Last year, Mentor Works informed its audience of an excellent opportunity for start-ups that takes place in Cobourg, Ontario called “N100.” The competition is run by Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) and offers early-stage start-ups the opportunity to take home $100,000 in funding in return for setting up part of their business in the…
Mitacs is a national not-for-profit organization that supports collaborative research and development efforts between industry and academic partnerships. The Accelerate program is a 4-6 month internship program that provides an opportunity for businesses to access the skills and talent of a graduate student to work on solving a business problem. Mitacs Accelerate R&D funding is…
Join Mentor Works’ Founder and President, Bernadeen McLeod and John Brown of Javelin Technologies to learn more about federal and provincial government grants and loans available to small to medium-sized businesses in Canada. Free Canadian Government Grants and loans for Capital Investments Webinar: Event Details Date/ Time: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 11:00 AM (EDT)…
Mentor Works Ltd and International Food Marketing (IFM) Alliance of Canada are offering a free Canadian government funding workshop to owners and leaders of small to mid-sized businesses in the Markham, Ontario area. The purpose of the workshop is to educate the small business community about government grants and loans available through provincial and federal…
The Connect Canada Internship program is administered by AUTO21, a Canadian not-for-profit. The program looks at increasing collaboration between academic and industry partners to solve industry problems and to increase the amount of R&D that businesses are undertaking in an effort to improve the Canadian economy and to develop more competitive businesses. The Connect Canada Internship…
If you are a food or beverage processor based in Ontario, your business should not merely consider accessing Ontario government funding, you must claim your share of incentives. Over 40% of Ontario Food and Beverage Processors Access Ontario Business Grants The food and beverage processing sector has been recognized as a growth engine for Ontario,…
With the help of $100,000 in Ontario government funding a local pork processor has undertaken a labour-focused process improvement initiative in their cut and pack area.
In 2012, $1.13 trillion Canadian goods and services were traded. It is clear that exporting is a key component to our economic foundation. Whether companies are exporting or expanding into new markets domestically, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) can provide funding to help businesses with their market expansion activities. The program is called…
This project will yield a total savings of $775,000 annually due to increased labour efficiency, inventory management and operational improvements.
Many businesses in Eastern Ontario are aware of the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EOF) offered by the Province of Ontario, but many will be interested to know that there is additional funding for their region in the form of the Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP). EODP is funded by FedDev Ontario and delivered by the…