Lockdown pushes up Brantford jobless rate
January 2021 jobs numbers show that Brantford's jobless rate climbed for the first time since summer 2020, as Ontario locked down in response to the pandemic’s second wave. The January unemployment rate for Brantford was 6.9%, up slightly from December’s 6.7%,...
COVID-19 Webinar Series. Register Today.
A new series of free webinars will inform employers and individuals in Brantford, Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk, Six Nations and New Credit about resources and programs to support them during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie will present...
Mentorship – How It Works
Mentorship is a unique relationship between a person who is experienced in a particular trade or industry and a person who is newer to the industry. Mentorship isn’t a replacement for formal education or training programs. Instead, it complements other types of...
Workforce Heroes: Celebrating employees & businesses
Healthy, happy and prosperous New Year. We start 2021 with hope that this year will be brighter than the last. But also with pride that we are in many ways stronger for what we’ve been through. The pandemic has had a huge impact on people’s lives, livelihood, work and...
Workforce Heroes: Brooks Signs
Things looked bleak for Brooks Signs in the spring of 2020. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Brant County company was allowed to continue to manufacture signs. But because construction wasn’t classified as an essential service at that time, the company wasn’t...
Workforce Heroes: Battlefield International
When there were dire warnings last year about a potential shortage of ventilators to treat Canadians with COVID-19, Battlefield International’s employees rose to the challenge. Highly skilled staff at the Haldimand County high-tech aerospace company volunteered their...
Workforce Heroes: Six Nations Economic Development Corp.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, the Six Nations of the Grand River Economic Development Corporation drew on its philosophy of community caring and support to help. The Workforce Planning Board is celebrating the business for their employees being...
Workforce Heroes: Hometown Brew
Norfolk County’s Hometown Brew turned suds into sanitizer as their way to help residents safeguard against COVID-19. The small craft brewery, located in St. Williams, near Turkey Point, was gearing up for the spring beer season in 2020 when the pandemic hit, forcing...
Workforce Heroes: Apotex Pharmachem
Resilient, creative, generous: all words that describe how Brantford’s Apotex Pharmachem and its employees stepped up in time of need last year. The company’s Spalding Drive plant produced and donated thousands of bottles of medical-grade hand sanitizer and donated...
December job numbers end 2020 on positive note for area
Brantford’s job numbers ended a tough 2020 on a high note, but the start of the new year could tell a different story. The unemployment rate continued its six-month long descent, landing at 6.1% for December, down from November’s 6.6%, according to Statistics Canada...