If you are a casual visitor of our website and want to learn more about government funding, we strongly encourage you to attend the mid-January Breakfast Seminar held by the York Tech Alliance (YTA) in Markham, Ontario. The event will cover the most popular small business funding grants, loans, and tax credits to accelerate growth…
Mentor Works focuses on educating businesses across Canada about the most accessible funding opportunities through both free and premium services. In addition to this blog, one of our most successful free initiatives is in the form of a free workshop that focuses on the most popular business funding grants, loans, and tax credits for business…
Many online marketing, Search Engine Optimizers (SEO), and web developers have relied on Google Toolbar to assess a website’s credibility. Through Google’s helpful browser bar, users received a quick glance at the Google PageRank of a site. For those of you unfamiliar with PageRank, it is one of the key components to assessing how a…
China is one of the world’s fastest developing countries. Their commercialization growth is substantial and the country is seeking international assistance. Through the International Trade Branch (ITB), Ontario businesses have the opportunity to network with key Chinese stakeholders through the 20th Expo Build China event in late March 2012. Participating companies will be able to…
Most television and film companies incorporate some sort of computer animation or special effects technology within their productions. Keeping up-to-date on these software programs and hardware that can run them can be costly and take financial resources away from required wage expenses. The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) is offering a tax incentive program to…
Ontario Life Science Entrepreneurs & Researchers To transfer the speed of products from the lab to the market, Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) management provides early-stage investment funds up to $100k per project as an investment fund. The project must involve genomics, proteomics or associated technologies that are or have been key enabling components and be…
The booming e-book industry is causing complications for book publishers worldwide. Ontario book publishing companies are receiving some support in the form of the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit (OBPTC). Through this tax incentive program, book publishers are able to receive tax credits on expenditures throughout their operations, from pre-press to digital and paper publications…
In March 2012, CEOs, presidents, and founders of high performing companies from around Ontario will meet in Markham, Ontario for the business event Wisdom Exchange 2012. The event will provide a unique peer networking forum where corporate leaders can share expert advice and best practices while forming business relationships. When: March 28, 2012 Where: Hilton…
The Ontario Media Development Corporation has reinforced their support of the production of television and film media in Ontario through a new tax incentive called the Ontario Production Services Tax Credit (OPSTC). Similar to the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit, the OPSTC requires applicants to be Ontario-based companies who file Ontario corporate tax returns….
Research and development is a costly activity for businesses. Luckily, there are tax credits and Research & Development Funding programs that can help lessen the burden on human resources and budgets. One such tax credit is the Ontario Business-Research Tax Credit (OBRTC), which offers 20% of R&D expenses as a refundable tax credit for SR&ED….