Finance
A collective of female founders, entrepreneurs and investors is calling on Canadians to increase diversity in business by launching #WomenRAISE: a 100-day challenge to raise $1 million in capital for seven female-led companies. The campaign ends July 4. The group works...
BCBusiness + Cindy David Financial Group Ltd. The release of the 2018 budget in February saw the federal government introduce amended rules on how passive investment income for Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs) would be taxed. And while they are an improvement over...
BCBusiness + Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP Consult a professional to discover the best option for your business Due to a smaller management structure and fewer staff, small business owners are even more focused than heads of large corporations in maintaining success. Unfortunately, this often leaves less time and fewer resources to plan in advance for succession, whether their ultimate goal is to pass...
Failure. People are always saying bad things about it. But it has its upside. These days it’s all Canucks fans have to cheer about. Since making the playoffs stopped being a thing around here, the only option left was to...
BCBusiness + Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd. For Pino Bacinello, president of Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd., knowing where to start when deciding to sell one’s business requires asking self-directed questions — and ideally, asking those questions years before the...
BCBusiness + Manning Elliott LLP While the tax reforms imposed by the provincial and federal governments in their latest budgets stunned many in the business community, they didn’t surprise Craig Prenter, CPA, CA, partner at Manning Elliott LLP. “Unfortunately they aren’t without...
It’s no big secret that younger generations are choosing to chase the dream of opening their own enterprise over the cozy corner office that their predecessors once coveted. Whether it be a side hustle, a startup or a sole proprietorship...
BCBusiness + Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP One of the more revolutionary advances in the financial sector in the wake of the global recession is what those with a love for jargon call fintech: a term once used to describe financial technology...
BCBusiness + Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP The rise of the financial-technology sector has triggered interest in patents for related technologies. While it’s clear that most fintech innovations are implemented via software, less obvious is how feasible it is to get...
BCBusiness + Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd. How is the price and value of a business for sale determined? There are varying methods used depending on the appraiser — with those of Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd. being among the most...