The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has developed an innovative tool for small businesses that are looking to calculate their estimated automobile benefits for employees or shareholders. Automobile Benefits Online Calculator allows businesses to enter and calculate their recommended automobile benefits to prorate to their employee’s pay periods. These amounts can then be added to an [...]

The Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE) is a province-wide network of regional and industry-focused not-for-profit organizations that support Ontario businesses through their provisions of expertise and business funding grants. The ONE organization has been widely recognized for their support and services, especially towards young entrepreneurs and small businesses. ONE engages local start-ups and small businesses [...]

The Ontario’s Angel Network Program (ANP) is an Ontario Government funded program that serves to create new Angel Groups in Ontario where none existed, and foster their success with initiatives and information to transfer best practices from successful Angels. ANP currently accounts for just one of the several Ontario Government Funding Programs for Start-Ups that [...]

The Ontario Government has recently developed an online service directory for assisting small businesses and start-ups across all sectors. One-Source for Business is an online business application that provides direct access to useful information and industry advice for starting and operating a small business in Ontario. The directory also provides access to the latest news [...]

Recruiting high-skilled labour is a common struggle for the majority of Canadian businesses. This challenge is also time sensitive for those who have upcoming deadlines for Hiring Interns through Business Funding Grants. Luckily, there are several useful recruitment resources that we recommend to our clients during their times of need. Industry Job Recruitment Boards Industry [...]

Mentor Works provides business support services related to Canadian government funding for business. We provide a comprehensive, knowledge-based approach to help our clients locate the financial resources needed to grow their businesses through various Canadian Government funding programs for small businesses.  By assessing our clients’ strategic objectives and innovation challenges, we are able to match [...]

A valuable resource that not enough Canadian businesses tend to take advantage of is the never ending stream of graduates and co-op students from post-secondary institutions. The utilization of these talent pools can be mutually beneficial for both parties; and even more so for the hiring organizations through their use of various Canadian Business Funding [...]