How do Business Owners Lead Through a Recession?
Managing and leading a business is difficult at the best of times, but with talks of recession looming and businesses still reeling from the impact of world events over recent…
Does Your Business Qualify for the ERTC Tax Credit?
The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) was established in 2020 as part of the CARES act in order to encourage employers to retain employees despite the negative economic effects of…
10 Common Cash Flow Problems for Businesses
Cash flow is a fundamental metric that’s used as an indicator of the financial health of a business. In essence it’s the net amount of cash flowing into and out…
The Up and Up of North American Smart Manufacturing
Since the turn of the century, manufacturing has evolved greatly. As new, advanced technologies drive the industry forward, manufacturing is clearly heading for a more automated, information-driven future and it’s…
How Can Staffing Agencies Manage Labor Shortage?
It is becoming increasingly difficult for staffing agencies to meet the demands of clients by finding top talent. Many companies are having difficulty filling their staffing needs despite a slight…
Health and Wellness – What’s Driving the Feel Good Factor?
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…
Pet Industry on a ‘Pawsitive’ Streak
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…
Harnessing Growth Opportunities in the Beauty Industry
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
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…
Top 10 Ways to Improve Performance in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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…
Canadian Business and The 2022 Federal Budget – Key Takeaways
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…
Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) – Bad for Business?
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…
Print Industry Pushed To Limits
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…
Apparel Purchase Order Financing – Perfectly Coordinated Funding
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…
Are Small Business Loans Hard to Get?
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…