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Closing the Books on 2021: Year-End Checklist for Business Owners
November 23, 2021
Successful entrepreneurs share stories of resilience, risk and opportunity: Chatter that Matters Podcast
November 23, 2021
What Business Owners Need to Know: Important Updates in Relief and Support Programs
Nov 1st, 2021
Bryan and Sarah Baeumler Share 5 Tips on Starting and Growing a Business
October 29th, 2021
RBC Small Business Poll Reveals 3 Pandemic-Driven Trends That are Here to Stay
October 1st, 2021
Think Only Big Business Can Attract and Retain the Best Talent? Here Are 6 Ways Small Business Can Compete
October 1th, 2021
7 ways to attract and hire employees in a tight labour market
August 3rd, 2021
Have a Great Business Idea? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions to See if it Could Fly
June 29th, 2021
Thinking of Starting a Business? Read this Step-by-Guide To See If You’re Ready to Take the Leap
June 30th, 2021
Quill: How They’re Growing Both Their Business and the Podcasting Industry
July 13th, 2021
How Montreal Men’s Clothing Company Surmesur Has Cut a Unique Path Through the Pandemic
June 2nd, 2021
Do You Have What it Takes to Start a Business?
April 27th, 2021
#SmallBusinessRedefined: Transferring the Energy Online: How Soul Studio Expanded During COVID-19
April 14th, 2021
#SmallBusinessRedefined: Muttluks Founder Marianne Bertrand on Running a Seasonal Canadian Business
December 30th, 2020
Episode Four: Chris Barrett - Put Your Best Click Forward
October 6th, 2020
Episode Two: Ujwal Arkalgud - Adapting to the Changing Face of the Canadian Consumer
October 23rd, 2020
Episode Five: Christian Dion - Kick-up Your Online Marketing
October 6th, 2020
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RBC Business Clients receive 3 free Business Posts every month for 6 months and 1 free Local Deal7.
Nextdoor is an easy-to-use app that instantly connects you to customers in your neighbourhood.
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- Business Posts: Engage with your community and spread the word about events, announcements, promotions and more with free Business Posts.
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GrantMatch is a leader in securing government funding for organizations. RBC business clients can access preferred pricing8. Offer expires January 31, 2022.
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Promote your business with Nextdoor, an app that connects businesses and neighbours. RBC business clients get 3 free Business Posts every month for 6 months and a free Local Deal for a limited time7.
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GrantMatch is an industry leader in securing government funding for a wide variety of organizations. RBC business clients can access preferred pricing from GrantMatch8. Offer expires January 31, 2022.
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For sole proprietorship registration “$89 back” offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes, and for incorporation, “$300 back” offer is inclusive of any applicable taxes (“Offer”). Offer available when you register or incorporate with Ownr and open a new RBC business deposit account (“bank account”) within 60 days (“Qualifying Criteria”). Once you complete the Qualifying Criteria, you must log back into your Ownr account and click ‘Refund Me’. You will receive the refund to your bank account within 7-10 business days of clicking ‘Refund Me’ . To qualify for this Offer your bank account must remain open for a period of 1 year from the date your bank account is opened. If you received this Offer then changed or closed your bank account within 1 year, we reserve the right to debit your bank account for the value of this Offer, plus applicable taxes, even if this places you into overdraft. Offer may be revised or withdrawn at any time without notice. No minimum account balance required.
Terms and conditions apply. Promotion runs from July 17, 2020 to February 28, 2022 (“Offer Period”). To be eligible for a 6-month fee waiver on the Bookmark Business Plan (“Offer”), you must be or become a Moneris merchant, have an RBC personal or business bank account for the settlement of transaction proceeds and sign up for a Bookmark Business Plan during the Offer Period. Monthly fee of $39.95 shall apply after the expiry of the 6-month fee waiver period on the Bookmark Business Plan which may be cancelled at any time. Offer is subject to change, cancellation or withdrawal at any time. Please click here for complete details of offer terms and conditions, including additional restrictions regarding offer eligibility.
This promotional offer (the "Offer") is not transferable, cannot be combined with other promotional offers or discounts and is time limited. In order to take advantage of this Offer and receive certain UPS preferred rates, you must visit ups.com and create a UPS account or sign-in with your existing UPS account. The services provided by UPS are subject to the UPS Canada Terms and Conditions of Service and such terms and conditions are available at UPS.com/ca.
As a Google Partner, Kliken is offering customers who are Visa Cardholders a credit for advertising on Google. Spend $150 within 31 days of your first served Google Ad powered by Kliken and Kliken will automatically top up your account with up to an additional $150 worth of advertising credit. Kliken is solely responsible for this offer. Click here for offer details.
Terms and conditions apply. Receive three months of free payroll processing and free implementation when you are referred by Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) by December 31, 2021 and have entered into ADP’s standard form services agreement by January 31, 2022. Cannot be combined with any other promotions and is only available to new ADP clients in Canada and ADP Clients who have previously only obtained Complimentary Access to ADP HR AssistSM, in each case that are referred by RBC and have 1–49 employees . Applies only for Small Business Payroll solutions — ADP Workforce Now On the GoSM, TeamPay by ADP® (including ADP HR Assist bundles), TeamPay by ADP Live and Comprehensive Outsourcing Services. Free processing applies to the recurring processing fees paid by you to ADP. “Recurring processing fees” exclude, without limitation: (i) any underlying payroll funding obligations (wages, taxes, third party remittances); (ii) fees for additional services such as custom reports,third-party remittances (as applicable), and cheque stuffing; (iii) Year-end services (except for first T4 production as applicable); (iv) third party pass through charges (including delivery charges); (v) bank fees such as wire and NSF fees; (vi) fees for the delivery, maintenance and sale of equipment; and (vii) penalties and interest. ADP reserves the right to discontinue or modify this promotion at any time. ADP, the ADP logo, TeamPay by ADP and Always Designing for People are trademarks of ADP, Inc. ADP HR Assist and ADP Workforce Now On the Go are service marks of ADP, Inc. ® / ™ Trademark(s) of Royal Bank of Canada. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Services referenced herein are provided by ADP Canada Co. ADP Canada Co. is not a member of RBC Financial Group. Copyright © 2021, ADP Canada Co.
Certain terms and conditions apply. Please visit go.moneris.com/rbc for complete details and restrictions regarding offer eligibility. To be eligible merchants must enter into credit and debit processing agreements and rent or buy a terminal from Moneris. Offer is subject to cancellation or withdrawal at any time. Promotion runs from March 11, 2020 to February 28, 2022. MONERIS and MONERIS & Design are registered trademarks of Moneris Solutions Corporation.
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This offer is not transferrable. In addition to the one (1) free Business Post you will receive upon initial sign-up with Nextdoor, as an RBC Business Client you will also get an additional two (2) free Business Posts per month (regularly $125/post) for six months and one (1) free Local Deal (valued at $125) (collectively, “Offer”). “RBC Business Clients” are RBC clients who have an RBC business bank account or an RBC business credit card (excluding RBC commercial credit cards). Offer is valid for the first 6 months from the date of sign-up. The Local Deal is a way for businesses to share deals and promotions. RBC Business Clients must either sign up with Nextdoor via the RBC Offers for Business platform or if they who have an existing business account with Nextdoor must email Nextdoor at the email address provided in the offer terms in the RBC Offers for Business platform using their email associated with their business account for Nextdoor in order to receive the Offer. Offer must be activated before June 30, 2022. Offer will be applied to your Nextdoor business account within 48 hours after the initial Nextdoor business account sign-up via RBC Offers for Business or for RBC Business Clients with an existing business account with Nextdoor upon email receipt.
For more information on Business Posts, please visit: https://help.nextdoor.com/s/article/Business-posting-guidelines?language=en_CA .
For more information on Local Deals, please visit: https://help.nextdoor.com/s/article/Offers-rules-best-practices-official?language=en_CA .
Nextdoor Canada Ltd, and not Royal Bank of Canada, is responsible for the terms and conditions applicable to this offer.
Upon enrolling in RBC Online Banking for Business, it may take up to 4-6 weeks to view RBC Business Offers.
This offer is only available to Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) business clients and is non-transferable. RBC business clients will receive free access to the GrantMatch Funding Assessment and Strategy Tool (FAST). RBC business clients who wish to access the FAST more than once must contact GrantMatch directly. Upon completing a FAST assessment, RBC business clients can get access to preferred pricing for GrantMatch grant writing services (where GrantMatch personnel will assist with the completion and submission of a grant application) and GrantMatch Premium (where GrantMatch funding specialist will assist in developing long term strategic grant strategy, offer guidance on the grant application process and if a grant is awarded will assist with reporting and compliance requirements) (“Offer”).
Preferred pricing for GrantMatch grant writing services consists of the following which is a 20% discount from GrantMatch’s standard pricing for GrantMatch grant writing services:
(1) Hourly rate $175.
Preferred pricing for GrantMatch Premium consists of the following options which are a 20% discount from GrantMatch’s standard pricing for GrantMatch Premium:
(1) an hourly rate $175; or
(2) a percentage fee model which is based on a percentage of approved funding:
- Up to $250,000 = 20% fee (of the first $250,000 of approved funding)
- Between $250,000 - $499,999 =16% (of approved funding)
- Between $500,000 - $999,999 =12% (of approved funding)
- More than $1mm = 8% (of approved funding)
Preferred pricing does not include HST. This Offer is valid from March 22, 2021 to January 31, 2022. GrantMatch Corp., not Royal Bank of Canada, is responsible for all terms and conditions applicable to your GrantMatch services, which are available at: https://ca.grantmatch.com/gm-terms-of-use-ca. Offer may not be combined or used in conjunction with any other offer(s). GrantMatch and RBC each reserve the right to discontinue or modify this Offer at any time.
Upon your request, Moneris may offer you assistance to develop your website ("Website Development Service"). If you use the Website Development Service, you need to provide Moneris with directions and instructions about the development of your website and you may be required to provide Moneris with permission to make changes and edit your website during the development. You remain solely responsible for your website and you need to: (a) review and approve any development, content, changes and edits suggested or made by Moneris to your website on your behalf, and (b) ensure that you remove any editorial rights which you may have granted to Moneris when you no longer wish to receive the Website Development Service. Moneris is entitled at any time, and without prior notice, to discontinue providing you with the Website Development Service for any reason. The Website Development Service is provided to you on an "as is" and "as available" basis. All other representations or warranties, express or implied, including any warranties of merchantability or as to correctness, quality, accuracy or reliability or as to fitness for a particular purpose are specifically excluded and disclaimed. The liability of Moneris to you arising out of, or in any way related to, the Website Development Service, will, in the aggregate, be limited to actual, direct and general monetary damages in an amount not to exceed the total fees, if any, paid by you for the Website Development Service to Moneris. This limitation of liability applies regardless of the form in which any legal or equitable action may be brought against Moneris, whether under contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, and the foregoing will constitute your exclusive remedy.
Certain terms and conditions apply. Please click here for complete details and restrictions regarding offer eligibility. To be eligible merchants must enter into credit and debit processing agreements and rent or buy a device from Moneris and meet other eligibility requirements. Offer is subject to cancellation or withdrawal at any time. Promotion runs from July 1, 2021, to February 28, 2022 (the “Offer Period”).