Weekly Digests

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Pfizer COVID-19 Booster Dose Authorized by Health Canada for...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Ottawa Public Health Outlines Plan to Vaccinate Kids As...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Standardized COVID-19 Proof of Vaccination for Travel The Prime...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. US Will Accept Canadians With Mixed Vaccine Doses The...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. US Border Open to Vaccinated Canadians Months after Canada...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Economy Rebounds Amid Business Reopenings The economy returned to...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Trudeau Vows New Government Will Move Faster on Priorities...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Trudeau Wins Another Minority in Election Prime Minister Justin...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Report: Family Businesses Better Positioned to Drive Economic Recovery...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada Reopens Borders to Fully Vaccinated Travellers Despite a...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Moderna Vaccine Approved for 12- to 17-year-olds Health Canada...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. US-Canada Border to Remain Closed Until 21 September Canada’s...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. New Travel Vaccination Policy to Require Travellers, Federal Workers...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. What You Need to Know About Canada’s Border Reopening...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada to Receive 2.3 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses This...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada is Reopening Its Border After more than 15...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada Border to Open to Vaccinated US Citizens on...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Trudeau: Borders to Remain Closed to Non-Essential, Unvaccinated Visitors...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada to Receive 3.7 Million More Vaccine Doses This...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canadian Border to Reopen in Phases The government has...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada-US Border Closure Extended Until at Least 21 July...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada, US in Talks on Lifting Border Restrictions Canadian...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada to Unveil Measures to Reopen US Border Prime...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. No Rush To Reopen The U.S. Border Canada won’t...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada’s Daily COVID-19 Cases Down Over 70% From April...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada-US Border Restrictions Extended to 21 June The Canada-U.S....

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada Authorises Pfizer Vaccine for 12 Years Old and...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Alberta Toughens COVID-19 Restrictions Alberta will increase restrictions to...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Declared Local State of...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada-US Border Closure Extended Again The closure of the...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. 20% Have Received at Least 1 COVID-19 Shot Canada...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada’s Third Wave of COVID-19 Fueled By New Variants...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Pfizer to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries to Canada Pfizer...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. COVID Vaccine Shipments Won’t Be Affected By Possible EU...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada Invests Millions More in Domestic COVID-19 Drug Development...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada to Receive More Than 910,000 Doses of COVID-19...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Approval of AstraZeneca Vaccine Could Speed Up Mass Inoculation...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada-US Border Closed to Non-essential Travel Until at Least...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Pfizer Vaccine Shipment Delayed by Winter Weather in the...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Ontario & Other Provinces Start Easing COVID-19 Restrictions Ontario...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada to Produce COVID-19 Vaccine Domestically Before End of...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. PM Warns Canadians to Expect More Travel Restrictions Prime...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. PM Warns Canadians to Expect More Travel Restrictions Prime...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Travel Rules Changed Due to COVID-19 Variants Prime Minister...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada Business Sentiment Rebounds to Highest Level Since 2018...

Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing holiday break and are raring to go in 2021. Our first weekly digest of the new year includes the latest updates...

Thank you for your amazing support during this incredibly busy and challenging year. We hope you and your loved ones enjoy a safe and healthy festive season. We look forward...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas that will help us...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas that will help us...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas that will help us...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas that will help us...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas that will help us...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas that will help us...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Moving forward is the only option we have to get through this crisis....

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Moving forward is the only option we have to get through this crisis....

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Lately, economists have been talking about a “K-shaped” recovery from the current recession....

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Ontario Continues to Support Restaurants Amid COVID-19...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Canada’s Exports, Imports Fell in August Latest...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Ottawa Extends COVID-19 Support Programs for Businesses...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Research: Only 29% of Canada’s Small Businesses...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Bank of Canada Commits to Keeping Benchmark...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Canada Adds 246,000 Jobs in August as...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Canada Secures Deal for Up to 114...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Canada Corporate Earnings Drop 8% in Second...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Canadian Travel Ban Extended As the US...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Pfizer Announces Deal for Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Canada Extends Travel Ban to August 31...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Remdesivir Approved to Help Treat Canadians With...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. What You Need to Know About the...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Canada- U.S. Border Closure To Be Extended...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. International Border Closure, Mandatory Quarantine Order Extended...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. International Border Closure, Mandatory Quarantine Order Extended...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. COVID-19 Contact Tracing App coming soon Canada...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Helping Businesses Go Digital As many businesses...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Government Aid For Businesses On top of...

For most businesses, increasing sales during this time will be very beneficial and may provide some much-needed cashflow relief. Both cross-selling and upselling can be useful methods for increasing your...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Expansion of Emergency Business Loans The Government...

The SWOT analysis matrix is one of the most well-known models in the business world. It’s used to fine-tune your business strategy by examining internal and external factors that may...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Expansion of CEBA emergency business loans Last week the...

If you’re serious about getting the best value you can for your marketing budget, you’ll need to develop a marketing plan. Below we outline eight simple steps for making your...

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Expansion of emergency business loans PM Trudeau announced this...

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – this has been an extremely difficult few months for all of us, but there is no better time to think...

Online distribution frees you geographically. Where you might have been selling your product or service locally, opening an online distribution channel means you can sell it on a global scale,...

Your current business model is the way your business earns money. A change in your business model can bring substantially more income – sometimes for less work and lower overhead...

Markets are dynamic and constantly evolving so no business can afford to stand still. Many business owners have learned that in the last few months as COVID-19 spread around the...

Hello for another week! We hope you are staying healthy and well. Easing restrictions The coming weeks should bring good news as states slowly ease restrictions and businesses slowly start...

You probably didn’t factor a global pandemic and national lockdown into your business plan! So now is definitely a good time to revisit your business plan for the next year....

In this week’s digest, as well as some updates on government support for businesses, we’ve also included a number of resources to help with navigating your business out of the...

Is your business worth the risk? If you’re confident there’s a genuine demand for your potential product or service (and at the price you want), the next step is to...

The prices you charge for your products or services can have a dramatic effect on sales and profits. Your pricing strategy also determines how customers view and respond to your...

Finding money for the essential assets you’ll need to run your business efficiently can be a challenge. You’ll need to decide whether leasing or buying is best for your business....

For many small businesses, the best way to improve profitability is to increase turnover, as there’s no limit to sales but there is a limit to how much you can...

Before you go down the path of seeking capital from outside your business, identify any other ways of raising capital. For example, do you have any savings (either in the...

At a time like this, money is tight for pretty much every business. Cutting costs can be a quick and easy way to improve the profitability of your business. Introducing...

Operating at a loss simply means you’re spending more money than you’re making. And while it’s not uncommon, especially for new businesses, it’s still not an ideal situation and one...

We hope you and your family are well. The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting nearly every aspect of our lives and will be remembered as a pivotal time in history. Like...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the country and around the globe, leaving nearly no one completely untouched. But among the tragic stories are also stories...

Many of us are adjusting to a new normal of staying home as much as we can, while finding a groove with working remotely, if that’s an option. The government...

The word “uncertain” has been thrown around a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic – and that’s because almost everything around it has been. We hope you’re going well and managing...

As the COVID-19 pandemic deepens its hold across the country, governments and industry leaders are stepping up to help those impacted. To help you make sense of the barrage of...

Resources to Help You During the COVID-19 Pandemic Over the course of a few weeks, nearly everyone’s business and life has been turned upside down. With that disruption in mind,...

We understand that the Coronavirus outbreak has changed the lives of many people already. Some businesses are temporarily shut due to government restrictions, others have had to closed their doors...

The Harvard Business Review recently released this video with some practical tips on how to work productively while working from home. 1. Give yourself a dedicated workspace A dedicated place...

Slack is a communication tool that works especially well for remote teams. Every day, all over the world, in teams large and small, people are working together remotely through Slack....

Provide customers with updated info Google has put out some recommendations if your business has been impacted by COVID-19. It’s best to update your Google My Business profile to provide...

Use the cash flow forecast template to compile a document that you can continue to use to measure your business’s health and progress. The template is split into two sections,...

Before you decide to apply for business finance, it’s important to have all the information at hand. The more methodical your documents are, the better your chances of success. Before...

Feeling isolated The main challenge facing most home-based small business people is the feeling of being isolated from the mainstream of business life, resulting in lower motivation and a loss...

More and more people are choosing (or being forced to) work from home given the current global pandemic. Making the transition to home-based operations – especially if it is a...

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Videos are great if you need to show a colleague how to do something or record some training. You can quickly record a video using these tools. Try Loom for...

Dealing with a sudden cash flow crisis, even if you’re working hard to avoid shortfalls, is hugely distracting and stressful. A formerly reliable customer might take much longer to pay...

Before you go down the path of seeking capital from outside your business or borrowing funds, identify any other ways of raising capital. If you need funds then sometimes it’s...

If you’ve been reviewing your business’s financial position and are looking for ways to improve your cash flow, one of the first things to look at are your expenses. As...

Bootstrapping is figuring out how to reduce the cash you need to start, by eliminating any unnecessary overheads while finding out who will give you a hand. If for whatever...

What a crazy few weeks it has been! As the effects of the coronavirus continue to sweep the world, we want to let you know we are here to help...