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BUSINESS UPDATE / OPPORTUNITIES
CHAMBER LUNCHEON
The Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lunch & General meeting will be held:
Tuesday December 18, 2012
Visitor Information Centre
12 to 1 pm
Chamber 2012 Update and Networking Luncheon
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
2013 Report on the Top 10 Barriers to Competitiveness. The aim of this initiative was to bring focus to our advocacy work, direct attention to the key impediments holding back Canada's progress and urge the government to act more swiftly in increasing Canada's ability to compete internationally.
Click here for the report: 2013 Top Ten Barriers to Competitiveness
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NorthwesTel Survey
NorthwesTel is asking customers to fill out a short customer satisfaction survey. Click here for the survey link.
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CRTC invites Canadians to comment on northern telecommunications services.
The CRTC has announced a public consultation on the telecommunications services that Northwestel provides to northern Canadians. The CRTC will accept written comments and hold public meetings. Click here for the CRTC news release.
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Business Investment Opportunities
New Provincial website designed to promote BC business opportunities and attract investors who may be interested in those business opportunities.
OpportuntiesBC provides investors with economic and quality of life information about BC and the benefits of doing business here. It also contains a searchable database that:
- provides updated listings of business opportunities across the province;
- serves as a portal for foreign and domestic visitors to explore opportunities in B.C. communities; and connects opportunity representatives with potential investor
For more info: www.opportunitiesbc.ca
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Free PST Webinars
Free PST webinars offered - join in from your office or home computer and recieve information on the following:
General PST information
Registration
eTaxBC
For information on dates and to register go to:
BC Return to PST Webinar
All government notices on the Transition to PST can be accessed at:
Transition back to the PST
Or see the PST Information website:
www.PSTinBC.ca
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Fort Nelson Chamber provides access to Small Business BC seminars through video conferencing. Upcoming courses include:
- Young Entrepreneurs: Business Planning & Financing - $Free
- Supercharge Your Facebook Marketing $Free
- Branding - More Than Just a Logo - $59.
To learn more about the seminars available go to: Small Business BC Seminars
For Information as it happens like the Fort Nelson Chamber FaceBook page and follow us on Twitter.
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