SME Benchmarking Tool offers industry-specific income statement and balance sheet data for small and medium sized businesses. SME Benchmarking Tool allows you to: Estimate the operating costs for your new business; View financial performance averages in your industry; Enter your own financial data to see how your business measures up to comparably sized firms.
This site includes an extensive collection of Industry Canada research on small business and entrepreneurship as well as comprehensive statistics on Canadian small businesses.
Corporations Canada helps Canadians incorporate businesses, not-for-profit corporations and other corporate entities according to Canada's laws and regulations.
Industry Canada promotes CSR principles and practices to Canadian businesses because it makes companies more innovative, productive, and competitive. CSR helps make Canadian business more competitive by supporting operational efficiency gains; improved risk management; favourable relations with the investment community and improved access to capital; enhanced employee relations; stronger relationships with communities and an enhanced licence to operate; and improved reputation and branding.
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is a Special Operating Agency associated with Industry Canada. The CIPO is responsible for the administration and processing of the greater part of intellectual property in Canada.
The Small Business Internship Program enables small and medium-sized businesses to obtain funding to hire post-secondary students for 12-week full-time internships in a field related to information and communication technology.
Chapter 1 provides a profile of the industry and its importance to the economy of Atlantic Canada. In Chapter 2, the competitiveness challenges facing the industry are analyzed. Chapter 3 explores new directions for the industry while a final chapter summarizes the findings and highlights the key recommendations. Of particular interest to readers will be the views of those engaged in the forest industry in Atlantic Canada, gathered from six industry roundtables held across the Atlantic Provinces between April and June of 2007 as well as from individual interviews.
To begin, clearly define what role an apprentice could play within your business and what skills you are looking for in a new employee. It is also important to identify a journeyperson who is capable of training new staff to your standards and business requirements.
