Resources - Business Operations

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Advocate Business Partners Ltd - offers services such as telephone answering and voicemail; teleconferencing; courier and mail handling; word processing; medical/legal transcription; editing; research; database management; and data entry.
All Business Network - provides useful topical and industry information, management tools, promotional programs, business related products and services and extensive Internet related functions tailored to help business owners and entrepreneurs expand and manage their companies more efficiently and profitably.

Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada - manufacturer and exporter information. Formerly, the Canadian Manufacturers' Association.
Association of Independent Consultants - a website that will help you to find specialists, experts and outsourced contractors in many fields.
The Bell Business Centre - Small business directory and shopping guide for Canada, with lists of reference sites and a collection of consumer tips and articles.
Better Business Bureau - monitors and reports marketplace activities to the public.
Better Business Bureau of Mainland British Columbia - monitors and reports Mainland BC marketplace activities to the public.
Canada Association of Family Enterprise - is a non-profit, registered charity, whose purpose is to endow educational programs and essential long-term research relating to family business.
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Canadian Innovation Centre - assists inventors and innovative companies. Our range of services includes invention evaluation, technology due diligence, market research, and education programs.
Competition Bureau -administers and enforces the Competition Act, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, the Textile Labelling Act and the Precious Metals Marking Act. Its role is to promote and maintain fair competition so that Canadians can benefit from lower prices, product choice and quality services.
Contracts: Electronic Creation of Effective Contracts - provides information on how to write effective contracts in Canada, online contracts as well.
Corporations Directorate - website for corporations on incorporating and other related topics.
The Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada - carries a wide range of products on a number of subjects including human resources, project management, computer training, entrepreneurship, management skills, and more.
Export Development Canada - provides Canadian exporters with financing, insurance and bonding services, as well as foreign market expertise.
ExportSource - a complete information site on exporting your products to other countries, such as export guides, publications, training; Customs, assistance, developing your export plan, financing, etc.
Guide to Federal Incorporation - provides the basic knowledge and tools that business owners need to incorporate and operate a small or medium-sized private company under the federal corporate law.
Idea Cafe - an American site with lots of resources for entrepreneurs
Insurance Bureau of Canada - national trade association that represents the companies which insure the homes, cars and businesses of Canadians.
International Organization for Entrepreneurs - provides Entrepreneurs with key services, education, mentoring and networking.
ISO - The website of the International Organization for Standardization provides information on international, regional and national standardization and related activities and services.
Managing for Business Success - provides small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) with information and sources of practical advice that can help address a particular management challenge.
Pacific Webcard Directory, Start Your Own Business - offers links to information for people starting their own business, listings of successful home-based businesses and business development services (such as web design and online advertising programs) that are tailored to those operating on small budgets.
Practical Planning - This site has mostly free and good personal development resources, goal setting and small business planning resources.
Record of Employment Form - all information you will need for employee relationships.
Retail Learning Initiatives - professional development programs and training materials geared for the retail sector.
Royal Bank - Women Entrepreneurs - advice and resources to help your business thrive and succeed.
Small Biz Pro - Visit award-winning best-selling author, professional speaker and small business expert Frances McGuckin, author of the national best-seller Business for Beginners. Take the entrepreneurial quizzes, read twenty small business articles, download free book chapters, learn success strategies, big ideas for growing your business, some fun and fitness tips, recipes and jokes, plus links to other small business resources.
Small Business Checkup - a free tool that will help you to develop an action plan to improve their business operations.
Small Business Tax Requirements and Services - information on the federal government's programs and services available to small businesses.
Standards Council of Canada - works in Canada and around the world to develop standards that address real needs, such as enhancing public safety and health, advancing the quality of life, helping to preserve the environment and facilitating trade.
Unisoft Datatech - Unisoft Datatech offers a wide range of data processing services, data conversion services, data entry, data outsourcing and wide range of other services.
Wholesale Hub Canada - business source for the latest wholesale merchandise from wholesale suppliers from Canada and world-wide.