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Small Business and Field Services Branch
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The Small Business and Field Services Branch was created within the Industry Division of the new Ministry of Industry and Trade in 1982. It assumed the functions of two branches within the former Ministry of Industry and Tourism: the Industry Operations Branch (which had operated the domestic offices) and the Small Business Development Branch (which had operated the consulting service to small business).
In 1983, the Small Business and Field Services Branch was divided into two branches: the Small Business Branch and the Domestic Offices Branch.
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The Small Business and Field Services Branch stimulated the investment and growth potential of small business in Ontario through advisory services and financial incentive programs. The Manufacturing Productivity section provided financial incentives to small manufacturers to encourage new product development through a variety of programs. The Small Business Development Section provided consulting services to small businesses and entrepreneurs in the areas of company management, financial planning techniques, marketing and distribution.
The branch also operated the domestic offices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which provide all the ministry's services across Ontario.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Robert Anger