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The right way to sell a family business
CAFE Member Laura McNally, part of the third generation at McNally International Inc. interviewed by Jacoline Loewen,The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2013
Central Ontario Canadian Association of Family Enterprise Forum: Family business need support
CAFE Canada Chair Allen S. Taylor, CAFE Central Ontario Managing Director, Emma Ramos and CAFE Member Frank Dempsey, Dempsey Corporation interviewed by Andrew Seale, Special to The Star, April 25, 2013
Family businesses to be honoured
CNW, April 16, 2013
Allen S. Taylor: Should every family business have a succession plan? (video)
CAFE Canada Chair Allen S. Taylor, 30-Second Mentor, Special to Financial Post, April 2, 2013
UVic honours London Drugs chairman; Distinguished Entrepreneur to Brandt Louie
University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business has named Brandt Louie, long-time CAFE Member, as the 10th recipient of the 'Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award', Times Colonist (Victoria), March 26, 2013
City firm named family enterprise of the year
Murray McNeill, Winnipeg Free Press, March 12, 2013
Klassen Family Interview (video)
Neil, Travis and Reg Klassen of Valley Carriers, a CAFE Vancouver Family Member talk about their family business and their involvement in CAFE (including their PAG), Global Noon Hour News, March 9, 2013
Halifax Seed Company is a rare tale of family business survival
Halifax Seed Company, recipient of CAFE’s 2012 FEYA Award and CAFE Canada Executive Director Paul MacDonald interviewed by Beverley Smith, The Globe and Mail, January 28, 2013
Special Supplement - Business Families
Featuring articles by CAFE Canada Executive Director Paul MacDonald, UBC’s Business Families Centre Executive Director Judi Cunningham and Lloyd Steier, professor of entrepreneurship and family enterprise, and director of the Alberta Business Family Institute at the University of Alberta, Special to The Globe and Mail, December 12, 2012
He’s 26, with $60-million in revenue, but could still use advice
CAFE Canada Executive Director Paul MacDonald weighs in, Dan Misener, The Challenge, Special to The Globe and Mail, November 28, 2012
How to Hand Over The Family Business
Tony Wanless, CMC, is CEO of Knowpreneur Consultants, BCBusiness Online.ca, November 5, 2012
Don’t just hire family because they’re family
3 CAFE Members interviewed by Mary Teresa Bitti, Financial Post, October 30, 2012
Small Businesses Need Family Planning...The Succession Kind (audio)
CAFE Canada Chair Allen S. Taylor interviewed by Marcia Young, The World This Weekend, CBC Radio, October 20, 2012
The Business - Keeping It In The Family (video)
Host David Wojcik with panel guests, CAFE Canada Chair Allen S. Taylor, Fox 40 CEO Ron Foxcroft and lawyer Murray Gottheil as they debate keeping the business in the family, BiZ TV Canada Inc., biztvcanada.com, June 1, 2012
Mind Your Business: Family business (video)
CAFE Canada Chair Allen S. Taylor interviewed by CHCH Morning Live, May 7, 2012
Family Business Matters
KPMG, Spring 2011
Success of Family Enterprise felt across Canadian economy, communities
The Globe and Mail, September 22, 2010
Business enterprises a force in Canada's economy
The Globe and Mail, September 8, 2010
Family Business Q & A
The Globe and Mail, May 14, 2010
CAFE Canada Chair interviewed Investment Executive
Investment Executive, January 18, 2010
Stewards of a Blueberry Empire
Rick Spence, Financial Post, Monday, June 08, 2009
Family Ties
Geoff Kirbyson, Winnipeg Free Press, Sunday, June 06, 2009
Business Families Endure
The Globe and Mail Special Supplement, November 12, 2007
Business Families
The Globe and Mail Special Supplement, September 26, 2005
All in the Family
Nuvo Magazine, Summer Issue
Early in 2011, CAFE launched a new promotional campaign featuring fullpage ads in Canadian Capital Magazine. The series of four light-hearted ads depict situations relating to family enterprise with the creative theme "We (CAFE) can help...with information, support and connections", click ad to view full size image:
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