The board of trade’s Women’s Business Success Network is hosting its second women’s leadership luncheon this September.
Special guests Sue Paish, CEO of LifeLabs, and Heidi Worthington, senior vice-president and chief marketing officer at Pacific Blue Cross, will talk about their experience as leaders, what challenges they’ve faced over the years and provide advice to new entrepreneurs, according to a press release.
The luncheon is on Tuesday, Sept. 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, 6083 McKay Ave. Tickets are $40 for board of trade members and $60 for non-members. Lunch will be served.
To register for the luncheon, call 604-412-0100 or go to the website at www.bbot.ca and click on the “Events” tab.
B.C. beer festival tickets on sale
Tickets are on sale now for the annual B.C. Beer Awards and Festival.
The one-day celebration of this province’s craft beer community features 65 breweries and cideries plus awards will be handed out in 30 categories.
“Also returning to the festival will be our community booths, and craft beer-focused vendors. Once the awards ceremony is over, we’ll have live music in the smaller second room provided by Paul Filek,” noted the event’s website.
Last year, Burnaby-based breweries Steamworks Brewing Co. took home third for its Steamworks Gose. Dageraad Brewing, meanwhile, came in third for its De Witte, it also earned second place for its Randonneur Saison and received first-place props for its Dageraad Blonde.
Early bird tickets are now available for the Oct. 15 event taking place at the Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Dr. in Vancouver. Save $5 if you buy your tickets before Sept. 16.
Get your tickets at www.bcbeerawards.com.
SeneGence opens Burnaby warehouse
An international company specializing in women’s cosmetics has opened a new warehouse and distributor training centre in Burnaby.
SeneGence (that’s senescence and intelligence) is a cosmetics and skin care company that uses an independent network of sales people (called distributors) to sell their products. The company opened its new warehouse and training centre, located on Commerce Court in North Burnaby, to boost its growth in Canada.
“We are very excited to see the Canada SeneGence distributor market grow and flourish,” CEO and founder Joni Rogers-Kantesaid in a press release. “We want to make sure that they have the local resources to help them in their business.”
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