The pair chat about the work the Labrador West Employment Corporation has been doing in the region, and their expansion to serve Happy Valley – Goose Bay, the Southern Coast of Labrador and other areas around Labrador.

Take a listen and find out about the programs being offered in region, and find out how you can work with them to bring more inclusiveness to the workplace, and help persons with disabilities have successful jobs in the region.

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The pair chat about the work the Labrador West Employment Corporation has been doing in the region, and their expansion to serve Happy Valley – Goose Bay, the Southern Coast of Labrador and other areas around Labrador.

Take a listen and find out about the programs being offered in region, and find out how you can work with them to bring more inclusiveness to the workplace, and help persons with disabilities have successful jobs in the region.

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This week on The Morning Brew Podcast, Shelley Hodge sat down for a one-on-one conversation about her own experience growing a thriving business in the creative niche, right here in Lab West.

Take a listen to Brenda and Shelley, as they share their thoughts on running a retail business in the face of COVID, the importance of shopping local first, the importance of being able to pivot inside your business, and so much more.

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In this very first episode, Brenda sits down with Chamber president, Toby Leon to discuss a variety of topics, including the impact of COVID on the region, the Chamber’s recovery strategy for local business, and the Chamber’s brand new Love Local Support Lab West initiative.

Listen as they talk about what the Chamber can do better to help support our members, as well creating an engaging experience for our members, and why it’s so important that the Chamber acts as an advocate for business owners in the region.

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The pair chat about the work the Labrador West Employment Corporation has been doing in the region, and their expansion to serve Happy Valley – Goose Bay, the Southern Coast of Labrador and other areas around Labrador.

Take a listen and find out about the programs being offered in region, and find out how you can work with them to bring more inclusiveness to the workplace, and help persons with disabilities have successful jobs in the region.

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On this week’s episode of The Morning Brew Podcast, Kellie is joined by local artist Raeann Brown. 

Raeann shares updates on this weekend’s grand opening of Inuky Glass Art & Engraving’s new store, right here in Lab West.

Take a listen to this great conversation about all things local art, and listen to Raeann share her thoughts on growing her business through COVID. 

It’s an episode you won’t want to miss!

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On this week’s year-end episode of The Morning Brew Podcast, Kellie is joined by Brian & Dave Hurley, the co-founders of Iron Rock Brewing Co.

Brian and Dave tell the story of how they took Dave’s homebrew hobby and turned it into Labrador’s first craft microbrewery. The brothers share insights into how they used innovation, an uncompromising commitment to quality, and a bit of resilience to not only make it through their first year in business amidst the global COVID pandemic, but managed some impressive growth in spite of it.
 
This episode is chock-full of information, tips and stories that will have you laughing out loud.  

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Dion shares the story of how became an entrepreneur. Hear how he started work with Twin City Dairy, the company he would eventually purchase and build into what is today Twin City Distributors.

Kellie and Dion discuss issues business owners deal with on a daily basis, such as managing staff, celebrating the good times, having to double staff post COVID shutdown, and the importance of saving for a rainy day.

Dion talks about the lessons he learned as a business owner through struggles and difficult times, sustaining and expanding operations with the green depot, and now as he expands his business once again, purchasing Houseman Limited.

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In this episode, Kellie is joined by Kathy-Lynn Shaw, owner of Kinetic Life Solutions.

Kathy-Lynn talks about the steps she took to move from thinking about starting her own business, to actually opening doors of Kinetic Life Solutions in 2017.  She shares tips on the steps every entrepreneur should take when starting up, the importance of constantly staying on top of what’s happening in your industry, continued education and always learning in order to grow your business.

Find out what makes Kinetic Life Solutions so special, including the unique services she provides right here in the region.

This episode is filled with valuable tips for business owners, and you won’t want to miss it.

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In this episode, Kellie welcomes Alain Lepage of All In Group.

One of the region’s newest residents and business owners, Alain opened All In Group in the region last year – just a few months into the COVID shutdown.  Despite the challenges and delays Alain managed to forge ahead by leveraging the relationships he has built with suppliers across the country throughout his career, and being able to get customers what they need, exactly when the need it.  By focusing on providing the best quality products for the best possible price, with top quality service – All In Group has been able to not only survive during these tough times, but thrive.

Alain tells the story of how he came to Lab West – having worked in the region on and off as a job site purchaser. When opportunity came knocking at his door last year, he took a chance, packed up and made Labrador City home.

Listen to Alain share his thoughts on the importance of timing when it comes to serving customers in the best possible way, and how the company has made that their number one priority for serving businesses in the region. Specifically, where it typically takes a long time to get specific parts delivered to the region, All In Group is able to turn orders around in a matter of days – which has been a game changer.

Take a listen, and find out how All In Group can answer your business needs, and hear how being local is essential to growing in the region.

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