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How U.S. Tariffs on Canadian Goods Could Impact Small Businesses—and How to Stay Prepared

As a small business owner, you’ve probably heard about tariffs for the last little while, and for good reason.  Trade ...

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The Trump Effect: What Can Canadian Small Businesses Expect?

In a mere three days, the United States of America will inaugurate their next president. You may have heard some mention ...

Employment Grows - And Shifts Direction

It New information has just been released by Statistics Canada showing some interesting trends about Canadian employment. In the 12 months to ...

Pebble's Rocky Exit: Lessons For Small Businesses

Those of you who've always had an eye on the latest, snazziest tech to hit the market are probably aware of ...

Canadian Small Businesses Need to Keep Focused on Saving

As a small business owner, you've got a lot on your mind at once. Inventory, human resources, cash flow, advertising, ...

Canadian Small Business Poised to Grow in 2017

Credit monitoring firm Equifax Canada has released a new report indicating that 2017 could be a banner year for Canadian ...

Alternative Lending "Shadowed" By Mortgage Rules

Rules for mortgage applications will be set to tighten, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Friday - including the establishment of ...

Millennials Drive Canadian Renovation Boom

As housing market drama continues to bubble in major Canadian metro centres, there's another boom worth noting for the small ...

High Time for Alternative Lenders?

As the medical marijuana industry expands in Canada, a huge proliferation of new businesses has sprung up to meet the ...

E-Commerce, Alibaba, and the Chinese Marketplace

The Canadian government has made headlines today for its decision to partner with the Chinese marketplace e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group. ...

The Canada Post Dispute: A Small Business Challenge

Amid a contentious atmosphere of negotiations in which many public service employees are putting pressure on the Canadian government to ...

Business Loan Stacking: What You Need to Know

Taking out a business loan to cover the costs of an existing loan, or to add to the amount of ...

Small Business Scaling: Tax Incentives

Small businesses and their advocates in Canada have not been exceptionally pleased with Finance Minister Bill Morneau's decision to scrap ...

Breaking Down the Google Payday Loan Ban

There are few things that simply can't be advertised for on Google AdWords. The no-go list is short, and includes ...

Relationship Lending: Building a Better Loan With Data

Just like a personal relationship, a great lending relationship takes time to build. It depends on compatibility between the people ...

Defining the Micro-Multinational Small Business

As small business confidence continues declining in Canada (as measured by the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses), the question for ...

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