innovation", and "Best plant-based alternative". (Photo: Eunite Foods / Noblegen)

businessNOW – February 18, 2020

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Featuring Noblegen's first consumer product, Rolls-Royce Peterborough expansion, Kawartha Lakes business incubate, Rare restaurant, and more.
The new business incubator, located at 180 Kent Street West in downtown Lindsay, is part of a joint pilot project of the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and The Kawarthas and the City of Kawartha Lakes to support startups in Kawartha Lakes. It was officially opened during a launch and open house event on February 11, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster)

New business incubator for entrepreneurs launches in Kawartha Lakes

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre entrepreneurship officer Madeleine Hurrell (bottom left) with the successful applicants of the first 2020 intake of Starter Company Plus: (bottom row): Marlowe Bork, Katie Jackson, Dianna Graves, Sandra Lennox, Karen Kearney, Larissa Nicholson; back row: Matt Baylis, Jason White, Stephen Stamp, Kenny McGillvray, Eric Lennox. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

businessNOW – February 11, 2020

Dabbah Corp owner Waleed Dabbah and Peterborough Police Service deputy chief Tim Farquharson are both board members of the opioid addiction and homelessness advocacy group PTBOstrong. Dabbah Corp, which is a successful brokering service for payment processing machines, donated a Poynt Smart Terminal so the organization can better to track merchandise sales for fundraising. As well as supporting worthwhile community causes, Dabbah Corp is continuing to expand, with plans to hire as many as 29 more employees in 2020 as well as five students. (Photo supplied by Dabbah Corp)

Peterborough financial services firm Dabbah Corp continues to grow and support the community in 2020

Emily Mae's Cookies & Sweets owner Jennifer Wight (right) with Madeleine Hurrell, entrepreneurship officer at Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development's Business Advisory Centre. Hurrell oversees the Starter Company Plus program, which awarded Wight a $4,000 grant in 2017 to help build her business. Wight held the grand opening of her brick-and-mortar shop at 1135 Lansdowne Street West in Peterborough on February 1, 2020. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development / Facebook)

businessNOW – February 4, 2020

Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien (right) spoke at the Rotary Club of Peterborough meeting at the Holiday Inn on January 27, 2020, along with Peterborough County Warden J. Murray Jones (second from right). Also pictured are Rotarians Jay Amer (at the podium) and Kevin Duguay. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

businessNOW – January 28, 2020

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