OUR SERVICES

Government Funding

When a federal or provincial government wants to maintain and/or encourage growth in some sector of the economy, it develops a grant program.  Some of these programs are short-lived, some have been around for decades and some only get limited yearly funding. The result is that there are many grant programs available to Canadian business owners.

In 2003 virtually every business owner had a thick binder containing a list of every government grant program available at the time. Now these binders have been replaced by the internet, and the information can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/government/grants-funding.html

Despite having all this information at their fingertips, business owners use our services to acquire government grants.  Why don’t they do it themselves?  For the same reason they don’t do their own tax returns. It is more cost-effective to have grant funding done by us with our expertise and experience to do it effectively.

SJE Consulting has secured government funding for businesses in virtually every sector of the economy, businesses undertaking a mind-boggling array of projects from the mundane to the extraordinary.  Most of these business owners had no idea that their company qualified for government funding, and were delighted when we made it happen for them.

As a business owner, your number one priority is running your business.  Contact us and we’ll let you know what grants your business can qualify for.  We do the work for the grants so you can continue the important work of running your business effectively.

Integrated Planning

When business owners embark on a project, they have a concept in mind with goals that will keep their business flowing.  They understand their available resources, have an idea of the potential path but they do not have a concrete written down executable step by step plan.

Every government grant program requires a detailed plan. While grant websites only discuss information on eligible expenses a comprehensive plan is mandatory.

SJE Consulting has many years of experience working with clients to create these plans. An important part of our work in creating the plans is understanding and executing the requirements of the grant programs. Measurable objectives, timelines, key performance indicators, personnel, budgets, and supporting information are all part of the planning service we provide.  Along with meeting the needs of the grant program, these plans serve as roadmaps for our clients to use as they execute their projects.

Business Writing Services

1 – Business Plans

Every business, from start up to expansion, needs to have a functional Business Plan. They are essential roadmaps for measuring the progress of your business towards your goals and objectives and for moving your business forward.

Business plans written by us are accepted by Federal and Provincial grant agencies, banks, and investors as important documents describing the present state and future direction of a business.

We use structured interviews with our clients to get the management, operations, and marketing information for the business plan.  We work with management and accountants to get the financial data to create present-state and forward-looking financial projections. We use our expertise to craft this information into a business plan that is useful now and in the future.

2 – Manuals

Business improvement programs such as Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, and ISO certification all stress the need for documentation of standard operating procedures.  We have the expertise to create Policy and Procedure Manuals, Quality Control Manuals, and Technical Operating Manuals.

To create these manuals, we work with the employees in our clients’ companies. Our interactive process of writing and reviewing in collaboration with the employees allows us to produce manuals that are accurate, functional, and accessible.

Comprehensive Website Critique

Websites can be a powerful identification and marketing tool for your business. Using the concept of “You Know Who You Are … Be That” we read, assess, analyze and critique your website from several angles. With this assessment, we work with you to identify your corporate identity, solidify it in your branding and recommend changes to your website to make it your most effective marketing tool.

Business Information Services

In our years of experience, we learned that government grant funding and project planning are not the only resources our clients require when they undertake projects. Working with trusted partners, we can offer expertise in:

• ERP software sourcing or development
• Workforce training
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement

Materials Sourcing Services

Our clients’ current concerns are tariffs, interprovincial restrictions and tariffs, shipping costs and delays, and raw material quality problems. At this time, it is imperative that Canada grow a strong economy from within. We recognize that we have a huge database of clients across Canada in many sectors. We are developing an extensive database which will enable us to provide a material sourcing service to our clients.

In this current political and economic climate, we are actively supporting our clients with up-to-date information supporting them to Keep Their Business Flowing.