10 Quick Tips for Team Building
As a leader of a team, there are many things you can do to help your team work more effectively together. Below are ten quick tips for building a successful team. Create clear communication. Communication is one of the key ingredients in a successful team environment – you want the people on your team to […]
Bidding on US Projects
It seems that things may get a little tougher for Canadian manufacturers who are trying to work on American water and wastewater projects. The US House of Representatives just passed a bill (H.R. 5320, the Assistance, Quality and Affordability Act of 2010) which will actually prevent us from making bids on these projects. In an […]
May’s Gross Domestic Product
StatsCan just released their GDP review for May, and overall, Canada’s real gross domestic product increased by 0.1%. It had remained unchanged throughout the month of April. The breakdown per industry in May is as follows: Manufacturing incrased by 0.1% Manufacturers of non-durable goods increased by 0.8% Manufacturers of durable goods decreased by 0.4% Forestry […]
Prototyping
This past weekend, I went away on holiday. Or rather, I went away for four days of intense, overwhelming-to-all-the-senses, crazy obsessive fangirlish journey to San Diego. San Diego ComicCon 2010 was happening, and I was determined to have my first experience of the four-day-long scifi/comic book/etc convention. And it was crazy, and awesome, and intense, […]
June’s Job Surge
Across Canada in the month of June, employment rose through 93,000 new jobs. (Full-time employment rose through 48,900 new jobs; part-time employment rose through 44,200 new jobs.) This resulted in a total decrease in unemployment by 0.2 per cent (bringing the unemployment rate throughout Canada to 7.9 per cent). This was nearly five times the […]
The 2010 G20 Toronto Summit: Halving Deficits
This past weekend, Toronto hosted one of the G20 summits that have been occurring twice a year since 2008. One of the hot topics on the agenda was economic recovery after our recent recession, and due to the European debt crisis that is currently underway. While there was a divide among attendees about which was […]
The New Claim Review Manual
Along with the other changes that the CRA has been implementing over the past couple years, the Claim Review Manual has been updated. This is the manual that tells the CRA reviewers what processes they need to follow when reviewing an SR&ED claim. This review manual is meant to make the review process more consistent […]
Fact or Fiction: My trade secrets aren’t safe!
Many people get concerned when looking into the SRED program about how safe their trade secrets are. One of the key components of the SR&ED program is that you are faced with technological obstacles that don’t currently have any known methods to solving these problems – and in claiming for the SR&ED program, you’re going […]
Ten Tools To Increase Your Productivity
One of our goals in business is always to increase both our productivity and the productivity of our team members. Here are ten tools that can be used to help with increasing productivity through our daily activities: Remember the Milk. This is one of my favourite online tools – I am a natural list maker, […]
Profits Increasing
StatsCan reported that for the fourth quarter in a row, the manufacturing sector has seen an increase in profits. The first quarter of this year grew 12.6% higher than what profits were in the previous quarter. The oil and gas sector, and the mining sector, also saw large increases in profits this past quarter. (Source).