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Over 31,000 small businesses in Saskatchewan will see their taxes go up after the province raised them by one per cent on Canada Day.
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Small business tax hike is ‘the straw that breaks the camel’s back’
One Source Direct Announce Ground-Breaking Small Business Marketing Platform Launched on Indiegogo
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Published July 18, 2023
Say Goodbye to Traditional SEO One Source Direct Introduces Innovative Platform to Empower Small Businesses in the Digital Age.
One Source Direct, has announced the launch of its groundbreaking platform, a peer-to-peer business networking app poised to revolutionize small business operations in today’s fast-paced digital landscape. With the aim of leveling the playing field and overcoming the limitations of traditional marketing strategies, One Source Direct pushes the boundaries of traditional marketing by empowering entrepreneurs, small business owners, and freelancers to succeed in a competitive market.
Unlike traditional algorithms that favor brand popularity or advertising
Students snag top prizes during national business plan competition | In Class column
IN CLASS: This feature is part of an ongoing education column highlighting the various activities that engage school communities.
STATEN ISLAND, NY — Staten Island middle school students at Egbert Intermediate School (IS 2) recently won top prizes during a national business plan competition.
Seventh- and eighth-graders at the Midland Beach school participated in the Virtual Enterprise Junior Venture second national business plan competition. Each program throughout the country submits a plan and pitch during the preliminary round and select teams make the national semifinals. During the semifinals, students pitched the plan during a Zoom interview with a panel of
Leading Small Business Banks Expand Digital Customer Support and Mobile Banking for Business Customers
Keynova Group Releases Annual Small Business Banker Scorecard
WILMINGTON, Del. (PRWEB) July 20, 2023
Keynova Group, the principal competitive intelligence source for digital financial services firms, today announced the results of the 2023 Small Business Banker Scorecard. Bank of America once again secures first place for Overall Score in the annual benchmark that evaluates the digital user experience for small business customers of 10 national and regional banks.
The Scorecard revealed that mobile banking for small businesses is evolving beyond the basic consumer experience with some banks offering business cash flow dashboards and cash projections. The key findings also indicate
Renewing a mortgage this year? Here’s what the latest rate hike means for you
Like many homeowners, Ian Marsden has been following what the Bank of Canada has been up to lately quite closely. He bought a house in Calgary in 2018 on a five-year, fixed rate loan, at about three per cent.
He went with a 25-year term, and because he chose an accelerated biweekly payment plan, each one of his $750 payments had him well on his way toward paying it down well ahead of schedule.
By the time his loan was up for renewal this year, he was on track to pay it off in as little as 15 more years,
Can You Prevent Telehealth Fraud?
Telemedicine has continued to thrive in a post-pandemic world, but with the expansion of services comes the expansion of fraud.
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The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) has warned healthcare entities to use ‘heightened scrutiny’ when entering telemedicine arrangements that have suspect characteristics of a fraud scheme.
The OIG has stated that a common characteristic of fraudulent schemes is the use of kickbacks to recruit and award healthcare practitioners.
The OIG …
The Bank of Canada’s latest rate hike is bad news for renters and some landlords
The latest rate hike by the Bank of Canada is expected to have widespread ripple effects for renters and real estate investors, beyond its implications for homeowners with mortgages.
The increase of a quarter of a percentage point and another hike of the same size that could come in September will boost demand for rentals, force some landlords to sell and put a further damper on the construction of new rental and condo units, experts say.
The central bank raised its trend-setting interest rate to 5 per cent on Wednesday, which was widely expected by financial markets. But it also
No, startups are not facing a ‘mass extinction event’ | US small business
“Tthe Mass Extinction Event for startups is under way,” a partner for a well-known venture capital firm warned in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. Capital from venture investors and bank loans is “scarce and expensive” and “venture-backed startups are running out of money and facing hard choices”.
The numbers support this: venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2023 was only at 40% of the level seen in the fourth quarter of 2021. But mass extinction?
Maybe for people starting up tech businesses based on a shaky premise and dubious cash flow projections that venture