Trade Show Funding for Fabtech
Don’t miss an opportunity to secure government funding for exhibition costs at FABTECH, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing trade show. If you are an Canadian company planning to exhibit at FABTECH 2017, you could be eligible for non-repayable funding to cover up to 50% of trade show expenditures through Ontario’s Export Market Access (EMA) and […]
Trade Show Funding Deadline Extended
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce has released an update to the Export Market Access (EMA) program informing applicants that they will be accepting applications for trade shows that occur before June 30, 2017. Do you have a global mindset but think your company is too small to be an exporter? Well, think again. Recognizing that some companies […]
Going Global – Winter 2016 Newsletter
Our Winter 2016 newsletter is out! NorthBridge Newsletter Winter 2017 Follow us on: NorthBridge Winter 2017 Newsletter Going Global Editor’s Welcome — Navigating Around Trade Barriers Venturing into new market territory is marked by risk and uncertainty, but can also bring many rewards and opportunities. For a country, increased trade can lead to greater Gross Domestic […]
EMA Program: Important Notice
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce has recently released an update to the Export Market Access (EMA) program informing applicants that until further notice, they will only be accepting applications for projects/activities that will be completed before May 31, 2016. EMA is a $5 million initiative jointly sponsored by the Ontario government and the Ontario Chamber of […]
Rise in Canadian Manufacturing Sales for May 2013
StatsCan released their monthly survey results for May which examined sales within the Canadian manufacturing industry. Overall, manufacturing sales increased by 0.7% to $48.6 billion in May 2013. The below chart illustrates the monthly change in Canadian manufacturing sales since 2008. Out of 21 industries within the manufacturing sector, 57% of industries noticed an increase […]
Positive Signs for Canada’s Trade Deficit
Recent January numbers for Canada’s exports and imports indicated an overall drop in the country’s trade deficit. As reported by Statistics Canada, the trade deficit decreased from $332 million in December 2012 to $237 million in January 2013. Overall exports rose for the month of January to $39.1 billion. This was mainly driven by the […]
Canadian Business Funding: A Toolkit For Business Owners
If you are running a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME), it can be difficult to obtain the financing required in order to innovate, grow your business, and hire skilled workers. Between all the banks, venture capitalists, and angel investors, one might think there would be plenty of funding to go around. However, this is not […]
Exporting to New Emerging Markets
The current emerging economies that businesses are aspiring to export to are Brazil, Russia, India and China or more commonly known as BRIC. However a recent article in the Toronto Star indicates that Mexico and other Latin American countries are the new hot markets businesses should be pursuing. Cited from research done by Canadian Manufacturers […]
Increase Productivity by Opening Export Markets
Jeremy Leonard opines in the Financial Post that although Canada leads the G7 in GDP and employment growth during the past decade, labour productivity growth is lagging. Labour productivity growth slowed to an average of just 0.7% per year int he past decade, less than half its rate in the 1990s, and below the 2.4% […]