Planning and Advice

Get a grip on high executive pay

The investment industry has to turn up the heat on high executive pay, says a new white paper by NEI Ethical Funds.

By Staff |October 3, 2012

2 min read

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

1 min read

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

3 min read

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

2 min read