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p8 tribune tuesday december 9 1997 finance- ontario business connects cuts red tape for small business start ups st also advancements made in september 1996 make it possible for business name resirations to be registered on the spot you know youre ready to start up your own business you have an innovative prod uct that cant miss you have the skills and resources necessary you know the people in your market and youre prepared to invest the time and effort vital to success now what a financial adviser will tell you to prepare a business plan and file the appropriate government registrations if youre like most budding entrepreneurs you wont be sure where to start experts at ontario business connects a provincial govern ment project designed to help cut red tape for small business people said your next step is a visit to your local library or small business centre id strong ly advise any one who doesnt have access to the internet on a home com puter to ask the help of their library or small busi ness centre so that they can look through the available online resources said jim evans pro ject executive of ontario busi ness connects which is part of the ministry of consumer and commercial relations evans said information avail able through the internet on such issues as developing a mar keting strategy or tapping new markets can mean the differ ence between the success or fail ure of a new venture evans also suggested once theyve absorbed the appropri ate information entrepreneurs should meet with counsellors at small business centres who can help answer many of the ques tions that will have been raised then youre ready to register your business in the past you would have had to waste time lining up at as many as five different provincial government offices now evans explains theres a better way to go you can apply for any combination of the five basic ontario small business registrations at one of the easy- touse singlewindow computer workstations which are now available at 53 locations across the province at the workstations business owners can prepare all the essential information transmit it and comply with the necessary government regulations for reg istrations including business name registration retail sales tax vendor per mit health tax health tax for the selfemployed and workers compen sation clients can also do a business name search instantly at the worksta tion people who have used the system report theyve filed their appli cations with ease even though many of them had no background in computers one indication of client comfort with the system is the fact that almost half of ontarios 130000 new business registrations each year are now being filed at ontario business connects sites evans said one big advantage of the sys tem is that applicants have to fill in the essen tial information only once it is sent to the specific offices as need ed for processing and approval of the registra tions also advancements made in september 1996 make it possible for business name reg istrations to be regis tered on the spot the client walks away with an instant business name registra tion in hand this cuts time making what used to be a six-to-eight- week process possible in less than 20 minutes renewals for busi ness name registrations can also be done imme diately onsite as well clients can apply for the federal business num ber businesses can now spend less time jumping through administrative hoops and concentrate on what they do best creating jobs and fuelling the economy said david tsubouchi the consumer and com mercial relations minis ter ontario business connects advance ments have met with the approval of business community experts including canadian federation of indepen dent business director judith andrew we see the single- window concept for government programs leading to positive results for ontarios small businesses most ontario busi ness connects worksta tions are available 8 am to 4 pm on business days although 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