Amount:$500,000 Type of Program:Loan Guarantee Description:The Small Business Loan Guarantee Program delivers better financial assistance for the start-up and expansion of small businesses in Nova Scotia by providing them loan guarantees.Credit unions are the only financial provider to offer access to the financing program and they can provide financing up to $500,000 in the form…
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants Description:The Self Employment (SE) program provides entrepreneurial support and financial assistance to Labor Market Development Agreement (LMDA) eligible, unemployed Nova Scotia participants starting their own business. The maximum duration of an agreement with a participant is 40 weeks. In addition to financial support, the Self Employment (SE) Benefit program offers…
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Investment Description:The objective of the Aquaculture Capital Equity Program is to partner with companies to increase production from both hatcheries and marine sites in Newfoundland and Labrador. The program will provide a minimum investment to projects of $250,000 for finfish operations and $100,000 for shellfish to match a private sector…
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants Description:Self-Employment Assistance is an employment program that provides financial and entrepreneurial assistance to eligible individuals to help them create jobs for themselves by starting a business. The maximum duration of an agreement with a participant is 52 weeks, and 78 weeks for persons with a disability.Comments on Funding:The applicant…
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Rebate Description:The Economic Diversification and Growth Enterprises (EDGE) Program provides incentives to encourage significant new business investment in the province to help diversify the economy and stimulate new private sector job creation, particularly in rural areas.Comments on Funding:The following incentives and benefits may apply:1100% rebate on provincial corporate income tax…
