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If there was anything good to come out of the last couple of years, maybe it’s that people are prioritizing their health and wellness over anything else. Those that were…

Pets became priority again during the pandemic with owners forced to stay home to work and fill the void created by isolation with a furry friend instead. 18% of Canadian…

The beauty industry is big business and it’s getting even bigger. Globally, sales reached $511B in 2021 and are estimated to exceed $716B by 2025 with North America taking the…

Financing Business Through Interest Rate Risk Just a few short months back business owners were earnestly trying to come back from Omicron and wondering whether they would be facing another…

There’s no doubt, being in the food and beverage manufacturing industry at this point in time is tough. It was never an industry for the faint-hearted, competing with established big…

It’s fair to say small businesses didn’t feature massively in the Canadian 2022 Federal Budget proposed last week. Although there were a handful of measures aimed solely at business, much…

Both new and established businesses can suffer from cash flow problems occasionally and need to access funding to help them through those times when monthly expenses outweigh cash-on-hand. Securing small…

In many industries stock constraints have begun to ease over recent weeks. Fears over virus cases and transmission seem finally to be dissipating and although the reasons behind empty shelves…

The apparel industry has many nuances, cash flow constraints being one of the most significant and challenging. Long delays between placing an order and having it delivered to the end…

Small business loans have been the primary source of external financing for businesses and entrepreneurs for hundreds of years and banks still constitute around 70 percent of all lending supplied…

After almost a year of debate on ‘will-it-or-won’t it’ be transitory inflation, it’s clear that price increases are now far stickier than anyone would like and they’re not simply disappearing…

Business owners are busy all year round but as the holiday season approaches, things reach a new level of hectic. As everyone looks forward to some well-deserved time off, focus…

As the world faces the news of a new strain of the COVID-19 pandemic and a potential fourth ‘wave’ of infection to top off 2021, what will this mean for…

Profit is the backbone of any sustainable business and if profits aren’t creeping upwards, it’s unlikely that your business is developing to its full potential. Worryingly, costs are on the…