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Business Counselling, Resources and
Registration
Business Counselling and Resources
South Lake CFDC provide a variety of business advising services and
resources to the local community.
Existing, or would be, local business owners can make an appointment to meet
with one of our staff for business advice on a variety of business issues
including business start-up, business planning, purchasing or expanding an
existing business and business financing.
We can also provide low cost interactive business training at our location in
Keswick.
Our Business Resource Room has a variety of printed resources on business
planning, marketing, home based businesses, e-commerce as well as detailed
community demographic information. We are a designated Canada-Ontario
Business Service Centre, Regional Access Partner, and are continually being
provided additional resources.
We also have a public access internet computer that can be used for both the
interactive training but also independent business research.
Key Benefits
- Access to informed and experienced small business advise.
- Access to government forms and information.
- Access to other information on business planning, demographics and
finance.
Capabilities
We have staff in place with education, coupled with many years of hands on
experience, in the areas of small business management, entrepreneurship and
business finance.
The staff are capable of providing quality information and advice on most
aspects of starting and managing a small enterprise.
Free on line business research capacity.
Access to on-line training courses on business start-up and ongoing business
management.
To make an appointment call 905-476-1244.
Business Registration (Ontario Business Connects)
The Ontario Business Connects (OBC) Kiosk allows clients to register a new
business, either as a Proprietorship or Partnership, or renew an existing
registration, at our offices and receive their Master Business License
immediately. Clients can also search potential business names to see if
they are already in use in Ontario.
Businesses that sell provincially taxable goods (PST) or are required to
register for Workers Safety and Insurance Board coverage can also complete these
registrations through the OBC Kiosk.
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Key Benefits
- The process is typically fast, taking less than 15
minutes.
- There is no waiting for the Master Business License to arrive in the
mail.
- This process is more cost effective than the other options for business
registration.
Cost
The service is available at our location Monday to Friday from
9:00 am to 4:00 pm. No appointment is required. The cost of registering a business is $60.00, payable
by cash, cheque or credit card (no debit). A name search costs an
additional $8.00 per name searched.
Capabilities
The system can immediately provide the business operator with the key
document required to establish a business bank account.
The system can facilitate registering a business to receive a Vendor's Permit
for provincial sales tax or to participate in the WSIB program.
The system allows a prospective business operator to search the Government of
Ontario's database of currently registered businesses to ensure that the name
being registered is not already in use in the market area.
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