Sandbox Blog

Your Commercial Lease – how does COVID-19 impact your rights and obligations? Can business interruption insurance help?

Posted by jesse on Apr 2, 2020 6:10:37 PM

Thirsty for knowledge? The COVID-19 situation is changing rapidly, leaving so much unknown about how it will affect businesses and their continuity.

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Tags: Finance CNNX, Business Implications, SBX NOW & NXT

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): MANAGING THE IMPACT ON GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS WITH EDC

Posted by jesse on Mar 29, 2020 6:22:19 PM

With travel advisories and restrictions continuing to be put in place in affected areas, Canadian exporters will need to find a way to minimize the risks to supply chains and global commodity prices that COVID-19 could have on their business. For more on the effects of COVID-19 we invite you to check out our dedicated COVID-19 resource page from our partners governmental, public & private on our SBX NOW & NXT page

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Tags: Business Implications, SBX NOW & NXT

COVID-19: Useful resources and reading | MAR.24 UPDATE

Posted by jesse on Mar 26, 2020 4:27:19 PM

NOTE: The information below is a list of selected, crowdsourced resources on COVID-19 from the Sandbox Centre & MaRs ecosystems. 

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Tags: COVID-19 Resources, SBX NOW & NXT

COVID-19 | Employer Rights & Obligations

Posted by jesse on Mar 26, 2020 11:37:13 AM

As part of the discussion surrounding business implications resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, Sandbox Centre hosted platinum partner Barriston Law who lead the conversation on employment law in Barrie & Simcoe.  HR Performance & Results Inc also plays a key role in speaking to specific rights, obligations and requirements for both employee and employer with local MP's and MPP's from Barrie, Innisfil & Springwater weighing in on governmental action plans.

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Tags: Business Implications, SBX NOW & NXT

Canada’s $27B Economic Response to COVID-19

Posted by jesse on Mar 21, 2020 4:06:29 AM

The Canadian federal government has released their economic support response plan for helping businesses and Canadians financially through COVID-19. Mentor Works has broken down what this response means for your business and what you can do about it.

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Tags: Finance CNNX, Uncategorized, Business Implications, SBX NOW & NXT

Shifting Mindsets For What's Next

Posted by jesse on Mar 20, 2020 9:29:37 AM

When considering the rapidly changing environment with the COVID-19 pandemic, it's a fair statement that managing change will be key for our personal and professional lives. There is great uncertainty around us, which is easy to be consumed by, and for some even harder to see beyond. The optimist knows that "this too shall pass", and in good time with a concerted community based effort, we can all work together to create 'the new world'.

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Tags: Professional Development, SBX NOW & NXT

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Managing the impact on global supply chains with EDC

Posted by jesse on Mar 18, 2020 4:56:58 PM
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Tags: Business Implications, SBX NOW & NXT

How Should You Handle COVID-19 in the Workplace?

Posted by Mackenzie Fennell on Mar 16, 2020 5:13:11 PM

From all angles, there is no doubt that we are being flooded with news of COVID-19 and its constant updates. This tsunami of an outbreak has naturally caused overwhelming fear, ambiguity among many, and perplexed concern not only around the globe, but our business community as well.

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Tags: COVID-19 Resources, SBX NOW & NXT

Are You Poised To Go Virtual?

Posted by jesse on Mar 16, 2020 1:39:53 PM

In your more recent moments, you may be finding (or will find) yourself in a potential state of flux due to the 'rapidly evolving situation' that is the COVID-19 pandemic. Are you scrambling?  Are you looking forward to a prolonged indefinite break?  Were you already prepared with a 'continuity plan' for large scale events that may unfold?  We wonder; did you look beyond to - what's next for your business? 

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Tags: Remote Working, SBX NOW & NXT

Family Businesses Generate Almost Half of Canada's Private Sector GDP and 7 Million Jobs According to New Conference Board of Canada and Family Enterprise Xchange Report

Posted by jesse on Sep 10, 2019 9:04:07 AM

 

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Tags: Business Implications, SBX NOW & NXT