Perth County's Economic Development and Tourism team provides programs and services to support the business community in Perth County, as well as entrepreneurs and new businesses looking to locate here. Our Business Retention and Expansion Program involves a multi-faceted approach to supporting existing businesses with their challenges and opportunities so that they can stay and thrive in Perth County.
| What is Business Retention and Expansion? |
| Business Retention and Expansion (BR+E) is the process of connecting with the existing business community to understand and respond to local needs. BR+E can have various formats including informal discussions with local businesses, corporate visitation and other forms of engagement with the business community. A structured BR+E project can help with understanding individual business needs and responding to community-level business priorities, challenges and opportunities. |
| Why is Business Retention and Expansion being undertaken now? |
| COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on businesses across Perth County. Understanding business priorities, needs and intentions will help Perth County in shaping the ongoing response to COVID-19. Previous BR+E studies have been conducted on a sample size of Perth County businesses to identify trends and issues at a community or industry level. The current BR+E program and survey is designed to include all businesses including farm businesses, in a data gathering exercise so that our team can uncover business-level intelligence to allow us to offer personalized support, connections, programs and resources. |
| How can I participate as a business owner? |
| A print copy of the Perth County BR+E Survey will be mailed to all business and farm addresses across Perth County through Canada Post's Neighbourhood Mail program. If you receive a survey, we encourage you to complete it and use the included postage-paid envelope to mail it back. You can also complete the survey online following the launch period. Your responses to both the printed and online survey will be kept confidential and only used to contact you if you so indicate. |
| BR+E Results |
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Individual BR+E survey responses will remain confidential and only be used by Economic Development and Tourism staff. A summary report of the number of respondents by industry, etc. as well as any larger macro-level trends will be presented to County Council. |
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