What’s New: In Brief (August 24, 2009)

Winmar Franchise Corp. has announced the opening of its newest location Winmar Lanark County, in London, Ont.
The location, located at at 40 Bennett Street, Carleton Place, K7C 4J9, will service the Lanark County, Smith Falls, and Carleton Place area.
Owner/operator, Dan McPhee, has “years of experience in the property restoration business and is committed to providing quality customer service, fostering long term relationships, and devoted to servicing the insurance industry and their clients,” according to a Winmar release.
McPhee is certified through IICRC in fire, smoke, mould and water restoration and is supported by experienced certified staff with over 25 years of experience in the property restoration business.

Canpro Global Services, a Canadian security training solutions company, and GI Security of India, a security services company in India, have entered into a joint venture agreement called Canpro-GI Security.
This came from the realization of a need for world-class training of security guards to combat increasing modern day terror, according to a release.
The joint venture will set up security guard training institutes throughout India.
The first training centres are scheduled to be operational at the beginning of October in both Kolkata and Delhi.