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Daily COVID-19 Update: April 16, 2020
Supports for Business Canada Emergency Business Account Expanded Today, the Government of Canada announced that upper and lower payroll limits for the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) have been expanded in order to include more businesses. The new CEBA 2019 payroll limits are a lower limit of $20,000 and an upper limit of $1.5 million.…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 15, 2020
Supports for Business COVID-19 response: Approved grants extension There is greater flexibility now with the Canada Alberta Job Grant with deadlines for current approved grants extended by 3 months. Training can start within 9 months of grant approval and must be completed within 15 months of the training start date. If a course is postponed,…
5 Steps for Business: How to Manage COVID-19
Last updated: June 24, 2020 Step 1: Take Care of You and Your Employees 1 . Take care of you and your employees first Take care of your physical and mental health – you can use the community resources on our COVID-19 website page for supports and resources Implement prevention measures and prevent the spread…
Business Beat: New Reality
A short four weeks ago, I brought you a story on the rapidly emerging field of Machine Learning (ML). APEX, in partnership with the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (amii), was about to hold a workshop to introduce small and medium enterprises (SME) to the possibilities of incorporating ML and AI into their business models. Foreshadowing??…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 14, 2020
Supports for Business Wage subsidy legislation provides additional details On April 11, the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2 received Royal Assent, bringing the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy into law. The Government of Canada also announced additional details of the subsidy including eligible employers, eligible periods, eligible employees, the change in revenue from 30% in…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 9, 2020
Supports for Business Reminder: Interest-Free Loans Now Available The Government of Canada is providing small businesses and not-for-profits with interest-free loans of up to $40,000 to help cover costs. The Canada Emergency Business Account program is for businesses with a total payroll between $50,000 to $1 million in 2019. Repayment of the loan on or…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 8, 2020
Supports for Business Important Changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy The Government announced some welcome changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) today including: flexibility to compare revenue of March, April and May 2020 to that of the same month of 2019, or to an average of the revenue earned in January and…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 7, 2020
Supports for Business Changes to Employment Standards The Government of Alberta is allowing greater flexibility for employers to appropriately respond to public health measures and at the same time allow employees to remain attached to jobs and have the ability to access federal assistance programs. The changes will: Provide employees access to unpaid job-protected leave…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 6, 2020
Supports for Business Canadian Business Resilience Network Launched Today Our Canadian Business Resilience Network campaign launched today [watch the Prime Minister’s announcement] in partnership with the Government of Canada and Canada’s leading business and industry associations, including the Business Council of Canada, the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses and…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 3, 2020
Supports for Business Canadian Business Resiliency Network Launches on Monday The Canadian Business Resilience Network (CBRN), has been established in order to bring together a vast network of over 450 chambers and boards of trade, and over 100 of Canada’s leading business and industry associations, including the Business Council of Canada, Canadian Council for Aboriginal…