The number of Canadians filing for bankruptcy and unemployment benefits rose significantly in January, according to new numbers released Tuesday by The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada. More than 117,000 Canadians filed for bankruptcy over the period of… Read more »
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Turnarounds: Brains, Guts & Stamina by Peter McCann
According to Investopedia, a Turnaround is, “a situation where a company, who has had poor performance for an extended period of time, experiences a positive reversal.” Have you found yourself hired as a Turnaround CEO, expected to take a company… Read more »
10 Quick Tips to Reducing Costs in the Office
As we’re all a little concerned about making the money we have go a little bit further in today’s economy, I wanted to start the 10 Quick Tips series with a few posts on cost reduction. Today’s will focus on… Read more »
10 Quick Tips Introduction
Over the next few months, we’re going to have a new blog series here at the Canadian Business Blog, posted biweekly and starting this Friday. Titled 10 Quick Tips, we’re going to cover everything from cutting costs in the office,… Read more »
Chrysler Threatens Shutdown of Canadian Operations
Last week’s threat by Chrysler to close Canadian plants if it doesn’t win big concessions from the CAW is possibly one the most troubling announcements since the beginning of the auto industry meltdown. Tom LaSorda, Chrysler president, said the company… Read more »
Banks starting to turn down federal funding
I was pointed in the direction of an article in today’s edition of the Globe and Mail: Banks begin to decline federal aid in first sign of recovery. According to the article, at this point in time, banks aren’t struggling… Read more »
Consistent Branding
Today, I want to take a little bit of time to talk about the recent redesign of the Northbridge Consultants website and the importance of consistent branding. A brand image is, in the most basic sense, everything that a person… Read more »
SR&ED – Essential To Canadian Manufacturers
The current economic recession has proven to hit even harder than many economists anticipated. An estimated 129,000 Canadians lost their jobs in January alone, of which Statistics Canada reports that Ontario workers lost a staggering 71,000. Alberta, once a thriving,… Read more »
Helping the Canadian Economy through Increased Literacy
A short while back, Heather Reisman (President and CEO of Indigo books) was interviewed on The Hour, and brought up a couple of points that piqued my interest. According to Reisman, 40% adult Canadians functionally illiterate That 40% of Canadian… Read more »