Business

This year’s Valley Wide Business After Hours will be held on May 12, at Gatzke Farm Market on Highway 97 North in Lake Country from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The annual event involves chambers from Osoyoos through to Vernon.

Zeina Elgazzar jumps, literally, when people ask about her dogs.

There will be at least one new face on the board when the Summerland Chamber of Economic Development and Tourism selects its directors for the coming year.

Attracting international business to Penticton and the Okanagan has become one of the focuses for the Okanagan Valley Economic Development Society.

In a generation where it is the norm to switch career paths multiple times, Marcello Garofalo is defying that trend.

Small businesses in the Okanagan and Kootenays can now upgrade to energy-efficient lighting systems at virtually no cost, thanks to a new program sponsored by the province of British Columbia and FortisBC.

Penticton Economic Development Services and the Okanagan Valley Economic Development Society are collaborating to create a foreign trade and investment initiative in the U.K. The purpose of this initiative is to market the Okanagan region to a global market and to build partnerships between the Okanagan and U.K. business communities. The U.K. was chosen based on its long-standing business history and similarities to the Canadian economic, legal and fiscal market lead framework.

Amongst a number of changes underway with the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce also comes a change to an integral part of how the chamber is run — a new manger.