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If you own a business, here’s how to retire on your own terms

If you own a business, here’s how to retire on your own terms

If you’re like most small-business owners, a significant portion of your retirement capital is tied up in a single asset: your business.
Gaining customers and finding time for the business are key challenges for entrepreneurs

Gaining customers and finding time for the business are key challenges for entrepreneurs

Most entrepreneurs launch companies without a business plan: Small Business BC survey
Greater Vancouver’s real GDP poised for 3% growth in 2015

Greater Vancouver’s real GDP poised for 3% growth in 2015

Vancouver’s economic growth may not be as white hot as Edmonton’s or Saskatoon’s but the West Coast city is still pegged to see a big boost in real gross domestic product (GDP), according to a report from the Conference Board of Canada.
Vision promises to keep economic focus on tech and tourism

Vision promises to keep economic focus on tech and tourism

Vancouver’s mayor is pledging low taxes and to focus on tech and tourism in a bid to grow the city’s economy
Robertson talks tech, talent and transit

Robertson talks tech, talent and transit

In the weeks leading up to the November 15 municipal election, Business in Vancouver will interview the mayoral candidates for Vision, the NPA and COPE
Rollercoaster of a ride

Rollercoaster of a ride

Stock markets have a down and up week
Digesting core issues in Apple’s fourth quarter, online video appetites up, robots take centre stage

Digesting core issues in Apple’s fourth quarter, online video appetites up, robots take centre stage

By Timothy Renshaw The shot to the heart of government and sleepy homeland security in Canada from the fatal October 22 Parliament Hill gun battle likewise sent shockwaves through the TSX .
What would you sacrifice to live in Lotus Land? A lot, apparently.

What would you sacrifice to live in Lotus Land? A lot, apparently.

Mountains. The ocean. Warm-ish winters. Here in Vancouver, we like to think we are the envy of the rest of the country, and quite often this is for good reason
B.C. consumer prices see lowest gains as Canada’s inflation rate hits 2% in September

B.C. consumer prices see lowest gains as Canada’s inflation rate hits 2% in September

British Columbians experienced the lowest gains in the consumer price index (CPI) across the country as Canada’s annual inflation rate of inflation eased to 2% in September.
Will $15 a day child care boost Canada’s economy?

Will $15 a day child care boost Canada’s economy?

Many parents across Metro Vancouver are paying the equivalent of a second mortgage for child care — if, that is, they can manage to snag a hard-to-come-by spot at a daycare