County of Huron Launches ‘Ready to Re-Open’ Business Recognition Program
COUNTY OF HURON NEWS RELEASE: In an effort to help both businesses and the general public connect to the most current information and to encourage consumer confidence, the County of Huron has launched the Ready to Re-Open Huron recognition program available at no cost to all businesses within Huron County. Delivered through a one-hour webinar, a toolkit and guidance documents, Ready to Re-Open Huron is designed to arm businesses with guidance on what reasonable steps should be taken when reopening their businesses and how to make their workplaces safe for employees and customers. The program will connect them with resources if they have additional questions, and help consumers feel more…
- Business, Business Services, Communications, Economic Development, Employment, News, Small Business, Update from Paul Nichol
CFHuron – Year in Review
Last week, Community Futures Huron held our 27th Annual General Meeting (virtually of course). The past 12 months have been tremendously active – in fact we experienced another record-breaking year. Over $1.7 M was invested into the Huron County economy, helping almost 100 businesses launch and expand, while creating and maintaining over 200 jobs across the region. Click to download our Year in Review here: Community Futures Huron – Year in Review We wish to thank all of our sponsors, supporters and clients for all the great things happening in Huron County. But as they say, that was then and this is now. Many businesses in Huron County are now…
- Business, Co-Hosted Webinars & Workshops, COVID-19 Support, Marketing, Online Business Training, Small Business, webinar, Workshops
Webinar: How to Be Heard Above the Noise
HOW TO BE HEARD ABOVE THE NOISEAnd Why It’s All About Chemistry (webinar) How do you build a business that can be heard above the noise? It starts with creating an authentically human brand – a brand that deeply aligns with your values and those of your ideal client. Now more than ever, your brand needs to be memorable and create chemistry with your audience so that your business is the ONLY choice. Join Laura Beauparlant for this engaging, interactive and thought-provoking talk and learn what a brand is, what your brand is really saying and why the key to success is chemistry. _____BIOOwner + Creative Director + Speaker +…
- Business, Business Services, Cody Joudry, Communications, Economic Development, News, Patrick Donnelly
CFHuron and Huron County Ec Dev share news on LocalOne
Recently, our General Manager Paul Nichol joined Cody Joudry and Patrick Donnelly from Huron County Economic Development for an insightful and helpful panel discussion regarding supports available for local small businesses. The interview was hosted by LocalOne News. View the interview here: https://www.facebook.com/thestaysh/videos/869972070094088/?t=6
- Business, Business Services, Client News, Co-Hosted Webinars & Workshops, Communications, News, Online Business Training, Patrick Donnelly, Small Business, Small Business Management, Tina Heathers, webinar
Doing Business Online – Go Where Your Customers Are
Small business owners, freelancers, entrepreneurs, you are invited to this April 9th webinar all about getting into and excelling at online sales during this difficult time of COVID-19. With everyone stuck at home, the internet is where they are hanging out. Let’s discuss all the different ways you can continue to meet and work with customers online. Even if you have never done business online before, there may be creative ways to keep your customers engaged and make a little survival cash in the process. Join Patrick Donnelly, Entrepreneur and Business Coach from Huron County Economic Development and Tina Heathers, Business Coach and Lending Consultant from Community Futures Huron as…
- Business, Business Services, Co-Hosted Webinars & Workshops, COVID-19 Support, Economic Development, Online Business Training, Patrick Donnelly, Small Business Management, Tina Heathers, webinar
Creating a Covid-19 Business Survival Cashflow Plan 2.0
We’re co-hosting another cash flow webinar on April 7! Small business owners and entrepreneurs, you are invited to: Creating a Covid-19 Business Survival Cashflow Plan 2.0. Join Community Futures Huron and Huron County Economic Development and review how to make a survival cash flow plan for small businesses again! Planning to minimize expenses, tap into government funding options, and staying focused on business stability will make all the difference to your business when business activity returns to normal. Many funding updates have been announced since last Friday & we’ll be discussing what we know. Hosts Patrick Donnelly, Entrepreneur and Business Coach from Huron County Economic Development and Tina Heathers, Business…
- Business, Business Services, Co-Hosted Webinars & Workshops, Communications, COVID-19 Support, Online Business Training, Patrick Donnelly, Tina Heathers, webinar
Creating Your Covid-19 Business Survival Cashflow Plan
Entrepreneurs, small business owners and freelancers, please join Community Futures Huron for our next webinar on Fri., March 27 at 10 am: Creating Your Covid-19 Survival Cashflow Plan. Join us for this free Zoom webinar as we discuss how to make a survival cash flow plan for small businesses. Planning to minimize expenses, tap into government funding options, and staying focused on business stability will make all the difference to your business when business activity returns to normal. Hosts Patrick Donnelly, Entrepreneur and Business Coach from Huron County Economic Development and Tina Heathers, Business Coach and Lending Consultant from Community Futures Huron will focus on ways to help businesses survive for…
COVID-19 Support
PLEASE NOTE: All CFHuron loan clients have received an automatic two-month loan payment deferral for March and April. Contact pnichol@cfhuron.ca or bmcgregor@cfhuron.ca if you have any questions or concerns. Government Support for Canadians & businesses The Government of Canada is taking action to help businesses facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Read the full plan here. What does this mean for businesses? The Government will provide up to $27 billion in direct support to Canadian workers and businesses. These measures are being implemented in an effort to help stabilize the economy. There will be income support, flexibility for taxpayers, mortgage default management tools, among others, to help Canadians. Here…
CF Huron loan payments postponed for March & April
As the ancient Chinese scholars said “It’s a curse to live in interesting times”. Interesting times indeed. I know most, if not all of you are already feeling the punch from cancelled contracts and business closures. The next few months will be challenging to say the least. However modest, Community Futures Huron would like to do our best to help ease the burden. To that end, principle loan payments for existing CF Huron loan clients will be postponed for the months March and April, with no interest accrued and no interest charged during these months. Following that, we will reassess the situation. If there are other ways you feel we…
The Excelsior Knitting Factory
Here’s a good story folks! Hats off to one of our favorite local columnists, David Yates. We very much enjoy his weekly historical columns in the Signal-Star chain of newspapers. A recent column highlighted the history and achievements of the former Excelsior Knitting Factory, located in downtown Brussels. Bravo, but why is this important? Well… you might not know it, but the factory was located smack dab on the very same spot that Community Futures Huron now sits. We thought that was pretty cool and worth sharing with our audience. And it also explains why I keep seeing ghosts around here. ;-D Here’s an excerpt from the article by Yates:…
