Some good news for a couple London companies this morning! Last night was the Ey Entrepreneur of the Year Ontario 2016 Awards, and two local companies won big. Diply, a social news and entertainment website owned by GoViral Inc., won in the ‘Emerging Entrepreneur’ Category. Digital Extremes, an independent video game developer and publisher, took…
The world’s largest voice-over marketplace, Voices.com, is moving to a new global headquarters in the city of London, Ontario, Canada. The company has experienced accelerated rates of growth over the past few years, with a five-year growth rate of 798%, as recently reported by PROFIT Guide and Canadian Business.They are also listed as the fastest-growing…
Hey #ldnont, I am thrilled to be returning to London as TechAlliance’s Business Analyst for Youth! On top of the standard responsibilities of the Business Services team, such as coaching entrepreneurs, I also have the privilege of leading collaborations with Propel at Western and Leap Junction at Fanshawe. I see this as an opportunity to…
Bron Animation, a division of British Columbia-based Bron Media Corp., continues to expand, opening of a new office in London, Ontario. Bron Animation officially opened their new downtown London location on October 1, which will be overseen by London’s Kris Pearn who is directing an adaptation of Lois Lowry’s The Willoughbys, for which he also…
In preparation for the 2016 US General Election, Solano County Registrar of Voters is streamlining their staff related process for more efficient staffing and more engaging and effective staff training with Scytl Poll Worker Management and Scytl Election Training. Scytl, the worldwide leader in election modernization and online voting has been selected by the Registrar…
Western Research Parks has been named the winner of the 2016 Outstanding Research Park Award today by the Association of University Research Parks, an international professional association of university related research and science parks (AURP’s news release is below). Western is only the third research park from Canada, and the first from Ontario to receive…
Today, Public Sector Digest (PSD) in partnership with Canada’s Open Data Exchange (ODX) announced the 2016 Open Cities Index results. Now in its second year, the Open Cities Index launched in 2015 as Canada’s first study to benchmark municipal open data initiatives across the country. The 2015 edition of the Open Cities Index included 34 of…
The monthly member spotlight is an opportunity to learn more about a leader at one of our member companies and showcase the work they are doing. This month, we spotlight Bill Wittur, Chief Sipster at Drinky.ca. Learn more about Drinky.ca in our member directory. Name: Bill Wittur Title: Chief Sipster Company: Drinky.ca Drinky.ca is an online portal that…
The PROFIT 500, the 28th annual list of the 500 fastest-growing companies in Canada, published by Canadian Business and PROFIT magazine, has released its 2016 rankings. Voices.com was ranked on this prestigious list for the fourth year in a row, this year amongst the top 100 companies. The largest online voice-over marketplace in the world,…
London’s growing entrepreneurship sector has just received another big boost; UnLondon Digital Media Association (UnLondon) and Pillar Nonprofit Network (Pillar) are very excited to announce an agreement that will provide shared space access between 121 Studios, London’s interactive digital media hub and creative co-working space, and Innovation Works, London’s newest co-working space that is intentionally…