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Minister Ng announces launch of Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program
News Release – January 26, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, announced the launch of the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program, or HASCAP. As first outlined in the 2020 Fall Economic Statement, HASCAP will provide financial support to businesses that have been hardest hit by the pandemic. Businesses across Canada continue to feel the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. Whether they are operating at limited capacity, switching to online-only services or suspending their operations entirely, many businesses have been strongly affected. Just as these businesses have stepped up for the health and safety of their communities, our government…
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Province announces new support for small businesses
NEWS RELEASE Dec. 22, 2020 – In an effort to flatten the second COVID-19 wave across Ontario, Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson said the Ontario government is taking the necessary steps to protect Ontarians. “I have spoken with our local medical officers of health as well as our municipal leaders. I appreciate their understanding and support for this action,” said Thompson. She added, “the shutdown is necessary in order to continue our unconditional support of our frontline workers and hospital network.” Recognizing the province-wide shutdown will impact small businesses, the provincial government will continue to provide a variety of supports to employers facing challenges as a result of COVID-19. The government will now…
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Retail food industry survey
FROM HURON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Nov. 27, 2020 – Calling all restaurateurs, takeouts, bakeries, cafes, grocers, bars, pubs, brewers, market vendors, and other food retailers! Huron County is excited to collaborate with Dr. Jason Gilliland at Western University to gather perspectives from the retail food industry about the COVID-19 pandemic situation. They are collecting information from those employed or recently unemployed in the food retail sector (including restaurants, bars, grocery stores and farmers markets). Workers will be entered into a draw for one of three $500 gift cards for completing the survey. If you are interested in participating in their study, we invite you to complete their survey of…
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Digital Transformation Grant – deadline extended to December 15, 2020
FROM HURON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Nov. 27, 2020 – That’s right! It’s not too late to apply for this $2,500 grant to help your business achieve your digital goals and increase your capacity through digital transformation! The application deadline has been extended until December 15 (OR until all grants have been exhausted)! Register your business online at https://digitalmainstreet.ca/ or get in touch with your local Digital Service Squad member by contacting economicdevelopment@huroncounty.ca.
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Government of Canada provides additional Relief Funding to Community Futures Huron
Community Futures Huron News Release Nov. 23, 2020 – Today, Community Futures Huron announces that businesses in the Huron County area may be eligible to benefit from additional relief funding through the Government of Canada’s Regional Relief and Recovery Fund. The Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) provides liquidity support to businesses and not-for-profit organizations affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19, that are unable to access other federal relief measures, or require additional support. The Fund, valued at more than $1.5 billion nationally, is delivered by Canada’s regional development agencies. In southern Ontario, $436.4 million is being delivered as follows: $367 million for direct support from FedDev Ontario for…
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Shop locally this holiday season with the Huron County Holiday Wish Book
Exciting news: the new Huron County Wish Book campaign is underway! If you’d like to know more about the campaign, whether as a business or interested shopper, please contact Huron County Economic Development directly by emailing either Brittany Wise at bwise@huroncounty.ca or Rick Sickinger at rsickinger@huroncounty.ca. SHOPPERS: Please note that info is coming about where & when to access the Huron County Holiday Wish Book. Please stay tuned! #HuronCounty #HolidayWishBook #ShopLocal #Huron East
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SWIFT – Connecting Southwestern Ontario
FROM SWIFT NOV. 4, 2020 – SWIFT, a regional broadband expansion project initiated by the Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus and delivered in partnership with member municipalities and the government of Ontario and Canada, is committed to improving access to high-speed internet services across Southwestern Ontario. Focused on enabling greater digital equality between rural and urban populations, SWIFT subsidizes the construction of open-access high-speed networks to encourage service providers to expand broadband infrastructure in underserved rural areas. To find out more click here: https://bit.ly/31NbnSE
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Rural Talks to Rural 2020 open for registration
FROM THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR RURAL CREATIVITY, October 28, 2020 – Offering an amazing lineup of guests/presenters with workshops, story circles, keynote address, and even a virtual lunch, R2R20 will bring people together, once again, from across the County, the Country and beyond our borders to imagine the future of rural. Welcome to Rural Talks to Rural 2020 – a conference about the many ways of seeing our world – co-produced by the CCRC and Goderich to Guelph Rail Trail Inc., and taking place November 16 to 28. R2R began with a conversation wondering what a conference would look like with rural people talking to other rural people about what…
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Growing Their Own Way: High-growth women entrepreneurs in Canada
FROM THE WEKH, OCTOBER 27, 2020 – New research recently published by the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub in collaboration with The Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship examines the experiences of 30 high-growth women entrepreneurs to better understand the factors that helped them grow as well as the persistent barriers that held them back. Women’s representation at the helm of high-growth firms is an important means of increasing their overall inclusion in the labour force and ensuring that Canada benefits from the innovations they have to offer. Women entrepreneurs are also more likely to be involved in social enterprise; finding ways to enhance their scaling efforts thus offers broad social…
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Energy Assistance Program – Help to pay your energy bills is available
FROM CENTRAL HURON BIA, October 27, 2020 – The Government of Ontario is making funding available to support residential, small business and charitable organization customers that are struggling to pay their energy bills as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. The COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program for Small Business (CEAP-SB) provides a one time, on-bill credit to eligible small business and registered charity customers to help them catch up on their energy bills and resume regular payments. To apply for CEAP funding, customers should contact their energy provider. Electricity and natural gas utilities and unit sub-meter providers (USMPs) started accepting applications for CEAP-SB on August 31, 2020. CEAP-SB funding is limited,…
