Brace Yourselves: Change is Coming
Written by:
Andrei Florea, Marketing Associate and Editor-in-Chief.
It is with great excitement that the NorthBridge team offers a warm welcome to Alby Algranti who has joined us as our new Vice President. We’re looking forward to working with Alby, and to all of the positive changes that he will bring about. Alby was formerly President of Shirlon Plastics and has extensive experience in the manufacturing, product development, tooling, retail and plastics industry. With this background, Alby knows not only what to expect from the SR&ED program, but also what you, as a client, expect from us while we are working with you to put together your SR&ED claim.
Much like the transition of spring to summer, there are many changes which are quickly approaching for businesses across the country. How these businesses respond to the changing economic landscape as well as how they adapt to their competitors is critical.
However, planning for the future is not an easy task by any means. It can be difficult to know what the right move to make is or how your decision will affect you later on. Although nothing is ever a sure thing, it is important to mitigate risks by looking at all your available options and weighing what the advantages and disadvantages of each choice will be. This is especially true in a business environment where making a poor decision can set you back behind your competition.
When facing decisions such as hiring new employees, purchasing new equipment or moving into new markets, it can feel a bit overwhelming. However, by having the proper information in place, those decisions don’t feel quite as daunting. By having one less thing to worry about, you’ll have more freedom to consider the things that matter most to your business such as achieving business goals, expanding to new markets or increasing productivity and profits.
In this issue, we will hear from our new VP at NorthBridge on how to best utilize funding programs that are available to small and medium sized enterprises to help achieve your business’ goals. Also, we’ll hear some words of wisdom on how to improve your company’s innovation as well as some ways on how to offset a bit of the cost from hiring new workers.
On behalf of the NorthBridge team, we wish everyone a prosperous and productive summer!
