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INDUSTRY Mayl4P0- liUUnoi development till Marshall has rciponstbllilyaf promoting he has round the task of having Ihc four niuniclpatitlrs within rrfiton read for promotion Is much work Marshall says Trade show fantastic idea The three day ind us trial show May IS and at Gordon arena Is a fantastic Idea and long overdue In Hal ton Hills according to William Marshall direc tor for the Ha I ton Department of Business Development The Rotary sponsored trade show will focus alt en ion on local industry and will benefit both ind usury and the public says Marshall Industry is much alive In Hills Over the past few years many new industries have chosen this area for monufact The key advantage to settling in Hills is the easy access to dif modes of trans portatlon Serviced by two railways close to the airport and easy access to Highways and 7 arc all key factors Blueprint for industrial Business press need not be at odds editor by James I Cannon There Is little question that newspapers are pay a lot more attention to business these days than they did a few years ago For many years bus news was relegated to the back pages of daily newspapers hurled with the obituaries and classified ads and considered by most edit to be not as interest log cither Those days are over at least on the good newspapers Business is private enterprise but it is not private in the sense that your business fan any body business Bus iness in this country is dominated by large pub licly held corporations What those corporations do has a vital Impact an the lives of our readers on their jobs incomes home towns and futures Business today is lie regulated lted Inspected overseen but not overlooked by cv cry level of government not to mention consumer groups environmental groups labor unions do- good organizations pri vote watchdogs and public inspectors You may not like it but that is the way it is today and that Is not likely to change In the future The press Is not going to go away and leave you alone no matter how much you might wish for that As long as you arc doing business with the public dealing with the got eminent operating plants or offices In the community the local newspaper is going to want to know what you arc up to and why Some business people seem unable to underst to deal with it There are barriers of misunderstanding rust suspicion and sometimes downright hostility between the press and business Much of the problem it seems to me stems from the attitudes of business people toward the press An interesting insight in to these attitudes was given in a project sponsored last year by General Motors Corp The GM Intercollegiate Business Understanding universities and colleges to examine the relation ship of business and the media One of Hie colleges was Drake University The Drake team discovered that while journalists believe they are unbiased against business he business community Is fairly seething with com plaints about the press To some business people the antagonism boils down to this business builds up the media tear down Comments from bus people paint a plct of Journalists as voy preoccupied with the keyhole of corporate boardrooms as yellow journalists bent on destroying capitalism and the free market as villains out to tarnish the reputation of business at the very least as uneduc atcd schoolboys who in damage not out of maliciousness but out of Ignorance Business litany of complaints about the media Include It the negativism of much of what the media report the media failure to provide a more balanced account of business and economic news incompetence of rep orters and 4 the liberalism of journalists The charges The most serious char Continued on page The second aspect I which makes the area I attractive is the labor I force says Marshall I You have a good supply I of experienced people I and skilled labour said Although there Is great deal of room or I Industry in Acton Marshall estimates there arc now only about 30 acres of serviced ind I us rial land left in Georgetown now ready to use Land In Acton is reasonable in price and also enjoys the trans portation advantages he said The Region will be carrying out a study hopefully to be completed by 1981 which will Id the spots available for industry in Halton i Hills Marshall says this study takes a top priority with the Region The Building of a Do You Want expansion According to William Marshall Director of Business Development was a milestone In the I completion of a Draft Economic Strategy for Region with particular on years 1980- BO a period of time that will sec the population In crease by at least to This strategy which is being reviewed by the area municipalities contains the following elements to provide for ion of at least new jobs 1986 1 Give first priority to creation of investment in I manufacturing Give secondary priority to creation of Invest meat and Jobs in the higher order of service op era lions 3 Encourage development of the three trans corridors in legion to I achieve Its maximum potential in coming decades 4 Place primary attention on the promotion of the I existing business sector In I inthe I short term on domestic markets in particular the marct within 166 kilometres and In the longer term on developing investor awareness of In the I United States and Europe Encourage investment of all types which would be compatible with municipal zoning bylaws but tar and Attract and support small manufacturing firms Steps will also be taken to identify and service new I Industrial land in the Georgetown urban area o equip I It to meet Job creation targets The Department of Business Development is ready to assist you In bringing new investment to Call us at At Industry Trade and Commerce we believe the small mediumsized busi ness community is a cornerstone of the Canadian economy because it con tributes fully 95 percent of the nations business with annual sales of billion We realize small and medium enter prises are a reservoir of entrepreneurial talent in this country and its this talent thats going to get things moving If you want to get moving maybe can help Our concern is to create dynamic growth by assisting SMEs to develop their full potential has for SMEs loan and loan guar antee programs measures involving in centive grants assistance for improve ments in management productivity and marketing as well as manpower training programs In addition there are other federal programs as well as the programs of the provincial govern ments What we how offer may not solve all business problems and so we ask for your cooperation in identifying issues and problems Together we may find solutions Together we can build a strong economy Find out how the programs of the federal ana provincial governments can help you help yourself Contact your nearest Industry Trade and Commerce Regional Office long distance dial and ask for tollfree Zenith 03200