26 - Sunday, March 26, 1989 - North Shore News

BUSINESS

THE FEDER‘'L BUSINESS Development Bank Com-
munity Business Initiative (CBI) program, designed to assist
the growth and development of small and. medium-sized
businesses is producing results for local businesses.

The CB! format includes 10
seminars which offer advice on
how to improve business and 10
work-site counselling sessions with
a CBI advisor who applies the
seminar theory to the specific con-
text of the program participant's
own business.

Participants may also meet in
small groups to discuss issues of
common interest.

business
briefcase

Michael Becker

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Said Cart de Jong, North Van-
couver CBI advisor: ‘*The results
in 1987 for this pilot project show-
ed cumulative profit improvements
of approximately $700,600 for 30
companies. This year profit im-
provement is estimated to be $1
million. We have one client who
made an extra $200,000 because we
changed his way of sales. We have
three or four others who are in the
$100,000 range.”

The fee to participate in the
program is $3,000 but the cost may
be subsidized by up to 75 per cent
through the local Canada
Employment & Immigration Cen-
tre. To participate, a candidate
must have a smail business and
must register as soon as possible.

The first seminar of the next
program is set for May 1. The
program is open to all types of
businesses, but is limited to a max-
imum of 35 non-competing
businesses.

Said Dave McKim, president of
North Vancouver-based McKim
Printing Lid.: ‘Our advisor show-
ed us one aspect of our business
which was losing us approximately
$3,500 per month. Without the
advisor’s guidance, we would have
lost about $40,000 per year on this
one profit centre alone."”

For more information about the
program contact Carl de Jong at
the local Federal Business Devel-
opment Bank at 656-7703.

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DB producing results

Youngman, Jan Murray, Norm
Crosby and Pat McCormick are set
to roast Murray (the Pez) Pezim
March 31 at a Hyatt Regency
benefit dinner for the World Police
and Fire Games.

Ticket prices for the benefit
dinner range from $4,000 to
$30,000 per table of 10. For in-
formation on tickets and corporate
sponsorships contact Harvey
Gould or Richard Warke at 687-
7463.

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When you find
out what's being
offered at Vina. ALL
YOU CAN EAT for $29.95
per couple. That’s right,
from now to the end of
March (except Fridays &
Saturdays), at our West
Vancouver location, all
the items on our menu,
from appetizer to
dessert, rack of lamb
to lobster tails, are
for you and your guest
to savor. What wonder-
ful opportunity to
sample fine Vietnamese
cuisine at its best.

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5 and 8 P.M.

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Business Management
Department
invites you to attend an
INFORMATIGN MEETING

!f you are interested in a career in business and want to
know more about our 2 year full-time Business Management
Diploma Programs which start in September or our 10 month
accelerated program that starts in July, come to our special
information Meeting on Wednesday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m.,
In Room H 501.

You will learn about our programs. including Accounting/
Finance, Administration, and Marketing as well as cur new
Business Computing Co-op Program that has 8 months of
paid work in addition to 16 months ot academic study. We
can help you to make your future education pians and be
“job ready". Call 984-4960 and let us know that you're
coming.

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