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Dynamic
Balance
Canada’s Fastest Growing
Community. Milton, Ontario
INSIDE
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Sports Centre
ahead of it’s time
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Sustainable Office
Building
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Milton Hydro
offers Incentive
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With over 55 Stores & Services
you can find everything you need close to home!
ANCHOR STORES
Dollarama ................... 875-9895
Shoppers Drug Mart.......878-4521
SportChek................... 693-8546
Winners ...................... 693-6621
Zellers......................... 878-8178
FINANCIAL CONTINUED
OMAC Mortgages........ 875-2333
Royal Bank ................ 875-0600
Royal Bank Commercial . 878-6893
Royal Bank ................ 875-1850
Dominion Securities ART
A.M. Gallery
Picture Source ........... 875-7770
FOOD COURT
A&W ......................... 875-1292
El Greeko................... 876-4934
Pure Health Bar ....... 289-878-4399
Yamato Japan............ 878-0776
CHILDREN’S WEAR
Siblings....................... 636-1322
CONVENIENCE STORES
Gateway Newstand...... 203-0610
Milton Variety Plus ....... 878-7296
ELECTRONICS
Fido .......................... 636-9797
Milton Foto Source..... 878-3361
The Source................ 878-1917
WirelessWave ............ 878-4493
FINANCIAL
Bank of Montreal......... 878-8160
FOOTWEAR
Payless Shoe Source.. 693-1067
LADIES’ WEAR
Alia N TanJay............... 876-3774
City Heat ..................... 878-1144
Garage Clothing ............ 693-9423
Juli Fashion Outlet....... 636-9241
Northern Reflections .... 878-9021
Suzy Shier................... 876-1388
MUSIC, BOOKS, CARDS & GAMES
Gamedom ................. 299-3663
GameStop ................. 693-6398
Hallmark Cards ............. 875-3776
HAIR & ESTHETICS
Hair Dimensions......... 878-8597
Nails For You.......289-878-5294
Shear Pleasure Salon... 878-5751
RESTAURANT / FOOD
Cora Breakfast & Lunch . 636-0007
Little Caesars............. 876-7611
Montfort .................... 693-6367
Mediterranean Cuisine
P.A.M.’s Coffee & Tea ..... 878-5722
S&H Health Foods....... 875-3424
JEWELLERY / ACCESSORIES
Ardene ............1-877-606-4233
Bentley Luggage ........ 876-4630
Brancier Jewellers ....... 876-4367
Griffin Jewellery...............693-1967
SERVICES
Brekland Realty ........... 285-0343
Elsley Optical ............. 878-8944
Hands on Healing...289-878-4244
Chiropractic & Wellness Centre
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the Milton Monkeys Kids’ Club is.
SERVICES CONTINUED
Hi-Tec Shoe Repair ...... 875-2320
MTO Kiosk............... (automated)
Ruffins Pet Centre..289-878-4000
Stitch It ..................... 875-0286
Towne Dental Group... 876-1188
UNISEX WEAR
Le Chateau................ 864-8499
Stitches Mega ........... 636-1710
Warehouse
2ND FLOOR OFFICES
Ontario Conservatory.....875-0202
of Music
Probation & Parole ..... 878-7259
Supported Training ..... 693-4252
& Rehabilitation in
Diverse Environments
*All numbers are in the 905 area code unless noted
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A Message from Mayor Gordon Krantz
The Milton community has seen an
exciting year of both residential and
industrial development and expansion in 2011. Projects like the Milton
Education Village and the Derry Green
Corporate Business Park have made
great strides this year while we welcomed a number of new businesses to
our Town. Our focus on green and environmental initiatives continues with the
proposed GreenLife Business Centre
which will provide Milton with a surplus of energy. The new Milton Centre for the Arts and the Milton Sports
Centre expansion offer exciting entertainment and recreational opportunities
for local residents and visitors alike. It
is clear that Milton is thriving as we
continue to attract new businesses and
create a dynamic and balanced place to
live, work and play.
The Milton Education Village (MEV)
is moving forward, following the signing of a three-year extension to the
original memorandum of understanding between the Town of Milton, Wilfrid Laurier University and Mattamy
Homes. The signing of the partnership
agreement that also includes Sheridan,
Milton Hydro and other members in the
development community confirms the
commitment of these parties to establish the MEV in Milton. Comprehensive
plans for the 450-acre neighbourhood
include student housing and residential
developments, a research park focusing
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Publisher
Steve Montague
Mayor Gordon Krantz stands in the heart of Downtown Milton where historical
charm along with tradition combine community events, restaurants and a great
shopping atmosphere. Mayor Krantz is first to thank the residents of Milton for
supporting the local business community. For more on Downtown Milton please visit
www.downtownmilcon.com
It is clear that Milton is thriving as we continue to
attract new businesses and create a dynamic and
balanced place to live, work and play.
on cleantech and green industries, and
commercial supporting services.
of industrial development, which will
offer 2,000 acres of employment land
immediately south of highway 401.
Developer DelRidge Homes will increase the presence of green and environmental initiatives in Town with the
development of their GreenLife Business Centre. The Centre will not only
be using less energy, it will generate
more energy than the building will require for other uses.
We would like to welcome some of
the newest members of our business
community including Sun Products
Corporation, Phoenix Contact Ltd., and
a.b.m. Canada Inc. These organizations chose Milton for many reasons,
including our highway and railway access, land availability and expansion
capabilities, as well as our strong and
well educated work force. While we
attract new companies, our existing
businesses continue to flourish such as
Chudleigh’s who are in the process of
expanding their facilities to increase
their operational capacity.
The future of Milton is looking bright
with as we head into 2012. The Town’s
ongoing success with engaging new industries and preparing new business
parks for development while retaining
local businesses are proof that Milton is
prospering and will continue to develop
and evolve over the coming years.
Plans continue for the Derry Green
Business Park, Milton’s newest phase
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Plans continue for a satellite campus in the Milton Education
Village between the Town of Milton and Wilfrid Laurier University
At the March 28, 2011 Town Council
Meeting Milton Council approved the
extension of the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the
Town of Milton and Wilfrid Laurier
University, to develop a campus in
Milton within a comprehensively
planned neighbourhood. The threeyear extension commenced exactly
three years after the original MOU was
signed.
Much has been accomplished between
the two parties over the three year
period of the original MOU including
the following:
The Town has
a) Obtained ownership of 150 acres
of land within the Education Village to
be transferred to Laurier for the campus
when provincial funding has been
secured.
b) Initiated the development approval
process through Halton Region’s
and the Town of Milton’s respective
Official Plans.
c) Defined the site boundaries related
to the proposed campus and worked
with Laurier and key community
stakeholders to develop a vision for
the Milton Education Village through a
design concept exercise.
d) Completed a Milton Education
Village Partnership Program that
engages several public and private
sector partners to bring the financial
resources and expertise to build the
components of the MEV.
Meanwhile, Laurier has
a) Made a submission to the Ministry
of Training, Colleges and Universities
for funding for the construction of the
campus and its capital and operating
requirements.
b) Worked towards developing a
Master Plan for the campus to meet
their needs and to fit within the vision
for the MEV.
The three-year extension to the MOU
reaffirms the Town’s and Laurier’s
commitment to establishing a university
campus in Milton.
The campus would be housed on a
150-acre site which would become the
hub of the “Milton Education Village”
– a neighbourhood that would include
a university and college campus,
on-site student housing, a business/
research park, supporting services and
a comprehensively planned adjacent
residential neighbourhood.
For more information on the Milton
Education Village project, visit
www.milton.ca.
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Milton Sports Centre expansion
includes leisure and eight-lane pool
Facility boasts indoor walking/jogging track
Phase two of the Milton Sports Centre
expansion project is now complete
and will provide Milton’s growing
community with increased opportunities
for active living, recreation and facility
rentals.
The newly expanded facility is a leader
in energy efficiency, receiving LEED
certification and featuring a geothermal
system. The Sports Centre includes a
gymnastics facility and the addition
of two state-of-the-art ice pads (for a
total of 4 pads), an elevated walking/
jogging track, a double gymnasium, an
active living studio and multipurpose
space. The eight-lane competition pool
and leisure pool are scheduled to open
in October and will offer year-round
family-friendly fun with a water spray
tunnel, dumping buckets and more.
For more information on the Milton
Sports Centre expansion project, visit
www.milton.ca or call 905-875-5393,
ext. 2601.
A New Experience Everytime
The Milton Centre for the Arts (MCA)
is the community’s cornerstone for
creativity! Ignite your imagination in
this unique, state-of-the-art facility
offering exciting performing, visual,
media and literary arts experiences for
all ages.
MCA is proud to offer quality,
affordable performances, recreation
programs, art exhibitions and rental
opportunities, thanks to the support of
the Governments of Canada and Ontario,
the Town of Milton Investment in the
Arts Campaign as well as community
and corporate donors.
Facility Features Include:
Mattamy Theatre - Explore dynamic
family-friendly performances, awardwinning musicians, theatre and so
much more in the Centre’s 500-seat
theatre.
MinMaxx Hall - Attend theatre productions, entertaining cabarets, corporate and community events, receptions,
exciting programs and more in this
intimate performance space.
Holcim Gallery - Celebrate creativity
with a visit to the gallery! Be inspired
by individual and group exhibitions,
showcasing an assortment of techniques, methods and themes.
Phases 1 and 2 of the Milton Sports Centre expansion were possible thanks
to funding assistance from federal and provincial grants of approximately
$13.4 million from the Building Canada Fund Infrastructure Stimulus Fund.
and Main, and experience a bright,
welcoming space with a unique water
feature, inspired by Milton’s Sixteen
Mile Creek.
The Nutcracker, a Canadian
Tradition. Pre-order your tickets
today, 3 Shows only!
Adult Art Studio and Tim Hortons
Children’s Art Studio - Discover your
inner artist by participating in stimulating registered and drop-in programs
in the Centre’s art studios, exploring
visual, musical and performing arts.
Del Ridge Community Room Engage in registered and drop-in
programs or rent this welcoming,
community space to hold workshops,
meetings and small-scale receptions.
Cogeco Escarpment Hall - Experience the beauty of the Centre’s “Main
Street,” with a limestone wall mirroring the rocks of the Niagara Escarpment. The Cogeco Escarpment Hall
provides central access to the performing, visual, media and literary arts
spaces.
Fieldgate Atrium - Enter the facility
through the doors at Thompson
Chudleigh’s Box Office - Meet the
Centre’s friendly staff, sign up for a facility tour, buy tickets and learn more
about upcoming performances, shows
and exhibitions.
November 26 and November 27.
Experience this beautifully unique
Canadian adaptation of Klara’s magical
dream-journey. Enter a world of winter
landscapes, Mounties and creatures of
the woods with backdrops inspired by
the McMichael Canadian Art Collection,
featuring the work of several Group of
Seven artists.
Serena Ryder
Saturday, October 8
Mattamy Theatre
Celebrated for her powerful vocal
range, Canada’s own Serena Ryder
takes to the stage with a uniquely
personal and honest performance
of her chart-topping hits. Ryder’s
ability to channel emotion through
songwriting shines through her music,
most notably with the award-winning
single, “Weak in the Knees.”
Please call Chudleigh’s Box Office
905-878-6000 or Toll free: 1-866-257-0004 for tickets
or visit www.miltoncentreforthearts.ca
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The
Educational
Journey
of a
Lifetime
An Oakville Day
School for Girls
JK to Grade 12
Open House
Saturday, October 29th
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School • 1080 Linbrook Road, Oakville, Ontario L6J 2L1
Tel: 905-845-2386 • Fax: 905-845-4799
Email: [email protected] • Website: www.smls.on.ca
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Greenlife Business Centre proposed in Milton
DelRidge Homes and GreenLife
Energy have joined forces to bring
Canada’s most progressive office
building in the field of sustainable
technology to Milton. GreenLife
Business Centre, located at 450
Bronte Street will not only demand
approximately 22% of the normal
amount of operational energy at about
137,500 kwh of energy per year,
but at the same time, it will produce
approximately 328,000 kwh/year from
a dynamic fully oriented 250,000 watt
PV array.
DelRidge is committed to building
to a “net zero” energy standard, and
promotes this as the next logical step
in the leadership towards substantive
and meaningful change in the industry
of sustainable technology. Through
the use of their own well developed
and evolving building system called
EnerBuild 7000e, DelRidge employ
the latest technologies in conservation
and energy monitoring. GreenLife
Energy, a wholly owned sub company
of DelRidge, operates remote solar
arrays as well as their own remote
wind facilities producing any shortfall
Greenlife Business Centre concepts.
Expansion underway at Chudleigh’s.
on sites which require the seal of “netzero”.
This project, geared to professionals
in the field of green technology, goes
far beyond the target making it the only
“net-positive” facility of its kind in
Canada. Through allocation, the surplus
energy of approximately 190,500 kwh/
year will be assigned to residential
projects which are harder to achieve the
“net-zero” status on their own site.
DelRidge and GreenLife have taken
this bold step as an example for others to
aim beyond the norm and to demonstrate
that sustainability is not just a word.
DelRidge and GreenLife believe that
their role is equally split between the
evolution of these types of facilities
and the collection and evaluation of
data for years after completion. The
commitment to verification plays a
pivotal role in the fine tuning of these
systems for future endeavors. DelRidge
and GreenLife conduct their companies
in an “open book” manner by sharing
any of their own systems and are
particularly receptive to any and all
new ideas in the field of positive and
measurable change.
new product ideas that we haven’t even
thought of yet. The ease of access to
highways makes Milton a convenient
location to access both our domestic
and U.S. customers” noted Chudleigh’s
President Dean Chudleigh.
The commercial bakery is located
within the Escarpment Business
Community just west of Highway
25, north of Highway 401 and a few
minutes south of the orchard farm.
With a strong Research &
Development focus on natural fruit
taste, the custom, state-of-the-art
equipment is operated by over 150 full
time staff at Chudleigh’s where more
than 70% of the finished products are
exported.
In recent years, Chudleigh’s has
become famous for its patented Apple
Blossoms (individually portioned
pastries) which, along with its pies,
molten-lava cakes and other high quality,
highly unique bakery products are
marketed in the U.S., and increasingly
in Asia, Europe and Mexico.
Chudleigh’s is growing
again in Milton
Sun Products leases entire
400,000 square foot
facility in Milton
Chudleigh’s is in the process of
expanding its commercial bakery
facility from the current 82,000 square
feet to 110,000 square feet. Since
establishing its 100 acre orchard farm
in 1957, which still flourishes today
and attracts thousands of guests each
year, the company has responded to the
business success enjoyed on the retail
bakery side first by moving into its
present facility in 2007 and now with
its most recent addition.
“We are very excited about our
current expansion as it seems the
food industry didn’t realize there was
a recession. The additional area will
give us the opportunity to hire even
more talented staff to help develop
The Sun Products Corporation, a
leading North American manufacturer
and marketer of fabric care and
household products with annual sales
of more than $2 billion, has leased the
entire 405,000 square foot facility at
8690 Escarpment Way. In doing so,
the company has eliminated the largest
existing industrial building from the
real estate market in town, positively
reinforcing the fact that Milton remains
a hot market in which to invest. While
Sun Products has made the investment,
the brand new manufacturing/
warehouse facility is operated by DB
Schenker Logistics.
Schenker of Canada started operations
in 1953; in just over half a century the
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business has grown to include over 40
branches and 1,700 employees. Today
it is one of the top Logistics Service
Providers in Canada. Outside Canada
its global enterprise has annual sales
of 19 billion euros. With 91,000
employees and 2,000 offices around
the world, DB Schenker is one of the
world’s leading providers of integrated
logistics services, offering land
operations, air and ocean freight as well
as comprehensive logistics solutions
and global supply chain management
from a single source.
Headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut
with an office in Toronto, Sun Products
was formed in September 2008 from
the combination of Unilever’s North
American fabric care business and
Huish Detergents, Inc, a leading
manufacturer of private label laundry
and dish products.
Sun Products
brands include Sunlight laundry, Wisk,
Snuggle and All-laundry.
These two companies are the latest
world-class organizations to take
advantage of locating in Milton.
Additional land adjacent to the
existing building is available and allows
for further expansion up to 580,000
square feet.
Phoenix Contact
opens new Canadian
Headquarters in Milton
Phoenix Contact Ltd., a leading
developer and manufacturer of industrial
electrical and electronic technology
has completed construction of their
new Canadian headquarters. The new
facility is representative of Phoenix
Contact’s dedication to quality and
style. Some of the features of the
new 25,000 sq.ft. building is an airconditioned warehouse bathed in
natural light, a large visitor centre to
house training for 50 persons, a valueadded solution centre and a modern
electrical automation lab. “Our rapid growth over the past
years has now made it impractical for
us to remain in our current building,”
stated Paul Bastel, Marketing and
Communications Manager, “Milton is
a perfect location with proximity to the
highway and a very business friendly
environment”.
Phoenix Contact has supported the
Canadian market for over 25 years with
technical and commercial service, sales,
logistics, marketing and engineered
value-added solutions. Its work is
dedicated to the creation of progress
with inspiring, innovative solutions
New Sun Products distribution centre at 8690 Escarpment Way.
and to a trusting partnership towards
their customers, sales and distribution
partners with common benefits. The new
facility will be the launch pad for the
present and future skilled and educated
workforce to take the company to be
the recognized leader in the industry.
Founded over 80 years ago in
Germany, Phoenix Contact ensures
global customer proximity with its
40 subsidiaries and representation in
another 30 countries. Its diverse product
range includes components and system
solutions for industrial and device
connection, automation, electronic
interface and surge protection.
abm Canada Inc. Expands
and Relocates to Milton
As abm Canada began to grow in
customer base and product diversity
it became more and more apparent
that the current facility was no longer
sufficient. After long discussions with
various cities and great considerations,
Milton proved to have everything abm
Canada needed for future growth.
abm Canada has found a great
location in Milton with a diverse range
of benefits. The new facility is close
to highways, which allows for easy
pick up of goods by carriers, has direct
rail car access, which allows for cost
effective raw material shipment, and
had the space required for the size and
complexity of the business.
The previous location was 122,000
sq feet. In Milton abm Canada was able
to purchase 20 acres of land and build a
200,000 sq foot facility with continued
abm Canada President Chris Koehler and
new Milton facility.
expansion room of up to 400,000 sq feet.
Other key expansions included pallet
positions and machine space. There
are 18,000 pallet positions in the new
Milton facility, up from 7,800 pallet
positions in the former facility, when
the space is fully racked. Moreover,
machine space increased from 13 in the
old facility to a potential of 40 machines
in the new Milton location.
Another key factor in choosing
Milton was the attractive labour pool,
providing a strong and well educated
work force for abm Canada and its
future growth plan.
Chris Koehler, abm Canada President,
is proud of the new facility and believes
“the move to Milton has increased abm
Canada’s cost competitive nature and
ability to meet and exceed the demands
of our customers, while at the same
time contributing to Milton’s growing
manufacturing industry”.
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Derry Green Corporate Business
Park Secondary Plan Finalized
Milton Town Council approved the
Secondary Plan for the Derry Green
Corporate Business Park on June
14, 2010. Offering 2,000 acres of
employment land immediately south
of Highway 401, the Derry Green
Corporate Business Park represents
Milton’s newest phase of industrial
development. The new business park
complements the Town’s existing 401
Business Park north of Highway 401.
The
comprehensively
planned
Business Park, consisting of several
landowners will have predominantly
prestige industrial office areas along
major corridors including James Snow
Parkway and Derry Road. There will
also be an area with rail access dedicated
to industrial uses.
Halton Region will now move forward
on bringing water and wastewater
services to the Business Park. Initial
developments within the Business
Park are anticipated to take place in
2012 further contributing to a healthy
balance of residential to non-residential
development for the Town.
More information on this project is
available by visiting http://www.milton.
ca/townhall/projects/pdprojects/bp2.
htm Town of Milton website.
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Making Environmental Connections
in Halton
905-299-2327
[email protected]
www.haltonenvironment.com
Mermaid Limousine Service Ltd, a family owned and
operated business, was established in 1996, to serve
the greater Hamilton area. Since then, Mermaid Limo
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including an expansion into Burlington (2008), Niagara
Falls (2009), Vaughan (2010) and now, Kitchener (2011).
Whatever vehicles suits your needs, whatever the
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Horseshoe’s largest limousine fleet including the
H2 Hummer Limousine, Expedition Stretch SUVs,
Navigator Stretch SUVs, a large selection of Limo
Buses, Luxury Stretch Limousines, Executive Sedans
and proudly launching 3 new 56 passenger shuttle
vehicles.
With over 17 years of dedicated service, a 24/7
operation, and the flexibility to shuttle 864 passengers
at one point, Mermaid Limousine has gone from one
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It is important that your transportation needs are
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Boutique Condos First
for Halton Region
BUILDER: VANDYK Group of
Companies
PRICES: Starting from the low
$300,000s.
FEATURES: Wyndham Place
features luxurious suites with
Torlys terrawood flooring, gourmet
kitchens and state-of-the-art on-site
amenities. Featuring soon Windows
on the Green is surrounded by
walking trails and parkland and
offers condominium lofts.
TO SEE FOR YOURSELF:
Visit Wyndham at
www.vandyk.com.
For twenty-five years Vandyk Communities have shown why
they are one of Ontario’s finest home builders.
With its roots in the construction of custom luxury homes
and commercial office and
retail developments, Vandyk
Communities has continually
expanded its operations to include the development of master planned communities that
feature elegant townhomes,
condominiums, and distinctive
single family homes. Their
latest masterpiece is one of
many developments planned
for the Halton Region. Wyndham Place’s style begins with
VANDYK’s Signature Exterior Finishes, and is eloquently
expressed in the building’s
soaring stone columns and
stone veneer, complemented
by colour-coordinated stucco
and accent siding. Windows
are everywhere, with the façade incorporating a pleasing mix of maintenance-free
double thermal glazed vinyl
casement windows and sliding glass doors throughout.
The focal point of it all is the
cantilevered
porte-cochère
entrance that shelters you and
your guests upon your arrival.
This luxury condominium
residence has been architecturally inspired by Frank Lloyd
Wright and is located steps
from Lake Ontario in Oakville.
Inside Wyndham Place’s gracious front entrance, a soaring
2-storey glass curtain wall illuminates the main Lobby and
its elegant stone feature wall
and seating area. And outside,
an exquisite courtyard invites
you to linger with its park
benches and modern lamp
posts lighting the way. There
is no need for a monthly membership at the local gym once
you’re comfortably settled in
your suite at Wyndham Place.
Simply head for the spacious
fitness centre where residents
will find a full array of stateof-the-art equipment. Your
suite’s own private terrace or
patio will always offer you
a welcome sanctuary alone,
or with a friend or two. But
when the gathering is a little
larger and you seek a view that
stretches a little further, then
head for Wyndham Place’s
exotic rooftop terrace. Accessed from either of the entertainment rooms, you can
unwind on a crisp fall evening
and watch the stars come out
above the city, or seek out the
summer sun and relax for an
hour reading the latest from
your favourite author. One
bedroom + den, two bedroom
and two bedroom + den floor
suites starting from $319,990.
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14
A Revolutionary Approach to Staffing
Staffing often tops the list of
challenges for businesses, regardless of
the industry. Having the right number
of staff at the right time is a common
issue facing all businesses, particularly
those whose operations are subject
to seasonal or project related ups and
downs.
Changes in the flow of orders,
contracts and client requests easily
cause peaks and troughs in workload
requirements. Companies try to plan
their employment cycles ahead of time,
but that can be as tricky as coming up
with a budgeting forecast that will hit
the mark further down the road.
Estimates do not guarantee accuracy
and inaccuracies can be costly. If a
company ends up understaffed for
example, it could be paying more than
it should to hire additional temporary
staff. Alternatively, it might be
overstaffed during an unexpected idle
time. Either way, both situations have
a direct and negative impact on the
bottom line, and it hurts.
Diving into Pooling
Resources
One solution to this problem is
closely collaborating with companies
that have similar fluctuating human
resource needs and pooling resources.
Take for example Company
A and Company B. Company A
underestimated the number of staff
required and is faced with a busy period
for which it needs more people. It could
hire additional staff on a permanent
basis, and run the risk of having to
lay them off later. Alternatively, it
could hire staff temporarily through an
agency, which can be very expensive.
On the other hand, Company B has
less work than originally anticipated
because of a project delay, and has
permanent staff members that are idle.
If these companies were brought
together to pool their human resources,
they could solve the problem efficiently
from a staffing and economic
standpoint. Company B would lend
their underutilized permanent staff to
Company A and invoice Company A
the staff salary cost. The employees
may not even have to work in a different
location. Depending on the work to be
done, employees could carry out the
tasks for Company A from their usual
place of work at Company B.
Company B saves money by offsetting
downtime costs and increasing its
bottom line. Company A obtains the
resources of suitably qualified and
recommended staff. Paying salary
costs for these resources is more costeffective that hiring them through a
staffing agency. Employees benefit
by being able to work on different
projects, in a different environment and
broadening their horizons.
The Bigger Picture
Pooling of human resources can apply
to countless branches of commerce and
industry. In fact, there are many roles
that are not industry dependent and are
transferable from one to the other.
The greatest asset that any business
possesses is its staff. But for the most
part, staff is also the most expensive
item on the profit and loss statement.
Over the years, many efforts have been
made in the workplace to increase
working efficiency, yet virtually
nothing has been done to create more
efficient use of staff.
We could see far greater economic
efficiency by bringing together
companies that have fluctuating staffing
problems. While that may mean
developing closer working relationships
with competitors, resolving staffing
shortages or overages through pooling
can have considerable benefits from
both an economic and employee
retention standpoint.
In most cases, the fear of “industrial
espionage” is no more of an issue than
hiring people from a staffing agency.
On the contrary, whether you are the
“borrower” or the “lender”, staff is
entirely in the hands of each individual
company, which is in control of the
process. It is the company that decides
to whom it will lend its staff and from
whom it will borrow. This is a luxury
that traditional recruitment solutions do
not allow for.
Good Will Hunting
Pooling can also extend to permanent
staffing needs. A company may need
to downsize and permanently reduce
a full-time employee to part-time, or
terminate an employment contract
altogether. Other companies can look
to them to tap into a rich source of
qualified, recommended personnel.
In helping employees find alternative
905-257-1465
www.poolingpeople.ca
Hannah McKinnon, founder of PoolingPeople.ca.
employment, companies are able to
gain goodwill and respect, both of
which help image and reputation.
Being flexible when managing fluctuating staffing needs can be a challenge,
but ultimately it will be beneficial for
everyone concerned – from shareholders, to companies to employees.
Before laying off employees, or calling
a staffing agency, pooling is well worth
a closer examination.
Hannah McKinnon is founder of
PoolingPeople.ca, a Canadian-based
company that has created an online
business community enabling members
to temporarily borrow and lend or
permanently transfer employees among
other members.
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