Business Showcase

July 29, 2010 06:56 PM

In 2009 Ray Smith was parachuted in as CEO and president to rescue True Energy Trust. Now 18 months into the job, he talks to Gay Sutton about the remarkable turnaround, about renaming the company Bellatrix Exploration Ltd., and about his ambitions to make it the rising star of the Western Canadian Basin.

July 29, 2010 07:24 PM

For more than 25 years, Jetcrete has been providing shaft wall building, ground stabilization and related services to mining and construction companies across Australia. Now, thanks to a joint venture with Thyssen Mining, the company is aggressively entering the North American mining market.

July 29, 2010 07:33 PM

Commercially driven it may be, but as Alan Swaby learns while talking to the GM for North America, this French food company is equally passionate about taste, choice and quality.

July 29, 2010 07:45 PM

Calgary’s West LRT project represents a number of firsts and other major milestones for the western Canadian city and the province of Alberta.

July 29, 2010 07:54 PM

Le Bleu has been a top provider of bottled water to consumers, offices, retailers, high-end restaurants and resorts for more than two decades. Now top management is helping to nurture a fast-growing dietary supplement company, Nature’s Pearl.

July 29, 2010 08:03 PM

Three years ago the North American modular building industry witnessed the creation of its biggest organization when Modular Space Corporation came to life.

Top Ten

The webservice "vault.com" prepares a list of the most prestigious 50 consulting companies each year. The top ten consulting companies for 2010 are:

Features

June 25, 2010 03:51 PM

Jayne Flannery talks to Donald Stamets, hotelmanager at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Palm Beach, Florida, about the unique and inspiring qualities of this one-of-a-kindoceanfront resort

June 22, 2010 12:11 PM

The first article in a three part series on retail sales and operations planning explains why retailers are increasingly exploring a model which has long been a staple of manufacturing management

June 22, 2010 12:34 PM

The second article in a three part series on retail sales and operations planning shows how retail S&OP has evolved into a strategic focused, executive-led integrated business planning model

June 22, 2010 12:40 PM

The final article in a three part series on retail sales and operations planning shows the impact of retail S&OP on the retailer and the retailer's suppliers

June 22, 2010 01:08 PM

Ben Timmer of Easynet Global Services talks through the implications for energy consumption of the Carbon Reduction Commitment, particularly relating to data centres, where overcooling is both unnecessary and wasteful