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Meet the Digital Service Squad:
helping main street businesses grow online
For over a year, businesses in Windsor and Essex County have benefitted from the tech prowess of the Small Business Centre’s Digital Service Squad. Part of the Digital Main Street suite of programs and services, the squad is a team of local experts who help main street businesses grow and manage their business through the adoption of digital tools and technology.
Is your business one of the over 1,500 Windsor-Essex companies that have tapped into Digital Main Street supports? Meet the members of Digital Service Squad and connect with them to help grow your company’s digital reach. Read more
Each month, the WindsorEssex Small Business Centre highlights clients and entrepreneurs that have recently opened their business. Want to to be included? Email SBC for more information.
Making the transition from U.S. distributors to an
online store
Digital Main Street | Kristina Adel
Pharma Essentials had ambitious plans for distribution in the United States involving store, hospital and pharmacy visits. When COVID-19 struck, the founder Nancy Haddadin applied to the ShopHERE Powered by Google Program to create her online store instead. Now delicious and healthy gummy vitamins can be purchased in one-click as Pharma Essentials expands its online presence and looks for more partners. Read more
Giant city murals by local artists unveiled
Windsor Star | Trevor Wilhelm
One mural depicts high-flying dancers the “size of Andre the Giant.” Another is Essex County’s largest tribute to healthcare workers.
Two local artists have recently finished their own massive works of outdoor art, honouring causes close to their hearts and bringing splashes of colour and flair to Windsor streets. Read more
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Join us for this webinar led by Paul Zikopoulos, VP Cognitive Systems - IBM and Dr. Roshawnna Novellus , CEO and Founder - EnrichHER.
UPDATE Canadian Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) - The new CERS provides simple and easy-to-access rent and mortgage support until June 2021. The rent subsidy would be provided directly to tenants, while also providing support to property owners by supporting businesses, charities, and non-profits that have suffered a revenue drop with a percentage of their expenses being subsidized, on a sliding scale, up to a maximum of 65% of eligible expenses until Dec 19, 2020.
UPDATE Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)- An extension of the CEWS until June 2021, including possible changes to the rates and top-up calculation.
