Activities

The Small Business Roundtable organizes several types of activities and events throughout the year:

Small Business Tours

We want to see you in action!  The Minister of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development along with roundtable members will be touring small businesses throughout the province in 2010. Tours will allow owners to express their views and ideas in their own working environment. Tours will take place at businesses that have been identified as developing an innovative approach to doing business and employ less than 50 employees.

Please contact the Roundtable Secretariat, RoundtableSecretariat@gov.bc.ca if you have a proposal for a small business tour in your area.

Consultations with BC Small Businesses

The Small Business Roundtable wants to engage the small business community around the province in a continuing dialogue to identify opportunities and actions to make British Columbia the most small business friendly jurisdiction in Canada.

The 2010 consultations will build on the previous years' goal of further understanding the regional and industry-specific issues and potential actions within the following key areas:

• Human resources access, development and education
• Reducing regulatory burden for small business
• Reducing tax complexity for small business
• Small business opportunities and challenges related to climate action
• Small business training priorities
• Leveraging local opportunities

REGISTRATION:  To attend any of the 2010 Small Business Consultations below, please send an email to RoundtableSecretariat@gov.bc.ca.  Indicate in your email the location and date you wish to attend, along with your contact information.  A confirmation of your registration will be sent to you along with any other details of the event. Thank you for your interest.        2010 SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTATIONS:     ANY ADDITIONAL 2010 CONSULTATION DATES AND LOCATIONS WILL BE POSTED HERE ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.       COMPLETED 2010 CONSULTATIONS:   Tri-Cities (October 29) View Summary   Oliver (October 22) View Summary   Abbotsford (October 20) View Summary   Parksville (October 15) View Summary   Kamloops - Aboriginal (July 26) View Summary    Chilliwack (July 16) View Summary   Kelowna (July 15) View Summary   Vernon (July 14) View Summary   White Rock (April 16) View Summary      If you would like to view the results of a completed consultation that is not listed here, please visit the consultation summaries page.

If you would like to send in a submission to the Small Business Roundtable regarding the 2010 areas of discussion, or if you have an issue related to small business you’d like to talk to us about, please email us at: RoundtableSecretariat@gov.bc.ca