Small Business

Big Six banks open to refinancing CEBA loans for small businesses

Extending CEBA pandemic-loan deadline sadly won’t save many small businesses

How Rechie Valdez went from banker to baker to Small Business Minister

B.C. port strikes, never again: Let’s ban such disruptions for critical infrastructure

Dental costs soaring across Canada as fee guides get updated

Canada’s economic future is in jeopardy because we lack an entrepreneurial culture

Small recruiting firms push back on new Ontario licensing aimed at temp agencies

HalalMeals is beating the meal delivery odds as larger competitors struggle

The productivity problem in Canada’s economy is really a marketing and sales problem

Tip inflation, ‘tip creep,’ tipping for everything? Stop complaining about it

Guelph’s brewers combine forces to attract beer tourists in bid to rebound from pandemic

Hyundai settles Genesis trademark case with Toronto clothing store

More than 250 business groups ask Ottawa to extend CEBA repayment deadline

Extending CEBA deadline would help marginalized businesses, groups say

Groups call on Ottawa for permanent funding for Black business programs

Some lenders offer to refinance CEBA pandemic loans as Ottawa’s repayment deadline looms

Joe Mimran and partners buy retailer Kit and Ace

How growing businesses secure financing in today’s tough economy

Repaying pandemic loans adds to small businesses’ struggles – one in five will shutter

Succession challenges loom for aging business owners

Patio delays are a visible marker of red-tape challenges for businesses

Canada’s outdated banking and payments system costs consumers greatly

Small business gets creative and personal to combat rising inflation

Ottawa commits $25-million toward Canada’s first-ever LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship program

Why tech veteran Sylvia Ng wants women in the industry to reject the traditional CEO mold

How generative-AI tools save this growing company time and money

Why Pete Smaluck, an aspiring math teacher, bet on himself in the sports gambling world

How Emily O’Brien started a gourmet popcorn business behind bars

Ottawa’s token gesture for lowering credit-card fees favours Bay Street over Main Street

How Knix founder Joanna Griffiths built an underwear empire in a room full of naysayers

Why Cheekbone Beauty CEO Jenn Harper thinks inexperience can be an asset

From cannabis boom to bust: Why Bruce Linton was fired from the company he created

Ironically, mid-sized firms lag both large and small rivals in payments digitization

Struggling small businesses fund your credit-card points. Ottawa was right to cut their fees

Small business groups push for extension to repay outstanding CEBA loans

Ontario auto insurance companies shortchanging crash victims with outdated rules and fees, health professionals say

Nordstrom’s sorry exit from Canada raises the question: What was it all for?

The government should include a capital gains tax exemption for employee ownership trusts

More pain to come for Tim Hortons franchisees fighting parent Restaurant Brands International

CEO pessimism is at a historic high – firms will fail if they do not transform

Government outsourcing is good, McKinsey and ArriveCan scandals notwithstanding

Toronto menswear shop holds firm as auto giant Hyundai launches legal battle over Genesis name