The Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) has just released the application forms for their new business funding grant; the SMART Prosperity Now Program. For those who are unaware, the CME Smart Prosperity Now Program is a non-repayable business funding grant that can provide up to $75,000 or 33.3% of eligible expenses and activities for manufacturing…
The Canadian Government has begun a new initiative to foster innovation and commercialization for the Canadian business sector. The Canadian government funding program is a $40 million dollar Canadian Government procurement and acquisition program called the Canadian Innovation and Commercialization Program (CICP). This business funding initiative will not act directly as a business funding grant;…
Canada’s Technology Triangle (CTT) is a non-profit organization that looks to attract foreign investors and business opportunities to the Kitchener-Waterloo Region. We have previously talked about CTT’s Business Expansion Objectives; however, we did not completely cover all of the Canada Technology Triangle’s beneficial attributes. The CTT offers a wide variety of other services and valuable…
Canadian SMEs have a wide variety of useful business tools at their disposal to help them circumvent the potential barriers to their growth. Some of these business tools can be provided to businesses free of charge through the use of Canadian government grants. The government provides a large number of services to encourage Canadian businesses…
Small Businesses in Canada operate with a wide variety of options to choose from regarding government incentives for Scientific Research and Experimental Development Programs (SR&ED). The government realizes the potential benefits of R&D projects along with the risks and costs associated with it. Therefore, the Canadian Government has released various tax credits which can be…
Canada’s Technology Triangle (CTT) is a not-for-profit organization that markets the investment opportunities and businesses of the Waterloo Region to attract foreign investment. They provide services to the businesses around the K-W and Cambridge Regions to help them improve their global marketing campaigns and accelerate the process of their business development. CTT’s goals are to…
The Guelph Chamber of Commerce is holding a Technology Economy Conference that will be coming up in the near future. If you or your business is currently looking to improve your on-line presence or any other aspect of your IT performance you may be interested in attending this event. The conference will feature speakers from…
Those of you familiar with the CME Smart grant for capital expenditures have probably noticed a note on their online application login page. This note refers to the impending change to CME Smart, which will now be called CME SMART Prosperity Now. The Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) have recently received a new round of…
IMPORTANT: This blog is out of date. Please view our Top Funding Programs for Hiring in 2013 Small businesses in Canada have a wide variety of Canadian government grants for hiring new employees to increase their talent pool. We have chosen the top five readily accessible hiring grants for small businessa across all areas…
The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) have announced that they are no longer accepting applications for their First Job hiring program. The Canadian government grant for hiring will be closed until April 2012. Applicants may still be eligible if they are carrying out a Technical Problem Solving (TPS) project through OCE, however they will need…