Surrey – The Surrey Board of Trade (SBOT) has released the 2016 Surrey Road Survey results. Widening roads such as 64 Avenue, the Fraser Highway and 100 Avenue were some of many suggestions given to SBOT through a survey developed by the SBOT with the help of the City of Surrey.“Our economy rests on…
Surrey – December 5, 2016: Something exciting is going on at Surrey's Coyote Creek Elementary. In the hallways and classrooms of this Surrey school, things are buzzing. Market research has been completed, product designs have been finalized and the school’s Grade 6 and 7 students have moved full swing into production mode. They have been…
Surrey, B.C. – Today, Prime Minister Trudeau announced four government decisions: the approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project; the approval of Enbridge Line 3 replacement; the dismissal of the Northern Gateway project; and the continued moratorium of tankers off the northern BC coast.“The approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project is the…
The Surrey Social Innovation Summit is next week, spots are filling up quickly, please feel free to push the Summit out to your network. The Surrey Board of Trade will be there to moderate one of the sessions.On November 23rd, some of Canada’s most effective and inspiring social innovation leaders will be at the…
BDC and the Surrey Board of Trade are proud to present the screening of the 45 minute documentary film The Millennial Dream plus a dialogue on what kinds of companies will succeed in the new economy on:Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at Guildford Golf & Country Club (7929-152 Street) from 5-8pm.As the Millennial generation becomes…
Surrey, B.C. – On Tuesday, November 22, the Surrey Board of Trade will host Chief Superintendent Dwayne McDonald, newly appointed Officer in Charge of the Surrey RCMP, in his first keynote address to Surrey's business community. Chief Superintendent McDonald will provide insight into his experience, as well as his plans and goals for Surrey under…
Surrey, B.C. – On Thursday, November 3, 2016, the Surrey Board of Trade recognized six of Surrey’s best businesses at the 18th Annual Surrey Business Excellence Awards, with Presenting Sponsors BDC - Business Development Bank of Canada Kwantlen Polytechnic University and TD Bank, and media sponsors GlobalTV, the Leader Newspaper and News 1130, with…
(Surrey, BC) Today at the Surrey Board of Trade, the New Leaf Travel Company announced a new enterprise connecting Surrey to Halifax, and many destinations in-between. Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun spoke at the press conference with New Leaf President & CEO, Jim Young.NewLeaf is offering an additional, affordable option…
At today’s opening ceremony, October 21st, of the Annual Surrey International Writers' Conference at the Sheraton Hotel, the Surrey Board of Trade presented the 24th winner of the Surrey Board of Trade Special Achievement Award to Shari Green, in recognition of her work as a writer and her significant contribution to the community of writers.…
Dialogue with the Honourable Naomi Yamamoto, Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness at the Surrey Board of Trade's Leadership Surrey Dialogue event, “Disaster Recovery Planning for Business.”We have all heard how we need to prepare for the “big one,” the importance of a grab-n-go kit, out of area contacts and more. But do you…
