BUSINESS BAIEFS

SALARY SURVEY

SALARIES ARE expected to in-

crease in the three sectors covered
by the Vancouver Board of

: Trade’s annual salary surveys, in
spite of tough ecenonic times.

The three surveys, clerical
survey, information processing
survey and middle management
survey, are produced by Western
Management Consultants.

“Although the anticipated in-
crease in clericat salaries in 1992 is
‘typically 4.5% to 5.5%, employers
expect their 1992 salary increases
to be slightly less than in 1991,”
said Barry Cook, Western
Management Consultants partner
responsible for the surveys done

* annually in B.C. and Alberta.

“The salary increases awarded
for certain ‘‘in demand’’ positions
such as some word processing and
legal jobs are, however, higher
than the norm for other jobs.””

He added .that 80% of the
employers surveyed expect to in-
crease their ‘salaries by 4.5% or
more in 1992.

‘One. half of the survey
organizations provide managers
with a car or car. allowance. plus
parking,”’ said Cook. ‘‘One half
of the survey organizations pay
cash incentives to their

managers while one third pay in-
centives to their non-management
employees.”

Cook said the typical employer
increased middle management
salaries by 5.5% to 6.5% in 1991.

“Fair and equitable salary set-
ting is crucial to a corporation’s
health and growth. There are pit-
falls in paying too little and in
paying too much,"’ said Bob
Stewart, Vancouver Board of
Trade chairman.

FISH BUSINESS

GOOD THINGS may come to
those who wait but the Pacific
Coast Vessel Owners Guild
believes that sometimes a more
active approach is called for and
they will be looking for new mar-
kets for fresh B.C. halibut.

The guild will receive a
$163,680 loan from the federal
Western Diversification fund to
carry out market research. Total
project costs are estimated at
$204,600.

The proposed marketing strate-
gy takes advantage of a recently
instituted quota system for halibut
licence holders, which gives each
vessel a specific quota over a
nine-month period. This replaces
the old system of periodic fishing
seasons or openings that last a few
days at a time.

The quota system could increase
both the quality and the price of
fresh B.C. halibut. Since the fish-
ing season wil! no longer be
limited to a few days a year, pro-
ducers wil’ have time to handle
the catches more carefully, enstr-
ing a higher quality yield and in-
creased prices for premimum fresh
fish.

“We are going to be offering
upscale. market customers an
alternative to frozen halibut,’
said guild president Evic
Wickham. ‘‘And by the use of
tags to identify the fish as B.C.
halibut, customers will be sure of
the quality.”

Wickham said B.C.-farmed
salmon is making inroads into the

$

from

Exclusively from North Shore Mazda
* Plus freight & P.DI. $395. ea

North American and Pacific Rim
markets and he expects B.C. hali-
but will follow the same pattern
into those markets.

“A portion of the program will
definitely be to educate our
members since, as a group, fish-
ermen aren’t used to actively
shaping the market for their pro-
duct and we are looking at long-
term strategy,”’ said Wickham.

BEER AND WINE STORE

AFTER THREE years of devel-
opment and construction the
Queens Cross pub in North Van-
couver has opened its new beer
and wine store.

Designed to serve the residents
of North Vancouver, and par-
ticularly those in the Upper Lons-
dale area, the Queens Cross Cold
Beer and Wine Empovium offers a
large selection of wines (240 dif-
ferent. brands) and all popular
beer, ciders and coolers.

AWARD WINNER .

A VANCOUVER-based technical
recruitment firm recently won
three awards at the 1991 National
Personnel Association’s (NPA)
production meeting held in Pitt-
sburgh, Pennsylvania.

Corporate Recruiters Ltd. won
awards for Top Canadian Consul-
tant, Top Ten NPA Consultant in
North America and a Counselling

Recognition Award. The firm is .

currently the 12th top revenue-
producing NPA recruitment firm
in North America and second
highest in Canada.

“This B.C. success story reflects
the tremendous opportunity avail-
able to Vancouver-based service
firms such as ours to address the

needs of the province’s healthy
and growing high technology and
data processing industries,’ said
Don Safnuk, president and
founder of Corporate Recruiters
Ltd.

NEW CLINIC

THANKS TO the Standard Life
Assurance Company, the Cana-
dian Red Cross will soon have a

hew permanent clinic in

downtown Vancouver.

The Standard Life Blood Doror
Giinic, which will be located on
the second floor of the new
Standard Life Building at 888
Dazsmuir, will open on Feb. 4,
1992. It will operate by appoint-
ments on both individual and
corporate bases.

THE LIONS GATE Hospital Foundation received a majer. finan-
cial shot in the arm for its fundraising campaign recentiy when
the Royal Bank of Canada donated $7,560 te the foundation's

fundraising efforts.

“Again the Royal Bank has shown the:

community of its strong commitment and leadership in

assisting organizations like the Lions Gate

1. We truet

Hospite
other businesses and financial institutions will follew this ex-
ampie and give generousty to the Lions Gate Hospital Founda-
tion,” said John Webster, chairman cf the Lions Gate Hospitai
Foundation’s corporate campaign. Pictured presenting the
cheque to Webster (centre) and Melanie Wheating, Lions Gate

Hospital Feundation’s director of development, is George
fney, Roya! Bank’s senior vice-president and ‘generat manager

of the B.C. and Yukon district.

Gaf-

NOTICE 10 ) MOTORISTS /PI PEDESTRIANS.
CASSIAR CONNECTOR PROJECT
NEW TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY ON RAMP
FROM FIRST AVENUE
NORTHBOUND RUPERT DIVERSION CLosURE_

Effective Wednesday, December-18, 1991 (weather permitting) anew Trans:

Canada Highway on ramp will be opened carrying

westbound and

eastbound First Avenue traffic northbound onto the Trans Canada Highway. |

This new ramp will replace the northbound portion of the Rupert diversion .
which is scheduled to close at the same time.

CASSTAR ST,

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RUPEAT 5%,

Your cooperation and understanding r regarding this matter is appreciated.

GEORGE DEAN

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
FENCO LAVALIN 1991 CORP.
PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE CASSIAR CONNECTOR PROJECT

For futher information, please ca” the Ministry of Transportation and

Highwavs Road Report information System 525-4997.

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