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We want to hear from you
Every year Community Futures Huron does a series of articles on our loan clients and community projects. Do you have a story that you’d like to share? The current COVID-19 situation has certainly created some difficult and trying situations and provided many challenges. How have you weathered it? What have you learned and what would you like your customers, friends and neighbours to know about your business? If you have an update that you would like to share, please email sbolen@cfhuron.ca and we’ll get working on it.
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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COVID-19 Update – Community Futures Huron Office Closed to the Public
Community Futures Huron continues to monitor the COVID-19 situation and is working closely with partner agencies to respond accordingly. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, our office in Brussels is now closed to the public, effective from March 17, 2020 until further notice. Community Futures Huron staff are available and will be conducting business during this time by phone, email or online if you have any questions or need assistance. Phone 226-889-8256Paul Nichol – General Manager – ext. 223Tina Heathers – Business Coach and Lending – ext. 250Brenda McGregor – Financial Officer – ext. 231Sharlene Bolen – Communications Officer – ext. 221 Emailpnichol@cfhuron.catina@cfhuron.cabmcgregor@cfhuron.casbolen@cfhuron.ca Staff will continue to monitor the status…
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Office holiday hours
Our office here in Brussels will close for the holidays on Tues., Dec. 24 at 12 noon and reopen again on Jan. 2 at 8:30 am. Thank you to everyone for your continued support. The board and staff would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Keeping Up With Technology
Why is it that some companies are late to the party when new technology becomes available? Technology that would allow them to introduce new and improved products to their customers. Often, it's because customers show no interest, they like tried and trusted products they know and love.
