WCB REGISTRATION TO PROVIDE better service to entployers, the Workers’ Compen- sation Board (WCE) has initiated a new procedure aimed at decreas- ing the time it takes to register a firm with che WCB. The new system, called On-Line Registration, allows WCB staff to enter all necessary data from an employer’s phone-in registration directly into the computer and at the same time provide the employer with a registration number, “it's a significant improvement over the old sysiem,”’ said Bud DuGas, director of assessments for the WCB. ‘‘In most cases, the whole procedure takes less than IC minutes,”* Previously, entry clerks woulc write down information from a phone-in registration and then later transfer the information intc the computer and determine a reg- istration number. WOMEN’S MEETING CHALLENGES OF the ‘90's To Women will be the topic of the Nov. 7 North Shore Business and Professional Women's Club meeting at the Avalon Hotel in North Vancouver, Lois Camptell of the Federal Business Development Bank will answer questions dealing with women in business. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. For more information call 985- 2223. COLLINS TALKS WEST VANCOUVER-Capilano MP Mary Collins, the Associate Minister of National Defense and the Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, will be the key- note speaker at the Nov. 13 breakfast meeting of the West Vancouver Chamber of Com- merce. POSITIONS GROW JOBS FOR women employed in executive and management posi- dons with Vancouver area com- panies continues to grow, accord- ing to statistics released by Con- tacts Target Marketing inc. Newly released figures from Contacts now list 17,670 female executives in the Lower Mainland area, a 10 per cent increase over last year when 16,064 of valued key positions were held by women. A total of 79,101 key positions exist in the Vancouver area. One in every four positions are now occupied by women. Last year, 20 per cent of Van- couver’s key titles were filled by women. A net gain of 1,606 new female executives brings this total Firms benefit TWO NORTH Vancouver com- panies are among scores of B.C. firms that have received support rom B.C. Trade in finding out- of-province markets for their pro- ducts, North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jack Davis has announced. “B.C. Trade recently helped Nautiean Enterprises Ltd. attend the Tug Boat Seminar and Trade Show in Halifax to promote its steering nozzles and special pur- pose propellors,’’ Davis said. “The Crown corporation gave similar assistance ta Sareco Seafoods Inc. to make a market- ing trip to Japan to meet a poten- tial buyer of B.C. shellfish and salmon.” Davis said the support shown by B.C. Trade for small businesses is directly helping the proviace’s economy reduce its traditional dependence on natural See Companies page 31 50 - Sunday, November 4, 1990 - North Shore News ___ BUSINESS to 22 per cent. Within the 17,676 total female cvecutives, presidents and owners account for 1.714 positions. Fe- male partners of Vancouver com- panies are represented by 726 positions. BUSINESS MEETING THE NORTH Vancouver Chamber of Commerce will hold @ Business After Business meeting Nov. 8 at the North Shore Winter Club from 5 to 7:30 pan, FUNDS GRARTED THE 8.C. Maritime Employers’ Association of Vancouver has 985-7474 Qpen 9:00am-6:00pm PLEASE PRESENT THIS AD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OFFERS