Wednesday, October 17, 1990 USINESS BRIEFS - North Shore News - 39 AWARD WINNER NORTH VANCOUVER engineer Thomas Arthur McLaren has been awarded the Professional Service Award by the Association of Pro- fessional Engineers and Geoscien- tists of B.C. The award is presented annually to association members for out- standing service to the association by serving on its committees or assisting in its affairs or other professional groups. McLaren is president of Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. in North Van- couver, which he founded in 1948. His contributions to the associa- tion include a term as president in 1977. He also chaired or had memberships in various commit- tees. McLaren has held active membership in many Canadian and international technical societies, including the Royal In- stitute of Naval Architects (Fellow), Institute of Marine Engineers (Fellow), Engineering Institute of Canada (Fellow), American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Society of Naval ALLIED Shipbuilders Ltd. president Thomas H. Mclaren .. awarded Professional Ser- vice Award. Architects and Marine Engineers. The Association cf Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. is the licensing and regula- tory body governing the practice of its 12,000 members in B.C. through the administration of the Engineers and Geosciertists Act. soy se : : NEWS photo Neil Lucente NORTH VANCOUVER District Ald. Joan Gadsby and John Madsen, owner of U-Lok Mini Storage Ltd., cut the ribbon to officially open the facility’s mew North Vancouver Iocation. The mini storage business is built on 2.4 acres of land and contains 900 units on 100,000 square feet of land. The North Vancouver facility is being biited as ‘‘the first incubator small business complex in Canada’’ and is an offshoot of the seif- serve storage industry. At the North Vancouver complex, located at West First Avenue and McXay Read dehind the Capilano Mall, area businesses can rent space from 25 square feet to 800 square feet. Some current businesses which use mini storage sites include janitorial firras, small manufactur- ers, mailing services, uphoisterers and delis. Arts awards launched THE VANCOUVER Board of Trade (VBT) recently honored the cultural generosity aud commit- ment of three local businesses at its first annual Business and the Aris Awards funcheer veld at the Pan Pacific Hotel. More than 230 poole turned ou: for the wid our c.cnt to hear Partick Ret anno + the cor- pe ite winners in th: SAECROTICS! Aloan Smehkers ane Chemicals bie. for innavitss. support, Rivimond Savings «dit Union fou sustained support oi 4 Choimas Heo-bs Florists Dea by | small business Thre kevnate osperher oof the evel was actor, plo ow eeht and suppert former Canada Council chairman Mavor Moore. Noreen Angus, VBT director and co-chairman of the board's Business and Arts Task Force, said a prosperous arts and business community go hand in hand. ‘des our colorful and diverse artistic milieu which makes Van- couver such an attractive place to live and do business," said Angus. Marathon Realty Co. Ttd.. sponsored the event and Graeme Stump, the company’s — general manager of the B.C. development and buildings group, said he was Pleased with the diterest and sup- port shown by both the business and arts communities. BUSINESS GROWTH VANCOUVER BUSINESSES employing between one and five people have grown by 2,534 firms in the last year, according to statistics released by Contacts Target Marketing Inc. Those figures show a current total of 31,390 this year compared to the 1989 figure of 28,856. Companies with one to five employees account for 66.3 per cent of all Vancouver Lower Mainland businesses. “The largest number of firms is alwas3 in the smallest employee size. Small business. Small business continues to be a cons- tant stability factor in Van- couver's overall growth,’ said Contacts president Isabelle Parker. ‘‘The business backbone has been created by those small companies who steadily increase and expand.”’ The largest overall gain by per- centage was achieved by firms employing 26-50 people. A 10 per cent increase results in a total of 1,972 firms, compared to 1,794 a year ago. A net gain of 178 companies have either started with or ex- panded their employee size to be- tween 26 and 50. Significant growth and devel- opment is also evident in larger corporations. Firms with 41 to 160 employees increased by 59 firms, a seven per cent hike while businesses with between 251 and 500 employees increased by seven per cent as well, bringing Van- couver’s new total to 143 firms. FEDERAL FUNDS A VANCOUVER-based con- sulting and design company will feceive assistance from the Western Diversification Fund to sail into new markets and maxe the most of existing ones. Wartsila Marine Inc., the Van- couver subsidiary of Finland- based MASA yards, specializes in design and consulting in Arctic vessels, icebreakers, ferries, pas- senger ships and other advanced- technology vessels. Justice Minister and Van- couver-Ceatre MP Kim Campbell said the company will receive a contribution of $9,005 to cover half the costs of implementing a formnal quality assurance and con- trol program. Wartsila was established in Vancouver in 1983 to provide professional consulting, design and engineering services in the North American market. The company hopes to expank its cus- tomer base by implementing a quality assurance program and control system that will be equivalent to the CSA 2299.2 guideline and to an AQAP-1 design and engineering level. WOMEN’S WORKSHOP MANAGEMENT TRAINER Eileen Hendry, former president of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women and founder of the Vancouver Women’s Network, will present a workshop for women who want to assess their management . skills from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 3 and the Holiday Inn Metrotown in Burnaby. She'll describe characteristics needed for management success, challenges facing women manag- ers, some emotional and psychological costs and manage- ment survival skills. For more information call 222- 5243. 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