How to build a succession plan

Planning for the succession of your business can be very complicated. This is why we have developed this succession planning guide to assist business owners how to successfully accomplish the transition process.

Business Barometer®: National small business confidence drops a touch

Optimism among Canada's small- and mid-sized business owners dipped slightly in June. CFIB's Business Barometer® Index finished the month at 66.4, down about a point from May's 67.3 level. This latest reading is at the lower end of the average over the last 10 months, and suggest that economic output is growing only at a modest 2.5 per cent clip.
 

CRA/CFIB: New simplified auto expense rules to help you

June 28, 2010 – The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of National Revenue, Minister of the Atlantic Canada opportunities Agency and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, is pleased to announce the introduction of a new simplified logbook for motor vehicle expense provisions as part of the government's overall strategy to assist small and medium sized businesses and Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA's) aim to ease the tax compliance burden of small business owners.

Agri-business owners frustrated - Time for action: AgriStability costly, complex and unpredictable

Ottawa/Regina, June 9, 2010 – As Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) governments hold consultations with producers across Canada, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released a report today which reveals farmers glaring frustration with the current Business Risk Management (BRM) program, AgriStability.

Focus on Agri-business

CFIB represents 7,200 agri-businesses across Canada, of which 78 per cent are primary producers, and 22 per cent are within the agriculture services sector. These agri-business members operate their farms as businesses, and join CFIB for its advocacy of an entrepreneurial business culture and mission to give independent business a greater voice in determining laws governing business. CFIB makes a bottom-line difference to your agri-business. We speak out on your behalf on key agricultural issues, including: competitive challenges, tax burden, regulation and paper burden, shortage of qualified labour, advocating for the development of farmer-friendly policies, and succession planning.
 
CFIB creates a better future for Canadian entrepreneurs. Taking direction only from its members since 1971 - over 105,000 nationwide small- and medium-sized businesses in every sector - CFIB has a strong and influential voice at all levels of government.
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