Financial

Access to Capital

If you are seeking risk capital but are not sure if you're ready for investors, check this site. Steps to Growth Capital helps you determine if you are ready to meet investors' needs and identify how you can prepare to attract growth capital.

Car Information

The Automobile Protection Association is the not-for-profit industry watch dog and gives you the latest information on new cars.

Government assistance

This Strategis site is an on-line resource to locating traditional and alternative sources of small business financing. There is a comprehensive database of financial providers as well as information on government assistance programs.

Insurance

An industry site with objective consumer section explaining home, life, disability and auto insurance and offering email access to experts.

Performance Plus

Performance Plus assists you in measuring your company's financial performance against the competition. There is an on-line tool to assess your financial performance, as well as financial and employment data on 600 small business sectors in Canada and over 30 performance benchmarks.

The Women's Enterprise Centre

The Women's Enterprise Centre - Providing loans, financial assistance and a complete range of business services to women entrepreneurs in British Columbia