Thursday, 18 October 2018

Saskatchewan Small Businesses - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Thursday October 18th, 2018 8:35 am

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Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Thursday October 18th, 2018 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-Wallebeck


This week we focus on:  Saskatchewan Small Businesses


Small Businesses Continue To Drive Saskatchewan’s Economy

Released on October 16, 2018

"The Government of Saskatchewan is pleased to recognize the positive impact of small businesses to the province during the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Small Business Week taking place from October 14 to 20, 2018.

The week is set aside every year to celebrate entrepreneurship across Canada.  The theme for 2018 is Digitize now: Transform your business.

Saskatchewan has Canada’s second highest rate of small businesses—about 130 for every 1,000 people, compared to about 111 nationally.  These organizations, which have fewer than 50 employees, made up 99 per cent of all businesses in the province in 2017.

“Small businesses continue to be major players in Saskatchewan, helping to keep our economy dynamic and competitive,” Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said.  “Through innovation and a commitment to their communities, they offer goods and services that advance the province and the quality of life of all who live here.”



In 2017, small businesses in Saskatchewan employed 31.2 per cent of the province’s workforce, paying $6.3 billion in wages and salaries and accounting for 25.6 per cent of total payroll.  They also contributed almost a third of the province’s gross domestic product at 27 per cent, in the same year.

The Government of Saskatchewan continues to invest in initiatives, services and programs that support small businesses in the province.

Some of these include:

  • The Saskatchewan Commercial Innovation Incentive, the first “patent box” style incentive of its kind in North America;
  • The Saskatchewan Technology Start-Up Incentive, which offers a 45 per cent non-refundable tax credit for individual and corporate equity investments in eligible technology start-up businesses;
  • The Product2Market: Value Added incentive which helps support small-and-medium-sized agri-businesses, from product development through to marketing activities;
  • The Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant, an employer-driven program which helps employers train new or existing workers to meet their specific workforce needs;
  • A small business income tax rate, at two per cent, for Canadian-controlled private corporations.  The rate applies to the first $600,000 of business income and is among the lowest in the country;
  • A highly competitive tax structure which includes tax credits for research and development, as well as for manufacturing and processing equipment expenditures;
  • The proclamation of the Regulatory Modernization and Accountability Act in 2013, to remove red tape that could be a road block to business, and to remove some of the barriers to growth.

A number of events are taking place across the country, during the 2018 BDC Small Business Week.  In Saskatchewan, these include various workshops and seminars focused on startups, marketing, business management and more.

To learn more and see a list of events, visit https://www.bdc.ca/en/small-business-week/events/pages/default.aspx.

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For more information, contact:

Deb Young, Trade and Export Development, Regina
Phone: 306-751-9530  Email: deb.young@gov.sk.ca

 
Building a Brand That Starts From the Heart
Seminar organized by Square One: Saskatchewan's Centre for Entrepreneurship
Part of Small Business Week in Regina, SK. Stay tuned for session description.
Date:
2018-10-19 — 12:00 p.m.
Cost:
$25
Address:
Path Cowork
1965 Broad St
Regina (Saskatchewan)
Contact:
888-576-4444
Email
Web site
Description
Your brand is so much more than your logo. As Amazon’s Jeff Bezos says, “Your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room.” In this seminar, we’ll explore some of the most common and costly mistakes in marketing and how you can avoid them simply by remembering to be HUMAN. Lunch included. This session is a part of Small Business Week 2018 in Regina.

Around Preeceville this fall: Safety - New down town sidewalks are done, pavement done from Midtown to the Water treatment station. Lions are working on their trail project around the town. This year work is ongoing on the North side of the town along the ski trails and old nature trails. 
All will improve safety when driving, walking or hiking the trails in Preeceville. Great work everyone! 



Events:

 - Ongoing

- Preeceville & District Lions Club Chase the Ace 
Minimum Jack-Pot is now at a $3,810.00
Draws every Thursday night at the Curling Rink.
Watch their Ad's.   Follow the ACE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PreecevilleChaseTheAce/


- The Town of Preeceville is pleased to announce the opening of Preeceville Dental. The clinic is now accepting new patients from across the Parkland area. The phone number is 306-547-1555 and the address is 27 Main St North, which is the Library building in downtown Preeceville.


Fire Prevention Week 

​October 7-13

 Fire Department BBQ

Centennial Park October 18 from 11-2, all proceeds to the family resource center.

 Chase the Ace Oktoberfest Meal

Brats, Kraut, German Potato Salad, Pumpkin Pie Tart with coffee or juice $10

Thursday October 18 from 5pm - 7:30pm 

Pre-Orders available Call Heather 306-547-2910 or Diane 306-547-2800

Whitehawks Art Council – Ghost Boy
October 20th at the Preeceville Legion Hall Denis Dufresne and Aaron Young (2 multiple award-winning session and live players) met at 19 years old and had toured the world before the age of 22. World Instrumental Music was the genre and by the time they reached 25, had been played on every PBS station, documentaries and were part of "The Hottest Fiddle Show in the World" as dubbed by the Walt Disney Corporation. The 2 moved on to explore other musical passions. This band separates the men from the boys.....and, rest assured, these guys won’t be Ghost’s for long! Get your tickets at X-cessories by Kerry or Lil's Fashions.

 Whitehawk Art's Council 

The Whitehawk Art's Council fall season ticket & patron Campaign is on now. Get your tickets at x-cessories by Kerry, Preeceville & Lil's Fashions, Sturgis.

Season includes: Ghostboy, Pretty Archie and Erin Costelo. 


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 Preeceville's Haunted Forest

Adults 12+ October 20th Starting at 8 pm $10


 ​Pasquia Porcupine Forest Management Area Public Consultation and Information Session - October 25, 2018 @ 7:00 pm Weyerhaeuser and Edgewood are holding a series of public consultation and information meetings on matters relating to the Pasquia Porcupine Forest Management Area. Topics include:
• An update on operations of the Hudson Bay OSB mill and Carrot River sawmill.
• Draft 2019/2020 Annual Operating Plans for harvest, site preparation and reforestation operations.
• An update on the Twenty Year Forest Management Plan. Industry foresters will be on hand to make presentations and answer questions. An open house will follow with opportunities to provide input into planned operations and to ask questions about specific areas.
This Public Session will be held at the Endeavour School Community Complex.
- Check out the new look on our town web site. It goods great and it's easily to follow all of our events and programs.

 - And as always if you wish to have an event promoted visit and post it to our Community Events Calendar at www.townofPreeceville.ca


Follow the Mayor on the town site at http://www.townofpreeceville.ca/default.aspx?page=65&cid=6 follow me on blogspot at http://mayorharris.blogspot.ca/















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