Small Business

Red-hot market for buying dental, veterinary and other health practices begins to cool

FYihealth, Functionalab merging to form new medical-aesthetics entity

Hockey Canada must face its sins – but how does the organization rebuild?

Ottawa to regulate credit-card fees if financial industry refuses to lower costs for small businesses

Some businesses surprised to find they are already in default as CEBA issues loan repayment letters

There’s been only one company IPO this year on the TSX, and that’s a problem

How Canada’s new credit card transaction fees will affect how you pay

Paying with a credit card will soon cost more as some businesses add transaction fees

Etsy sellers frustrated by company’s confusing approach to new sales-tax law

Ottawa could lose more than $5-billion in CEBA pandemic loans to small businesses

Big Six banks’ loan programs for Black entrepreneurs off to slow start

VetStrategy pulls back on some vet-clinic purchases, sellers say, as market cools

Some small businesses offer benefits to retain staff in tight labour market

Applicants for Ottawa’s Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund unable to appeal rejections despite promises of transparency

Health regulators urged to act more as level of corporate ownership rises

Ottawa tech company Tablz bets diners will pay more for popular restaurant seats

Dry cleaners, hair stylists and suit retailers welcome the return of weddings and office workers

Where are venture capitalists investing in Canada?

Commercial rent prices are rising, and many small businesses are finding it hard to keep up

Government-backed Indigenous entrepreneur fund receives $3-million investment from fintech company Block

Canadian athletes joining trend of sports stars becoming equity investors

Businesses urged to claim their share of multimillion-dollar class-action settlement with Visa, Mastercard

Delays to Ottawa’s pledge to lower credit card transaction fees has small businesses worried

Shopify, Square among companies hoping to ease e-commerce slowdown by lending money to merchants

Calgary’s Neo Financial raises $185-million led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures

Ottawa plans to forgive up to 50 per cent of COVID-19 pandemic loans to Indigenous businesses

With mask mandates ending, small businesses have to write their own rules

Ottawa subsidizing foreign tech giants through $4-billion small-business program, industry leaders say

Ottawa may be too focused on jobs for youth in new small-business program, groups say

Canada’s McCain Foods halts plans for Russia plant, suspends sales amid invasion of Ukraine

$4-billion Canada Digital Adoption Program opens for grant and loan applications

How Black entrepreneurs are working to knock down barriers to capital

Small-business owners push for property tax relief in hot real-estate markets

EDC makes pandemic investment program permanent for small- and medium-sized businesses

Ottawa businesses say protests over COVID-19 restrictions have ‘traumatized’ employees, customers

Restaurant menus shrank 25 per cent because of supply chain, price issues, data suggest

Canadian yacht and private jet makers brace for cancelled orders under Liberal luxury tax

Canadian small-business owners who accept cryptocurrencies find customers reluctant to spend

Ottawa extends deadline to repay CEBA loans by one year

Ontario announces new round of $10,000 grants for small businesses as new restrictions introduced

Essential stores struggle to stay open amid staff shortages

How should small business owners set up their finances as they start their company?