2020 Mayors' Breakfast Going Digital
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The APBOT is excited to be offering our 2020 Mayors' Breakfast Address online for the first time!
The next decade will see continued growth for the Ajax and Pickering business community. Please join us as His Worship Shaun Collier, Mayor of Ajax, and Kevin Ashe, Deputy Mayor of City of Pickering, each address the crowd with an outline of past, present, and future happenings in their respective areas.
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Applications Open: Small Business Relief Fund $10,000 Grant
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The Canadian Business Resilience Network (CBRN)'s Small Business Relief Fund is now open for applications. It is a national initiative to provide small Canadian businesses with $10,000 grants to help in their COVID-19 recovery efforts. These grants are made possible by Salesforce.
Applications for this grant opportunity will close June 12, 2020.
Any business considering applying must hold a valid membership with a Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade or any other business association that is a member of the CBRN.
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Business Resilience Service:
1-866-989-1080
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The Business Resilience Service allows you to connect with experienced business advisors from across Canada for guidance on which government relief programs will be most appropriate to support your small- to medium-sized business, not-for-profit or charity on how to respond and reshape amid uncertainty.
The program, delivered to your organization
free of charge, provides:
• Guidance on COVID-19 financial support program options and eligibility
• Direction on accessing the most appropriate support organizations
• Help to make decisions to support recovery plans
• Real time insights and feedback to policymakers
Call
1-866-989-1080 to connect with a business advisor from the accounting profession. The service is available 7 days/week from 8am – 8pm ET.
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Ontario Extends Declaration of Emergency until June 30
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Ontario is extending the provincial Declaration of Emergency to June 30.
A statement released yesterday says the decision supports the government's efforts to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and protect the health and safety of Ontarians as the province reopens in a measured and responsible way.
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New Regulation Will Protect Employees From Permanent Layoffs and Businesses Crom Potential Closures
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On June 1, the Government of Ontario announced that it has enacted a new regulatory amendment that will put non-unionized employees on Infectious Disease Emergency Leave during the COVID-19 outbreak any time their hours of work are temporarily reduced by their employer due to COVID-19. This will ensure businesses aren't forced to terminate employees after their ESA temporary layoff periods have expired.
We thank our local MPPs and the province for listening to the voice of business and addressing this concern.
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COVID-19 Electricity Supports
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The Ontario government announced the COVID-19 Recovery Rate, of 12.8 cents per kWh, which will be automatically applied to all time-of-use customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This fixed electricity price will be in place from June 1 - October 31, 2020.
Ontario is also providing $8 million for the COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program for Small Business (CEAP-SB) to provide support to businesses struggling with bill payments.
The government also extended the Ontario Energy Board's winter disconnection ban until July 31, 2020.
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Health Department Launches Online Toolkit to Provide Information on Safe Reopening of Services
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Durham Region Health Department is launching a new online resource to provide businesses and the community with information on the various stages of reopening of services as announced by the provincial government.
The Community Reopening Toolkit is an online resource available at
durham.ca/reopeningtoolkit. The toolkit is designed to help users navigate through resources from numerous organizations that are providing information to help with the requirements of reopening businesses and services.
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Supports to Help Communities Create Jobs and Restart the Economy
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that funding delivered through the federal Gas Tax Fund will be accelerated this year to help communities as quickly as possible.
This means that
$2.2 billion in annual federal infrastructure funding for communities will be delivered in one payment in June
. Early delivery of the full funding for 2020-21 will help communities quickly move forward with infrastructure projects.
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Kick Starting Change in the Workplace
– I think we're seeing what would have been the next 5 or 10 years in the evolution of work land on us all at once. We're making it work by necessity in a ready-or-not, take-it-or-leave-it shock to our systems. But in a year from now, we'll be wondering why we ever did things the way we used to do them. Like me, you have probably spent a lot of time and effort making sure we can get the job done in the middle of the coronavirus crisis - and trying to foresee all the ways in which it will affect how we will be working in the future. [
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Leading Through Crisis and Adversity - Join Lorna Weston-Smyth for a complimentary virtual discussion about the lessons John Maxwell shared on the pandemic COVID-19 crisis forcing leaders to lead through difficult times. You will learn to apply the lessons from John on understanding fear, seeing the big picture, and overcoming challenges.
Learn more.
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Rediscover the Downtowns of Durham Region - Durham Region is home to thirteen distinct ‘main street’ downtowns. From historic storefronts, to culturally diverse independent restaurants; from contemporary hair salons to espresso-to-go. These businesses are in urgent need of your support now, so that they can recover and rebuild. #ShopLocal.
Learn more.
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15% Off at Hilton Hotels Ajax
- The Hilton Garden Inn & Homewood Suites by Hilton Ajax are proud members of the Ajax Pickering Board of Trade and are pleased to share they now offer preferred pricing to members!
Click here to learn how you can save 15% off their best available rate.
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Elexicon Energy donates $50K to help local hospitals in the fight against COVID-19 - Elexicon Energy announced a donation of $50,000 to support the fight against COVID-19 at hospitals within the Lakeridge Health network, including Ajax Pickering Hospital, Bowmanville Hospital, Port Perry Hospital and Whitby Hospital as well as South Muskoka Hospital, Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital and Belleville Hospital.
Read the full news release attached.
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More than ever, it's important to talk about final wishes - Pine Ridge Memorial Gardens are here to help with 0% monthly financing now available. For more information contact Jennie Fagan at 416-305-1363 or
jfagan@arbormemorial.com.
Learn more.
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Durham Mental Health Services guide to COVID-19 government financial benefit programs - A free guide for businesses and workers on COVID-19-related government supports plus local and online helping services -
https://tinyurl.com/ydyw7ywa.
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Submit your own member announcement!
Send a 100-word, single paragraph, text write up with the highlights to
bulletin@apboardoftrade.com
. You can also include a link to a webpage or attach a flyer in .pdf format that our readers can link to for additional information.
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