Top 3 Canadian Small Business Grants for Clean Tech/ Energy Conservation

Top 3 Canadian Small Business Grants for Clean Tech/ Energy Conservation

Improvements in energy efficiency and management & reduction of energy demand not only saves money while having a favourable impact on the environment, but also creates jobs and bolsters local economies. Whether your organization is doing its part by aiding knowledge transfer and communicating conservation skills in the workplace or developing next generation technology to…

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Top Canadian Small Business Grants for CRM Implementation/ Upgrade

There are a number of reasons why implementing or upgrading a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system can be a wise investment, and with small business grants from the provincial and federal levels of government available to pay a large portion of the costs there is no better time than now to get started. Why Consider…

Build in Canada Innovation Program Underway

Build in Canada Innovation Program Underway

Originally piloted as the Canada Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP), The Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP) is an Economic Action Plan 2012 commitment to add $95 million over 3 years and $40 million per year thereafter in order to make the program permanent. The program aims to support innovation and create high-value jobs to support…

Ontario Centre of Excellence Voucher for Innovation and Productivity

Ontario Centre of Excellence Voucher for Innovation and Productivity

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) is now offering the OCE Collaboration Voucher Program in order to connect Ontario small and medium-sized businesses with research institutions that may help them overcome obstacles to improve productivity, performance and competitiveness. Post-secondary collaboration credit offered through the OCE’s Voucher Program are not Ontario small business grants, but rather…

4 Tips to Overcome Growing Pains and Successfully Expand Your Small Business

4 Tips to Overcome Growing Pains and Successfully Expand Your Small Business

Business growth doesn’t just happen – it takes a great deal of work.   Growing a small business requires proper planning, cash flow management and funding.  Leveraging government small business grants and loans can actually help businesses avoid running into any of these potential obstacles to successful business growth.   Here are 4 tips for business…

Growing Forward 2 Ontario – Organizations and Collaborations – Project Implementation – FAQ

Growing Forward 2 Ontario – Organizations and Collaborations – Project Implementation – FAQ

Growing Forward 2 Ontario government funding is a joint program funded by the Canadian federal and provincial government for Ontario agriculture industries.  The aim of the program is to support the growth and development of agriculture and agriculture industries in Ontario through business grants Ontario programs. What Not-for-profit and Small Business Grants and Loans Programs…

HRSDC Career Focus Canadian Business Grants for Hiring

HRSDC Career Focus Canadian Business Grants for Hiring

Mentor Works first mentioned the HRSDC Career Focus Program in an HRSDC Overview blog mid-May of 2013. Since then we have witnessed considerable success with this program. The Career Focus program provided by Human Resources and Skill Development Canada (HRSDC) has been updated and is now administered by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). HRSDC Offers up…

The Smart Grid Fund Ontario Small Business Grants

The Smart Grid Fund Ontario Small Business Grants

The Ontario Government has re-opened calls for applications for the Smart Grid Fund as of July 2013.  The fund was originally introduced in 2009.  $50 million had originally been slated to allocate to successful applicants through the Ontario business grants program, however to date less than a third of the fund’s total amount have been…

Growing Forward 2 Ontario Business Grants & Loans – Processors – Capacity Building – FAQ

Growing Forward 2 Ontario Business Grants & Loans – Processors – Capacity Building – FAQ

Growing Forward 2 is a program jointly funded by the Canadian federal and Ontario provincial government to support the growth and development of agriculture and agriculture industries in Canada and Ontario.  What Ontario Business Grants and Loans Programs are offered by Growing Forward 2?  Growing Forward 2 offers the following programs through the federal government:…

Ontario Centres of Excellence: The Collaboration Voucher Program

Ontario Centres of Excellence: The Collaboration Voucher Program

The Collaboration Voucher Program is a research collaboration program delivered on behalf of the Province of Ontario by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). Focus of Ontario Government Funding for Business, Associations & Groups The aim of the program is to help Ontario companies improve productivity, performance and competitiveness by linking them with reputable Ontario research…