Business News
The Meaford Chamber of Commerce is actively seeking five or more brave entrepreneurs to face off against five savvy Dragons at the 15th Annual Meaford Dragons event scheduled for Thursday, November 9. Deadline for contestant applications is noon on Thursday, October 5.
Based on CBC’s Dragons Den franchise, the Meaford show is quite a bit more friendly. The announcer will be JD Moffat from local radio station Lite 99.3 and the emcee will be comedienne Adrienne Fish, who was a...
In July, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region, which includes the Municipality of Meaford, decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 4.3%. The provincial unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage points to 5.9%, both unadjusted for seasonality.
The region’s labour force size continued to drop from 164,600 people in June to 163,600 in July 2023. The size of population not participating in the labour force also increased by 1,400, bringing the participation rate down by 0.5 percentage points...
