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Mastercard has announced they are building a new Intelligence and Cyber Centre in Vancouver. The centre will be home to "one of six global technology centres for Mastercard and will develop cyber solutions for the payments ecosystem globally." The original statement was made today at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Highlights: The new centre will create 380 new jobs and 100

Vancouverites know Jim Pattison’s company the Jim Pattison Group for the Save-On-Foods, radio stations and car dealership brands. But that's just a small piece of their pie. They also run amusement parks, fishing conglomerates and a lot more. Here's a few surprising ones that people may be unaware of. Guinness World Records The publisher of the world's best selling copyrighted book was

(image from lowtideproperties.com) A few new offices are being built for a few local tech giants. The Daily Hive is reporting that Microsoft and Slack have expansion plans in Vancouver. Microsoft’s New Gastown Space Microsoft already has locations at 111 West Georgia, 725 Granville, and 858 Beatty Street. The new office space at 155 Water Street will be eating up 75,000 sq feet. The

As businesses become more socially conscious, so do the awards. Over the years the increase of B Corp certified companies in Vancouver (there’s even a local chapter) has shown that the local business community is helping to take on issues that affect us. In the same spirit, BC Business is holding a competition for businesses in British Columbia that “turn the

Some great news this week as three well known Vancouver startups closed on some big funding rounds. Terramera Terramera, the Vancouver-based biotech company which helps produce cleaner alternatives to chemical pesticides, closed $60 million (Canadian) in series A financing. Here's their announcement on Twitter. Have you heard the news? Terramera has raised $45M in Series B financing and added @CarlCasale to its Board of

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