Small Business Grants & Loans for Startups

Small Business Grants & Loans for Startups

Economic Action Plan 2013 Update: In addition to the several small business grants and business loans programs rolling out over the next five years the Federal government will provide $60 million to aid outstanding Canadian incubator and accelerator organizations in expanding their services to start-ups.   A further investment of $100 million will be invested through…

Agricultural Business Grants & Loans for Innovation & Technology Adoption

Agricultural Business Grants & Loans for Innovation & Technology Adoption

Cambridge, Ontario (Marketwire –June 4, 2013). Since the release of Growing Forward 2, Mentor Works has helped Canadian agriculture and agri-food businesses select and access small business grants and loans programs that fit their unique set of challenges and growth opportunities.  Projects that received funding have brought forth more efficient processes and strengthened competitive advantages,…

Canadian Government Funding Experts Join OAC Chapter Meeting

Canadian Government Funding Experts Join OAC Chapter Meeting

Mentor Works’ Canadian government funding expert, Bernadeen McLeod, will join the Ontario Aerospace Council on June 11th, 2013 for a Learning and Networking Event at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton, Ontario. The Ontario Aerospace Council (OAC) is a collective body of people committed to the betterment of the Ontario aerospace industry. …

EDC & Mentor Works Canadian Government Funding Workshop in Markham

EDC & Mentor Works Canadian Government Funding Workshop in Markham

This coming July 10th, 2013, Export Development Canada (EDC) will join Mentor Works Ltd.’s Founder and President, Bernadeen McLeod, for a Canadian government funding and export development workshop.   Come join us to learn more about small business grants and loans as well as how the EDC is helping Canadian companies respond to international business opportunities….

Small Business Grants and Loans Workshop in Fort Erie, Ontario

Small Business Grants and Loans Workshop in Fort Erie, Ontario

The Fort Erie Economic Development & Tourism Corporation, along with Mentor Works Ltd. and the Greater Fort Erie Chamber of Commerce invite small and medium-sized businesses to a two part workshop session on developing partnerships with the government and leveraging small business grants and loans programs from municipal, provincial and federal sources: “Your Business and…

3rd Annual MedEdge Summit –A Great Opportunity for MedTech Start-ups

3rd Annual MedEdge Summit –A Great Opportunity for MedTech Start-ups

The Town of Richmond Hill, ventureLAB, and the Regional Municipality of York, will present the third annual MedEdge Summit on June 20, 2013.York Region is uniquely positioned in the MedTech environment as THE Place for clinical and technical innovation with a unique and collaborative life sciences ecosystem which provides ample market opportunities to bring effective and cost efficient solutions to market. Objectives of the…

Ontario Small Business Outlook: SME’s Looking to Grants & Loans

Ontario Small Business Outlook: SME’s Looking to Grants & Loans

Tax credits, small business grants, and small business loans are all ways that Ontario businesses have received support from the province.  This year the government announced it will allocate $35 billion over three years on infrastructure projects, $100 million on projects in rural communities, invest $295 million in youth job creation, and extend a tax…

NOHFC Small Business Grants & Loans for Emerging Technology

NOHFC Small Business Grants & Loans for Emerging Technology

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is taking applications for their government funding for research and development program:  Emerging Technology Program (ETP).   Key focuses and stipulations of this grant funding program include: Job creation in Northern Ontario Economic development potential in Northern Ontario Not negatively impact existing businesses in Northern Ontario Small Business Grants…

NOHFC Ontario Business Grants and Loans: Emerging Technology Program

NOHFC Ontario Business Grants and Loans: Emerging Technology Program

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation’s (NOHFC) Emerging Technology Program (ETP) is designed to encourage the private and public sectors to develop exciting and viable new technologies that will contribute to future of Northern Ontario’s economy.  The goal of this research and development funding program is to support the research, development and innovation of new…

NOHFC Ontario Small Business Grants for Young Entrepreneurs

NOHFC Ontario Small Business Grants for Young Entrepreneurs

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) was created in 1988 as an agency of the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. The NOHFC works towards building strong, prosperous northern communities. For the NOHFC, Northern Ontario is defined as all areas North of, and including, the districts of Parry Sound and Nipissing. The Northern…