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What is Self-Employment Tax?
Here’s a beginner’s guide to self-employment tax and other key information you should know about taxes when you’re self-employed.
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Five Ways Conversational Commerce Strengthens Customer Relationships
To create trust and loyalty, businesses must provide exemplary customer service throughout their customers’ lifetimes. Forward-thinking brands are enhancing their customer service by using conversational commerce.
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5 Things To Know When Starting a Business in Ontario
5 Things To Know When Starting a Business in Ontario
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Canadian Government helping businesses grow online: Canada Digital Adoption Program now open for applications
In an effort to help businesses bounce back from two years of pandemic-induced challenges, the Government of Canada launched the Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) on March 3, 2022.
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Square partnered with StrikeUP Canada to help women entrepreneurs succeed on their own terms
Square’s commitment to helping women sellers grow and strengthen their businesses remains a priority.
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Everything Small Business Owners Need to Know About Employment Insurance
Learn how employment insurance affects your small business and workers. Join Square today for financial guidance and resources for your company.
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When Do You Charge the GST/HST? Is Your Business Exempt?
Find out when to charge the the GST/HST in Canada and whether or not your business is exempt from the charge with Square.
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How to Understand Your Overhead Costs
Understanding your overhead costs is an important part of managing your business. Here are a few basics you should know.
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Ontario Labour Laws — Everything Small Businesses Need to Know
New Ontario labour laws can help both employers and employees. Find out how labour laws have changed, and how to keep on top of them.
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Alberta Employment Standards: Everything Your Small Business Needs to Know
Want to know more about Employment Standards in Alberta? Here’s everything your small business needs to know to get started.
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How to Develop the Right Growth Strategy for Your Business
Learn how to develop the right growth strategy for your small business with Square. Develop your marketing strategy for expansion across new markets today.
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Alberta Labour Laws: 8 Laws You Probably Didn’t Know About
Alberta’s labour laws are unique, so if you run a business there, you must ensure you’re up to speed with the latest legalities. Square’s guide is here to help.
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6 Essential Marketing Tactics to Employ in 2022
Get your marketing strategy ready for 2022. Check out our essential marketing tactics for your small business, from social media to customer experience.
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How Restaurants are Automating Back-of-House Operations
Robot chefs and mechanical cooks are just scratching the surface of the potential for back-of-house efficiency. Here’s a closer look at back-of-house restaurant automation trends.
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B.C. Labour Laws: Everything Your Small Business Needs to Know
You must learn and adopt certain rules that apply to business ownership in B.C.— especially if you hire employees. B.C. labour laws set the bar for the province’s standards of employment.
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How to Register a Business in Ontario
Canada is a great place to grow and start your business. However, Ontario is a particular hotspot, it seems, as it’s home to some of the nation’s highest personal incomes.
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How CHAR Restaurant Group is helping to establish Calgary, Alberta as a thriving culinary destination
Here, we speak to Connie and John about what inspired their interest in cooking, Calgary’s food scene, their background in butchery, how Square has helped them grow their businesses, and the future of CHAR.
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How Tite Frette focuses on customer experience to shine a spotlight on Quebec’s unique microbrews
Here, we speak to Tite Frette’s president and co-founder about the “Tite Frette Experience,” the uniqueness of made-in-Quebec alcoholic beverages, and the decision to become a franchise.
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A Guide to the B.C. Employment Standards Act
Do you run a small business in British Columbia? Follow Square’s employment standards guide to better understand your responsibilities as an employer.
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How to Get Your Vancouver Business Licence
Looking to start a new business, but wondering how to get your Vancouver Business Licence? Learn how to apply and what you need to know with Square.
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How to Build a Salon Website
Here are seven steps that can help you build out your salon website.
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What Is Buy Now Pay Later and How Does It Work?
Buy now, pay later services have grown increasingly popular over the past couple of years. Here’s what you need to know about BNPL financing and how it works for businesses.
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How to Set Up a Loyalty Program that Works
Looking to keep your customers coming back for more?
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How to Get a GST Number in Canada: GST Registration
Most businesses in Canada have to register for a GST number. In fact, registering for a GST number is mandatory for all Canadian businesses unless the Canada Revenue Agency deems the business a small supplier.
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Which Receipts Do You Need to Keep as a Small Business Owner?
Which receipts should you keep? And in what form? And for how long? We’ll answer all those questions in this post.
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How to Choose the Best POS System for Your Small Business in 2021
When you’re looking for the best small business point-of-sale (POS) system, it’s important to understand what sorts of tools you need to help run and grow your business.
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Square launches On-Demand Delivery in Canada
Square has partnered exclusively with DoorDash to offer you food and beverage delivery services — including alcohol in eligible provinces — at launch.
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How to Grow Your Personal Training Business
Here are some tips and tools for standing out across platforms, increasing your reach, and booking new fitness clients.
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3 Important Invoice Management Tips for Small Businesses in 2021
Good invoice management encourages regular cash flow, eases accounting woes and saves you time.
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What Is the Best Credit Card and Debit Machine?
There are a lot of factors to consider when choosing the best credit card and debit machine for your business – this guide will help you understand what to look for so you can make the right decision.
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How to Open a Salon
Are you an aspiring aspiring salon owner? This guide walks you through everything you need to know when starting a beauty salon.
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How to Build a Personal Trainer Website
Here are seven steps that can help you build out your personal training website.
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The Future of Omnichannel
If you’re looking to keep tabs on consumers’ changing habits, learn what’s next in eCommerce, and see what the future holds for omnichannel retail, this post is for you.
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Marketing Ideas for Beauty Businesses
If you run a business in the beauty industry, you know how important it is to stay in touch with clients and attract new ones. Read on for some email marketing tactics that can be especially effective for beauty businesses that need a marketing makeover.
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Customer Engagement: Three Steps to a Strong Ecosystem
There are great opportunities from overhauling the way you engage with your customers throughout the entire customer lifecycle. An ecosystem of connected tools and intuitive programs gives you that.
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Holiday Supply Chain Issues and Canadian Retail
It’s even more important to be on top of your inventory this holiday season, as well as keep the lines of communication with your customers open, honest, and transparent. Square’s inventory management and marketing tools can keep you prepared.
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