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SYDNEY, N.S. — The Cape Breton Partnership and accounting firm Grant Thornton Ltd. will be hosting a three-hour workshop to give small and medium sized businesses a greater understanding of succession planning for a company.
The session on Nov. 7 at 8:30 a.m., will be held at the Holiday Inn Sydney. A light breakfast will be included.
Topics will include the basics to succession planning, how to properly assess the value of your operation, the selling process and steps to consider and how to increase the value of your business and why it’s important.
Seats are limited so registration is required. Contact Kelly MacKinnon at 902-562-0122 or kelly@capebretonpartnership.com.
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Our provincial YMCA YREACH Program provides information, orientation, and settlement/integration support to Immigrants, Refugees, and their families of all ages who are new to rural Nova Scotia including Cape Breton Island
YREACH staff work within rural communities and local partners to raise awareness, advocate, educate and help build the capacity of Nova Scotian’s to be welcoming and inclusive.
The YREACH Staff help support clients with independence, education, housing, employment services and support with social engagement. Our Staff also helps support newcomers with navigating and integrating into different aspects of their settlement to Nova Scotia.
Our program includes:
In -person Individual settlement services, Group Settlement Support to build social networks, On-site School Settlement, Community Collaborations, Referrals, English as an additional language instruction, Employer support with the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Project (AIPP), Awareness Raising Presentations related to cultural diversity and immigration barriers and challenges.
If you’re interested in further information about our services please contact us below.
Cape Breton locations are….
Immigrant Settlement – Sydney
Rob Martin
Direct: (902)217-0565
Immigrant Settlement – Port Hawkesbury
Trina Samson
Direct: (902)631-2563
English Language Services
Susan Burchell – Sydney
Pam Marchand – Port Hawkesbury
SYDNEY: A group of clever business owners in Whycocomagh have inspired a clever group of business people in Sydney to take on the challenge of bringing folks to Cape Breton Island.
“The Farmer’s Daughter had a tremendous amount of social media success, as a result of something they did to attract workers about a year-and-a-half ago,” said Carla Arsenault, the CEO of the Cape Breton Partnership.
“We know they received a tremendous response from people all over the world, and we thought there might be a real tangible opportunity for us to reach out to some of these people who are interested in coming to Cape Breton Island.
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DUNDEE, N.S. — The Cape Breton Regional Enterprise Network (CBREN) will host this year’s Richmond County business dinner at the Dundee Resort and Golf Club.
Destination Cape Breton Association CEO Mary Tulle and Bernadette Power, the acting director of tourism for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will provide keynote addresses at the event being held Oct. 22 from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
There will also be updates presented by CBREN’s economic development officer for Richmond County, Jeff Stanley, Richmond County Warden Brian Marchand and Cape Breton Partnership president and CEO Carla Arsenault.
According to the CBREN, the dinner is an opportunity for the local business community “to network and explore opportunities for the year ahead.”
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Originally posted by Chris Shannon of the Cape Breton Post.
MEMBERTOU, N.S. — As a new business owner, Cory Moore has a lot of questions he needs answered. Specifically, how to target a market and to get his product to those who want and need it.
Moore, who works out of his home in Portage, outside Sydney, has been selling his own line of specially made soaps and skin-care products since early September.
Having spent most of the past two decades outside Nova Scotia – including 12 years living in Germany – he says there will be customers wanting to buy his product online and have it shipped overseas.
“There’s a lot of resources for start-up companies. The exporting (process) isn’t as scary as it seems when you talk to the professionals who do this,” said Moore, 42.
“I’m a start-up. I’m one man so to be able to move on and grow, you need the help of all these guys.”
“These guys” includes import and export professionals who can educate clients about export regulations, country-specific requirements and changes within the industry.
In an effort to streamline the process and bring information directly to small and medium-sized businesses looking to move their products across the country and over international borders, the federal government provided a $135,000 grant to the Cape Breton Partnership in June to launch a two-year pilot program to assist island businesses that want to enter the export market.
At a recent export roundtable at Membertou First Nation, entrepreneurs, including Moore, and economic development officers from a few government agencies such as the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Nova Scotia Business Inc. and the Business Development Bank of Canada laid out some of the basics in preparation to market a product or service abroad.
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