Retail & Manufacturing

Small Business BC (www.smallbusiness.bc.ca) provides Ask an Expert days where you can book one-on-one appointments with a range of professionals so you can ask questions relevant to your business. Below are five Small Business BC experts.

First of all, you will need a social media strategy or a clearly stated plan that identifies what you hope to achieve with social media.

Use online tips and networking, and reach out for help when you need it

Nearly 60% of Canadian small-business owners reported an increase in the value of their businesses over the past five years, according to a BMO study released today.

The province is touting the arrival of Atlanta, Georgia-based Atlas Roofing Corp., which just opened a manufacturing facility on Annacis Island, as a victory of the provincial Jobs Plan.

Canadian banks aren’t fully meeting small businesses’ expectations, according to a survey just released by California-based marketing information services company J.D. Power and Associates.

A new TD Canada Trust survey provides new evidence that entrepreneurialism thrives in Canada.

Small businesses to get lower dues and more group-buying leverage, says B.C. division

According to the inaugural BMO Small Business Confidence Report (index) released today, nearly three-quarters (72%) of Canadian entrepreneurs and 71% in B.C. are confident in their business prospects and the state of the economy.

Small businesses are still waiting too long for permits related to natural resource industries, despite promises by the Liberal government to speed up the process, according to Stikine NDP MLA Doug Donaldson.