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Simcoe Dental pivot to sell cotton face protectors and scrub caps and isolation gowns

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My dental hygiene practice was forced to close over a month ago so I have kept myself busy with sewing! I any making scrub caps, face protectors, and will start isolation gowns tomorrow. If you know anyone who is looking for these items, please feels free to share my contact information. Other colours available!

Now  selling!
Cotton face protectors ( not allowed to call them “masks”) with pocket for extra liner, flat bendable nose piece for easy adaption to face. Available as ear loop elastic or draw sting with cord lock. $12 each
Cotton scrub cap/hat, reversible. Adjustable size as it ties at back and rim folds up to adjust height.  Quality construction with extract stitching inside to withstand multiple uses.  $20 each
Coming soon:  isolation gowns fabricated from either shower curtains as they are “water resistant”, or 100% cotton, or cotton polyester blend.  Hand made with quality care to withstand multiple uses.  $30 each
Please note that no level of PPE will protect you from all viruses and bacteria.  None of these items are suggested to protect from covid-19.
Please note also that each item requires well over 2 hours of time to create, then wash, sanitize and package for your use!

Pam Elliott, Simcoe Muskoka Dental Hygiene, 705-321-1871, 705-321-1871 cell/text, pam@smdh.ca

Facebook Event Recap

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This was sent to Facebook Admins

See the recap of Facebook’s Community Connect: Navigating COVID-19online event for group admins.
Hi Patricia,

We recently hosted Community Connect: Navigating COVID-19, an online event for community leaders on Facebook like you. We put together a recap featuring videos and content with tips and resources for managing your group during this challenging time. Check out the recap here.

Additionally, we are excited to announce that Facebook will be hosting an online event every month specifically to support your communities as part of our new Community Connect Education Series. We hope you will join us on May 28, 2020 for our next session focused on Community Foundations:“Going back to basics for setting up and maintaining a thriving community.” See here for more information.

Thanks for all you do for your community.

Thanks,
The Facebook Team
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Resources From the Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre (Funding/Events)

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In partnership with Alex Brown from
eCommerce Rockstars

We are now accepting applications for their
eCommerce Acccelerator Program!

Apply today! We will notify businesses on April 27th.

We will be accepting 30 businesses!
You will be able to complete the online learning with your team.
All one on one sessions with Alex can be completed with 2 team members per business.
All group coaching and community groups are allowed up to 2 team members per business.

Only those accepted will be notified. We will notify businesses on April 28th.

The five week program begins on May 1, 2020.

Link to apply: https://hbec.wufoo.com/forms/ecommerce-accelerator-program/
As always, every Monday we invite you to start the week with a coffee or tea in hand at our
HBEC Coffee Talks!

This week, April 27th, we are excited to present

Amanda Sutton of Catalyst Communications Choreography

Pivot Don’t Panic
5 ways to maintain authority during downtimes
It can be difficult to know how to react/behave as a business owner or community leader right now. But there is a simple formula to position yourself as a leader and build trust in an authentic way, with your company and with followers
during these uncertain times.
Wednesday, April 29th, we present Sven Hansen from Always Bearded
and Hometown Brawn with;
Streamline Your Business Operations

Potential Funding – IRAP (for incorporated companies)

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Funding for SMEs through IRAP Innovation Assistance Program — Applications now open

Applications for NRC IRAP’s $250 million Innovation Assistance Program (IAP) are now open. The IAP is intended to help support pre-revenue, start-up and scale-up companies.

IRAP IAP provides a wage subsidy to eligible employers for up to 12 weeks. SMEs pursuing technology-driven innovation who have been unable to secure funding under the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) are eligible and can apply for financial assistance under IRAP IAP. The call for applications will close Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 11:59 pm EDT.

Criteria:

  • Be ineligible for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
  • Be an incorporated, profit-oriented small or medium-sized business in Canada
  • Be a company with 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees
  • Plan to pursue growth and profit by developing and commercializing innovative, technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada
  • Lack of sufficient financial resources to sustain operations during the COVID-19 downturn period
  • Have a Canada Revenue Agency business number
  • Be incorporated by no later than March 1, 2020
Apply for Funding

Commercial Rent Assistance Program Details Announced

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This morning the Prime Minister announced the Canadian Emergency Commercial Rent Program for commercial landlords who offer rent reductions to their tenants during April, May and June. This is a forgivable loan to commercial landlords. Ministers also indicated they would keep supporting businesses and thanked small business owners for their resilience during this period.

Here are the conditions:

  • This is for qualifying commercial property owners whose commercial tenants are paying less than $50,000 in monthly rent
    • Their tenants have experienced a reduction in revenues since the beginning of COVID-19 of at least 70%.
    • This applies to tenants who are small businesses, not-for-profits and charities.
    • Landlords have to agree to a moratorium on evictions
  • They are forgivable loans for landlords that will cover 50% of the rent if they offer a reduction to their tenants of at least 75%.
  • The commercial property owners can apply for a retroactive period. If they have already stepped up for reductions in April can apply.
  • This is on top of other programs including: CERB, Interest-free Canada Emergency Business Account, Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program; and deferrals for income tax, GST and HST, and customs payments.
  • This program is in addition to loans through BDC and Export Development Bank

The loan is being offered through CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing). The Federal Government is asking landlords to be flexible with their tenants as they implement this measure – targetted to implement in mid-May.

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Reopening the country will take time

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The Prime Minister talked about the gains made by citizens because we have stayed home, limited ourselves to essential trips and essential work and practices to keep us safe, such as hand washing and physical distancing which have helped our health systems from becoming overloaded. He also said that if we don’t want to have to start again we need to remain vigilant in terms of protecting our health and have to be very, very careful. He reiterated the importance of

Economic reopening: The provinces and the federal government are collaborating on a set of guidelines – or a set of principles and elements that should be in place and followed to allow provinces to decide on how, when and if they will reopen. This is going to have to be done step by step. Some of those principles that should be included are:

  • ensuring proper levels of testing and contact testing
  • ensuring safe conditions for workers
  • prevent another spike or further spread the virus. If further cases occur we need to be able to manage, control and reduce them rapidly

Ad governments look at careful reopening and will require us to adjust and adapt to changing situations. They are in talks with the provinces and watching the experience of other countries.We must remain extremely vigilant and continue to follow the regulations in our own provinces (the implication being even if other provinces such as Saskatchewan are taking steps to reopen in May).

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The Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) will be open to applications on Monday April 27, 2020

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Courtesy of Jeff Nixon, NVS

How to Apply
Employers who are eligible for this subsidy can apply using one of the following options:
Applicants will be asked to provide amounts such as number of eligible employees and gross payroll. Employers can estimate their claim in advance by using CRA’s Online Calculator.
Claims will be subject to verification after the application is submitted. Refunds are expected to be processed within 2-5 weeks after the application has been processed. We encourage all applicants to set up Direct Deposit through their My Business Account to avoid delays in receiving the subsidy.
Eligibility
Employers of all sizes and across all sectors of the economy would be eligible with the exception of public sector entities.
Eligible entities also include other entities exempt from Part I tax such as unions.
Qualification
Employers must demonstrate that their revenues have fallen by at least 15% for the month of March (recognizing that some businesses may not have felt the effects until part-way through the month) and by 30% for April and May, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Support for the reduction will have to be provided and employers will have to reapply each month.
Employers can use one of two benchmarks for the revenue test. Revenues may be compared from March, April, and May 2020 to either the same months in 2019 or an average of their revenue in January and February of 2020.
Once an employer is found to be eligible for a specific period, the employer will automatically qualify for the next period immediately following. (Note: this is only for one consecutive period, not all consecutive periods.)
Employers can elect to compute their revenues using the accrual method or cash method. Once chosen, they must continue with the same method for the entire program.
Corporate Groups: Legislation allows a group of affiliated entities to calculate consolidated revenue and then each eligible entity in the group can use the consolidated amounts for the purposes of the revenue test.
Not-for-Profit organizations can choose to either include or exclude revenue from government funding in their revenue computation. Once selected, the employer must use the same method for the duration of the program.
Claim Periods
  • March 15, 2020 to April 11, 2020
  • April 12, 2020 to May 9, 2020
  • May 10, 2020 to June 6, 2020
The application for a particular qualifying period must be filed with CRA no later than September 30, 2020.
CEWS Highlights
  • Provides a 75% wage subsidy to employers.
  • Retroactive to March 15th, 2020.
  • 75% of the amount paid to an employee to a maximum of $847 per week.
For further information, clarification or assistance with calculating and applying for the subsidy, please contact Alison Jacks alison@nvsca.ca or Nilesh Pithwa nilesh@nvsca.ca.

 

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Assisting employees who are working at home

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May 5, 2020 – Health & Safety & Telework  – Click to Register

Morning Session: 10:30-11:30am

May 5, 2020  – Health & Safety & Telework  – Click to Register

Afternoon Session: 1:30-3:00pm

Session Description

The way of working is changing. Due to the recent pandemic, many of us are working from home. How can we assist these employees, whether this is a temporary arrangement or a long-term workplace? What are employers’ legal safety requirements? What are the health and safety risks associated with telework? And most importantly, what can we do to prevent injuries in this new way of working? Join us in a lively and informative discussion on health and safety issues related to telework.

The session is offered at no-cost and offers an energizing forum where professionals can connect, exchange ideas and share best practices in workplace health and safety.

Is the Facebook Business Grant active?

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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg were interviewed on CNN last week but did not offer any new information on the business grants and ad credits they have promised to 30,000 businesses.

SO – I went looking for the status of this initiative – and found that some grants were being awarded in a few US Cities. One restriction is that the businesses have to be resident in a country that Facebook serves.

You can get on the list to be alerted to activity here: https://www.facebook.com/business/boost/resource?ref=grants

Yahoo Finance has an article about how you apply at this link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-small-business-grants-advantage-204503091.html  (Remember the advice here appears to be US-based).

Not sure what this will look like… however it doesn’t hurt to keep tabs on it.

Patricia

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