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 (BR+E) 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. BR+E activities include our Business Tours, Business Networking Events, BR+E Surveys, Business Visitation and More!
2023 Business Retention and Expansion Survey
Our 2023 Business Retention and Expansion Survey is designed to help our team provide the programs, services and resources you need to address your individual business needs. Completing the survey will help our team tailor specific business retention and expansion resources and bring the relevant stakeholders to the table to help your business stay and grow in Perth County. You can find more information about our BR+E program below and take the survey now!
| 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? |
| Business Retention and Expansion are an ongoing process. The needs of the business community are constantly evolving in response to economic factors, market conditions, strategic opportunities and business growth plans. Global/national challenges such as COVID-19 pandemic also often have a local impact that is important to understand. Understanding business priorities, needs and intentions will help Perth County engage with businesses in a meaningful way and provide the resources, services and connections to help businesses stay and prosper in Perth County. 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 and deposit in a mailbox by October 20, 2023. You can also complete the survey online. 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 to facilitate individual responses and tailor an action plan to support business needs. |
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