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Getting Your Business Ready for Year End
It’s the end of the year already! If you’re like us, you’re surprised at how quickly it got here. But it’s a great time to start getting your small business ready for year-end. Here are 15 tips to help the process go as smoothy as possible. Some of these tips assume a...
How can Entrepreneurs deal with price increases?
Input prices are rising. Here are strategies you can use to avoid raising prices for your customers. From lumber to wages to transportation costs, input prices have risen in recent months. To avoid simply passing the bill on to your customers, it’s in your best...
What Small Business Insurance do you need in Canada?
Getting insurance for your small business in Canada is very important. Insurance helps to keep you losing all your hard-earned work to fire, theft, or other types of risk. So what type of insurance does your small business need? To find out more and what type of...
Export Navigator Webinars
Export Navigator is back with some exciting new webinars for you to learn more about exporting your products. Market Research for Exporters Ask any experienced entrepreneur and they’ll tell you – there’s no room for assumptions when you’re running a business....
Spirit of Revelstoke Awards – 2021
The Spirit of Revelstoke Awards 2021 are now open for nominations! These awards are dedicated to the volunteers who give back their time to our wonderful community. They don't do it to get recognized but it's nice to let them know they are valued and just to...
Tech Reviews: Talk to an Expert
Basin businesses have been meeting with our Tech Experts to get direct, personal tech help. Several have done a deep-dive into their current digital marketing and looked at how they could improve and grow their customer base. Others requested help choosing a program...
#BuyBasin Festival
After reaching an audience of almost a 1,000,000 locally motivated shoppers this past spring, the #BuyBasin Festival is back! With 90% of #BuyBasin participants reporting a positive impact in locals supporting local business, Columbia Basin Trust is once again...
Kweseltken Documentary
We are happy to share with our community the thoughtful and informative documentary produced by our fellow Community Futures Development Corporation of Central Interior First Nations. "The problem is our food system is broken. A return to the land is also part of the...
Federal Statutory Holiday: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Federal Statutory Holiday: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation The Government of Canada is committed to reconciliation and ensuring that the tragic history and ongoing legacy of residential schools is never forgotten. As you may be aware, the government...
BC Business Match
BC Business Match is a business transition service that connects business buyers, sellers and communities across BC. It's a Network 34 initiative from Community Futures designed for: Business owners thinking of exiting their business Business owners already in the...