So you’ve gotten your system running with a new piece of software – whether it’s to help run part of your machinery, or whether it’s to help run one of your processes more efficiently – and you want to include… Read more »
Five Companies That Could Claim for SR&ED If they Weren’t Fictional and Were Located in Canada
A lot of companies think that what they do isn’t eligible for the SRED program, but we don’t always agree. A lot of companies are doing work that is eligible without even realizing that what they are doing is considered… Read more »
Provincial Budget Changes
In March both Quebec and Manitoba announced their 2010 provincial budgets – and both provincial governments have made changes to their provincial SR&ED programs. Manitoba’s budget, announced on March 23rd, made changes to how the provincial refund would be given… Read more »
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing sees sales increases
According to February’s Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, released on April 16th, done by Statistics Canada, manufacturing sales increased once again. Some quick stats: In eight of the previous nine months, sales have been increasing. Dollar manufacturing sales have increased every… Read more »
10 Quick Tips to Stay Ahead of Your Competition
Know your competition. Know what they’re doing, what their strengths and weaknesses are, who their target market is. Know what they want to do. The more you know about your competition, the better you can position yourselves in comparison to… Read more »
New Survey: Canada Second in Places to Locate a Business
In a new international study just released by KPMG, it was stated that Canada is rated number 2 among 10 countries as a place to locate a business. When compiling the results of this survey, KPMG took into account taxes,… Read more »
Self-Employment on a Rise During Recession
Statistics Canada just released the results of a survey on self-employment in the recent recession – apparently there was an increase of people who are self-employed by over 4.3% between October 2008 and October 2009. Surprisingly, this is not solely… Read more »
Ten Quick Tips to Improving Your Business Presentation
Whether we enjoy them or not, we all need to do presentations at some point in our careers. Here are ten quick tips to ensure the presentation goes as smoothly as possible. Practice in front of an audience. Nothing is… Read more »
Signs of a Recovering Economy
In the fourth quarter last year, Canadian labour productivity experience its largest gain since the first quarter of 1998 (1.4 per cent). As well, manufacturing sales were up 2.4 per cent in January – this was unexpected, as economists had… Read more »