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Hanai Vancouver, the latest and only Hawaiian restaurant on Commercial Drive to be recommended by the Michelin Guide, recently launched a new catering and events division called Let’s Kau Kau (“let’s eat” in Hawaiian). We at BCBusiness had the great...
Money is on every founder’s mind—but how much? Last year, Shopify surveyed 150 entrepreneurs and 300 small business owners in the U.S. to conclude that, on average, they spent around $40,000 in their first year of business. Based on that research...
It’s almost been a decade since the B.C. government first proclaimed September Disability Employment Month. Karla Verschoor has been with Inclusion BC, a non-profit that advocates for the full inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the province, for...
According to a recent survey, 88 percent of women business owners in B.C. project growth in the next year. But there’s also a gap between the growth services that those women need and the availability of growth programs targeted at...
BCBusiness + DIVERSEcity When Neelam Sahota, FCPA, FCGA, took a part-time position at DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society to “test the waters,” she had no idea that she would one day be at its helm. This year marks a decade of her leading...
Life Story: She hasn’t cracked 30 years of age, but already Diamond Isinger has a CV that would make many practised pols blush. In the early years of the Trudeau administration, Isinger served as special assistant to then-International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, followed by a couple years in the Prime Minister’s Office...
BCBusiness's annual Top 100 event once again celebrated the biggest companies in the province by revenue. Those in attendance were treated to a networking luncheon, followed by a keynote interview with Ian Gillespie, founder of real estate developer Westbank Corp. Gillespie...
There’s no arguing that Telus is doing a lot. The telecommunications giant has branched into healthcare, topped the charts as B.C.’s biggest company by revenue in our annual ranking (see our latest print issue for that), and, since 2020, helped...
BCBusiness + Canadian Chamber of Commerce Small to medium business enterprises (SME) are essential to the Canadian economy. They represent the majority of Canadian enterprises and are a major source of employment. But in the current economic environment, they need help to...
Small businesses are resilient by nature, especially in B.C. With competition flooding nearly every industry in the province, all ventures, big and small, have to ride the innovation wave to keep their heads above the water. And that’s exactly what...