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| Back for her 5th year! | New Tourism Ambassador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sarah Cobb Sarah Cobb has joined our team again! We are thrilled to have her back for the 5th year. |
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| Great Advertising Opportunity | |
Promote your business in 2009 Francophone Tourism Information Guide. With more than 500,000 Francophones in Ontario alone, not to mention the Francophones from Quebec, French Canada and abroad, Direction Ontario guide is the perfect source of exposure for any tourism endeavour. This publication of 80,000 copies has many new extras including the new cyberguide. The "2009 Enhanced listing" is $325.00, which is featured on Direction Ontario's website. This advertising space gives you a name and address mention, coloured photo, telephone number or toll free number, email address, link to your website from the website plus a 40 word (250 characters) description of your business or services. If you missed your chance to advertise in the 2008 guide, you can have an advertisement on this website, starting now until the end of 2008. You will be contacted shortly after reserving your space in order to answer a six-question survey which evaluates your Francophone services at a national level. This allows tourists to know ahead of time, what type of Francophone services they can expect when visiting your area. Please drop into the Chamber office if you want to get more information
or get a copy of the purchase order reserving your space. |
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| 2008 Quinte Business Achievement Awards | |
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What a great turnout at the June Meet
& Greet despite the rain; the summer kick-off BBQ was hosted
by Bay of Quinte Mutual Insurance & Farm Mutual Financial Services
in Picton. It brought out over 70 enthusiastic members who took
the opportunity to present an 'infomercial' on their businesses
and tell other establishments of their up-coming events.
Thanks to our hosts Jeff Howell & team from Bay of Quinte Mutual Insurance and Brent Timm of Farm Mutual Financial Services for their BBQ’ing skills. Also, Barley Days Brewery graciously provided the group with their popular and tasty beer samples. The 50/50 draw, put on by PECCTAC to raise money for the Dragon Boat Racing, was won by Janet Craig, from The Satisfied Soul Inc., who kindly donated the money back to the Dragon Boat Races. Thanks Janet! A hilarious group skit was performed by Career Edge, Prince Edward Learning Centre, and Ontario Works highlighting how businesses can access their services. Thanks to everyone for their time, work and help with this successful Meet & Greet. Want to know what’s new? Come out to our next Meet & Greet and find out!
Want to host a Meet & Greet? Just contact us at the office at 613-476-2421 or email at pec@reach.net.
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| MESSAGE FROM THE ONTARIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | |
Helping Ontario Firms Expanding Internationally
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce believes that government and the business community have a responsibility to foster an export culture. Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) have difficulty finding the resources to expand to new markets, and yet, SMEs who export have often been found to out-perform their non-exporting counterparts across a variety of success indicators. In many countries in the world, and in fact in other provinces
in Canada, assistance is available for companies that need help
to grow their business in international markets. Now, as a result
of a partnership between the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the
Government of Ontario, firms in Ontario also have access to this
kind of support. Export Market Access (EMA) will enhance Ontario’s performance in international markets by helping new and emerging exporters access new markets and expand their growth. EMA will also lead to more employment opportunities for Ontario’s highly skilled workforce at a time when the job market is undergoing a significant transition. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are vital to Ontario’s job creation, accounting for roughly 99% of Ontario’s business community and employing about 53% of its workers. EMA is a program that will increase export sales by helping to
defray the costs of initiatives that companies could not or would
not undertake without help. It’s aimed at companies in Ontario
with no or negligible export sales and preference will be given
to a broad range of target markets which are not necessarily in
the US. The program is not limited to members of the Ontario Chamber
of Commerce. Similar programs have been successful in improving regional economic performance in such countries as Britain, Australia, and the United States. Assistance will be provided in four different categories: direct contact (which includes outgoing and incoming missions, and exhibiting goods and services to potential international buyers or suppliers); marketing tools; market research; and foreign bidding projects. |
EMA coincides with efforts by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce to promote greater business connections between companies in Ontario and emerging markets like India and the Asia-Pacific region. Just last month the OCC released a report pointing to the opportunities for Ontario firms in helping India overcome its infrastructure deficit. With immense needs in India in terms of hard and soft infrastructure, and Ontario’s essential strengths in these areas, Ontario-India Relations: The Infrastructure Dimension argues that infrastructure is a key point of access into this burgeoning economy. Similarly, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce is working closely with several Hong Kong groups including The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association, the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, to provide information and market intelligence to Ontario companies who see the benefits of launching a China strategy from Hong Kong as their base. One of the first initiatives within this partnership is an online dialogue or blog promoting two-way trade between the two regions. It can be found at www.venturesdialogue.ca While these are just two markets, they represent unlimited opportunities for Ontario firms. With additional support and cost-sharing, it’s hoped that greater penetration of these and other markets by companies from Ontario, will serve to strengthen Ontario’s prosperity and job creation. More information about Export Market Access can be found at www.exportaccess.ca. Editorial – Business Executive/Checkmark |
