The Hub provides opportunities to sharpen your business and personal skills through education, networking, brainstorming and peer support. The Hub is a non-profit initiative provided by the Town of Erin.

The Community Improvement Plan (CIP) is a Municipal planning tool that sets out programs and strategies for improving the built, economic, and social environment in designated areas of a municipality.

The Town of Erin's Economic Development Officer will explain the program and go into greater detail of how you might be eligible for one or more of the 11 incentive grants offered to Erin Businesses.

If you own a business and are thinking of reshaping or revitalising your investment you will not want to miss this webinar. For questions please contact the Economic Development Officer directly at robyn.mulder@erin.ca

Next application deadline Friday September 24th. 

The Workforce Planning Board is looking for one more Guelph/Wellington manufacturer to host a virtual tour. This tour will be produced by the Workforce Planning Board (at no cost to the tour host) and released as part of MFG Day 2021.

Held annually on the first Friday in October with events that continue throughout the month, MFG Day—Manufacturing Day—helps show the reality of modern manufacturing careers by encouraging thousands of companies and educational institutions around the nation to open their doors to students, parents, teachers and community leaders. MFG Day 2021 takes place on Friday, October 1.

The main goal of MFG Day is to promote manufacturing careers and to dispel the common misconceptions of this sector by giving students and members of the public an inside look at what manufacturing careers are really all about. In previous years we have organized bus trips and given in person tours of local manufacturers. Due to concerns surrounding COVD-19 in 2021 we have chosen to once again produce a series of video tours featuring area manufacturers.

View virtual tours for MFG Day 2020.

If you're interested in hosting a virtual tour, please contact jeremy@workforceplanningboard.com  

Digital Main Street program for 2021-22 helps small businesses expand their digital presence and market their services online.

The renewed program will provide small businesses with $2,500 grants, technical training, and digital resources to help reach more customers in person and online.

Digital Service Squad (DSS) provides trained digital specialists to local small businesses to help them adopt online technologies and digitally transform their sales, marketing and back-office operations. The programme is available to small businesses in Wellington County looking to improve their online presence through Business Centre Guelph-Wellington starting Sept 1.

Digital Transformation Grant (DTG) focuses on providing qualifying brick-and-mortar small businesses with a digital assessment, online training and a one-time $2,500 grant to implement their Digital Transformation Plan. Businesses in Wellington County can access this grant through Business Centre Guelph-Wellington, contact success@guelphbusiness.com for more information on next steps.

Government extends COVID-19 benefits and business supports to support stronger economic recovery  

The Federal Government will extend crucial COVID-19 support measures for Canadians and Canadian businesses in recognition that uneven economic reopening across regions and sectors means workers and businesses continue to need support. These extensions include:

 

• Extending the eligibility period for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Lockdown Support until October 23, 2021, and increasing the rate of support employers and organizations can receive during the period between August 29 and September 25, 2021.

• Extending the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB), and the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) until October 23, 2021.

• Increasing the maximum number of weeks available for the CRB, by an additional 4 weeks, to a total of 54 weeks, at a rate of $300 per week, and ensuring it is available to those who have exhausted their employment insurance (EI) benefits.

• Jobs and Growth 

• Tourism Relief Fund 

• Business Scale Up and Productivity

Stay up to date with the Town of Erin's efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19, while ensuring businesses and residents are continuing to receive service excellence.