Practice

Fewer Canadians starting companies

Canadians remain reluctant to start new businesses. About 43,000 Canadians started a new business in 2011 and hired staff, finds the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). Read: Canada’s top 50 young entrepreneurs This amounts to only 0.23% of the 19 million people in Canada who can work—a slight increase from the 2009 recession low […]

By Staff |October 2, 2012

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Canadian IPO market to see boost in Q4: PwC

The market for IPOs may have fallen quiet in the third quarter of 2012, but there are countless new issues waiting for the right opportunity to enter equity markets.

By Staff |October 2, 2012

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Ensure you’re recognized instantly

To ensure clients can easily identify you, make sure you create a logo that acts as your business’s signature.

By Stuart Foxman |October 2, 2012

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Install a low-cost, high-feature phone system

Conventional phone lines cost $35-to-$70 a month.If your staff work from home, or work part time, this is an unnecessary expense, especially considering most office communication is now handled via e-mail. When I moved offices recently, I replaced my 15-year-old phones with an online VOIP-based (voiceover IP) system. Hardware installation was free (it would have […]

October 2, 2012

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