Small business owners are struggling to find new candidates who can produce the same quality of work and have the same work ethics as their current employees.
The federal program offers funding for business clients so they can train new and existing employees.
There’s a corresponding change to the Dividend Tax Credit and gross-up factor, but clients still stand to have an extra $10,000 in tax-advantaged investment capital if they plan properly.
The CRA is getting better, but most small business owners wouldn’t know it, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ (CFIB) CRA Report Card.
Visa and MasterCard have announced the first-ever reduction in the interchange fees that small business owners pay to accept credit cards, reports the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
Seventy-eight percent of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) say they intend to invest in new projects within the next 12 months, according to a survey by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).
Family business owners are having trouble attracting and retaining talent.
Most Canadian business owners are concerned with being able to retire, as well as managing cash flow in profitable and challenging times.
These businesses, which employ between one and 99 people, account for more than 98% of all businesses in Canada, notes TD.
A group of Quebec maple syrup farmers say they’ll take their fight to deregulate syrup production and sale to the Supreme Court if necessary.