Help for business owners approaching retirement is coming to Lambton County, starting in January.

Only one in 10 of the country’s business owners have a succession plan and 60 per cent are age 50 or older, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

Sarah Reaume, CEP of Community Futures Lambton , referenced those statistics Wednesday while speaking to Lambton County council about the rollout planned for early in the new year of BizLink, a “confidential matchmaking” program for businesses.

BizLink, which is spreading to communities across western Ontario in 2026, was developed by a Community Futures office in Orillia with funding from the Trillium Foundation, Reaume said.

Community Futures, a federally-funded not-for-profit providing loans and coaching for small bus

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