With the manufacturing economy still recovering from the last recession, corporate financing is difficult to come by. Many owners of small- to medium-sized manufacturers are looking for exit strategies, and may be hard-pressed to find one, because few financing options exist. NorthSpring Capital… Read more »
North Innovation Fund launched to support Canada’s Knowledge-Based Industries
Waterloo and Toronto, February 15, 2012 – North Innovation Fund (NIF), a privately-held alternative financing firm providing ongoing SR&ED accrual loans to early stage Canadian companies in a variety of technology-based sectors, today announced the launch of its first Fund.… Read more »
Taxpayer’s Ombudsman: Issues of service and fairness within the SR&ED program
The Office of the Taxpayer’s Ombudsman released word on their investigation into the Canadian SR&ED program this week. The OTO committed to looking into the program’s service and administrative fairness after hearing of “dissatisfaction” with the SR&ED program from claimants… Read more »
Today, Stats Can released news on Canada’s GDP for August – for the third month in a row, our GDP has grown, this time rising 0.3%. This rising percentage was due to the energy sector, without which real GDP would… Read more »
What’s your biggest office pet peeve?
A survey done by LinkedIn and released today took a look at what people’s greatest pet peeves in the office are. Turns out the top five are: people not taking ownership of their actions constant complainers dirty common areas start… Read more »
In the News This Week…
In this article by Michael Scissons, we read about Why Canada is a hotbed of tech activity, including five factors that are unique to Canada in contributing to the innovative tech activity that is happening here. We have all heard… Read more »
Enough Natural Gas to Power Canada for a Century
Good news for our Natural Gas industry: according to the Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas, Canada has enough Natural Gas to power Canada for a whole century. The Society completed a new survey that states that there is 4,000 trillion… Read more »