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CFIB advising businesses they can claim up to $600 in credit card class action
Small businesses can claim up to $600 in class action settlement with Visa, Mastercard and banks: Power to surcharge for […]
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New CFIB report outlines the impacts of COVID on small business a year in
A year into COVID-19’s impacts finds many Canadian business owners delaying retirement as they face increased debt and mental burnout, a new Canadian Federation of Independent Business study finds. […]
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Pandemic raises Alberta small business debt to $21 billion
Eighty per cent of small businesses in Alberta have taken on debt due to the impacts of COVID-18 on their companies. […]
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Digital communication more vital in 2021, half of businesses say
A new Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) report indicates 51 per cent of Canadian businesses expect to rely on an increase in digital communication in the next year, a continuation of the communications shift necessitated by COVID-19. […]
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New rent relief program needed for businesses, CFIB says
The Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA, which lowered commercial rent up to 75 per cent, comes to an end Sept. 30. This according to information n the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ latest member survey. […]
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Slow sales means a long recovery for small business, CFIB says
by Stephen Dafoe The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is saying it will take small businesses 17 months on […]
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Canadian businesses looking for recovery support in throne speech
With an estimated one in seven Canadian businesses at risk of closing permanently, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says its membership is looking for recovery support in Wednesday’s Speech from the Throne. […]
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National business group says rail blockades affecting roughly 25% of businesses
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says nearly a quarter of businesses surveyed have been negatively impacted by ongoing rail blockades. Another 48 per cent expect they will feel the impacts soon. CFIB says the businesses affected report they have lost an average of $60,000 since the start of the blockades. […]
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Canada Revenue Agency gets D Grade with CFIB
A new report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says the level of service and information small businesses receive from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)’s call centre has dropped. […]
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Number of residents per employee vary among Sturgeon County municipalities
The number of full-time employees a municipality has relative to population is a strong indicator of whether its spending is under control.
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Alberta small business confidence drops, CFIB says
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ (CFIB) latest monthly Business Barometer shows a 2.9 per cent drop in the province’s small business confidence. This drop is the second month of decline after five consecutive months of increases.
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CFIB says Alberta small business confidence stalls in July
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ (CFIB) latest
Business Barometer results July indicate that Alberta’s small business confidence index fell by 1.8 points in July. Previous Barometers has shown a 20 per cent increase over the first half of the year. […]
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CFIB says Alberta business confidence subdued in November.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says the current state of business health in Alberta is “dismal” compared to all other provinces
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Alberta’s unfilled job rate sits at 2.4%
Canada’s job vacancy rate sat at a record high of 3 per cent in the first quarter of 2018, according to a Help Wanted Report released Tuesday by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Alberta sits just below the national average on unfilled work opportunities at 2.4 per cent. […]
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Alberta lagging behind in CFIB Red Tape Report Card
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business released their 2018 Red Tape Report Card Tuesday, on day two of Red Tape Awareness Week. The report is an annual rating of the federal, provincial and territorial governments on leadership and accountability in cutting red tape for small business. […]