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Counselling services available

Counselling Assis.
tance to Small En-
terprises (CASE) is
helping more and more
women start-up and
run a business of their
own. Ina typical month

recently, nearly one
out of every five
business owners or
managers receiving

counselling assistance
is a woman,

This represents over 200
businesses each month and
closely relates to the U.S.
where 16 per cent of smail
businesses are owned or
managed by women. The
advice is provided by retired
business men and business
women who have completed
a satisfying career in a

similar line of business and
who now wish to assist the

younger generation of

business entrepreneurs.

Counselling is provided at
a cost within the means of a
small business and is
designed to assist’ the
business owner in coping
with the many problems he
or she may have. While
trying to perfect the book-
keeping of the business
without neglecting sales and
advertising, the business
owner might not have time
for proper attention to store
or plant layout and for other

questions such as pur-
chasing, personnel and
production.

While not large enough to

call in a professional

management consultant, at a

much greater cost to the
small business,

cerns call

relieved by
Counsellor from CASE.

In British ColumBia,
requests from women and
couples for counselling were
most often made from those
in Retail Trade. Counselling
was also given in a number
of cases to those in Service
Industnes and Tourism but
not restricted to these
sectors as almost one half of
all counselling given in the
Resources sector were to
women or couples.

Bookkeeping and start-up
situations were the main
areas in which counselling
was given but other areas
such as, help in financial
planning and == expansions
were also counselled.

these con-

can and

are

greatly the

enin business

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National wide the CASE
service was used by over
12,000 businesses last year.
Most of the customers are
less than five years in
business and 2,000 are new
business ventures with a staff
of less than 10, although
companies with up to 75 full
tume employees are eligible.
Larger businesses have the
strength to engage experts to
look after specific areas, but
the greatest danger of
business failure is in the
young small business

Retailers and restaurants
are particularly in need of
advice and assistance and
were the subject of some
5,000 calls for counselling
last year Of those, 1,000 are
run by a woman in business

for herself or a couple
running the business in
partnership

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