SMALL BUSINESS REBATE OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 31

$10.5 million Securing Small Business Rebate Program now open for applications. This rebatee will provide small businesses with funds for eligible commercial property crime and vandalism repairs, or to implement eligible preventative measures. Click for details on the 2 rebate types available, including retroactive from > January 1 2023.

PUBLIC INPUT ON DISASTER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

As part of B.C.’s modernization of emergency management legislation, the Province is creating new regulations for post-emergency financial assistance (often referred to as “disaster financial assistance” or “DFA”) and local authority emergency management.

The Disaster Financial Assistance program helps people, businesses, and organizations cover disaster-related losses that are not readily insured, including item replacements, building repairs, and debris removal.

People, small businesses, and communities will be able to provide their experiences in order to shape new policy and improve support and response systems in the case of a disaster.

Inputs will be used to create new regulation reflecting modern risks and realities as a cause of climate change, replacing the existing Compensation and Disaster Financial Assistance Regulation.

NEW TOURISM GROWTH PROGRAM

PacifiCan have launched their Tourism Growth Program, a new funding program to bolster Canada’s tourism sector. Both businesses and not-for profit organizations are eligible to apply, with businesses applying for interest-free repayable contributions and not-for-profit organizations receiving non-repayable grants. Funding of up to $250,000 is available for projects.

Find out more make during an information session from 4:00 – 5:30pm MT on the 6th of December.

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EMPOWER YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY WITH WEBC'S NEW SMART PROGRAMS

LEARNING DESIGNED FOR BUSY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

In December, WeBC will launch their new SMART Programs! This On-Demand Learning Platform is designed to help you understand key concepts, work through interactive case studies and complete activities that apply the learning to your own business.

Their first interactive module is “HR for Small Business: Hire, Retain, and Lead Your Team.” The 3-part series is jam-packed with tools, tips, and resources to help you develop useful HR strategies to implement at any stage of your business. Your registration includes access to the learning platform, advisory support, and priority entry to their upcoming live resiliency series. 

Thanks to grant funding from the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, this program is currently FREE and open to women and non-binary entrepreneurs across Canada!

Learn more at go.we-bc.ca/SMART

Funded by the Government of Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy