Northern Development is helping to prepare businesses to gear up for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
In partnership with Initiatives Prince George, Downtown Prince George and Community Futures Development Corporation, the Trust is working to bring several Canada Winter Game business readiness workshops to Prince George.
These three-hour workshops will take place this fall to help better position all hospitality and retail business owners, managers and supervisors to support the demand before, during and after the Games, which will be the largest event ever held in northern B.C.
The business readiness workshops will be held on Tuesday, September 9th at 9:00am and Wednesday, September 10th at 2:00pm at the Initiatives Prince George office.
Ted Topping, president of Creative Insights Incorporated, will lead the Canada Winter Games business readiness workshops.
Topping is an expert in his field, working as a speaker, trainer and consultant for more than 25 years. He has led numerous workshops on business strategy, inventory management, marketing, selling and service across North America.
The key elements of these workshops will help local businesses handle traffic increases as well as to help them to understand the stamina the 2015 Games will demand.
Additional deliverables from these workshops include:
• Teaching business owners to see their businesses from a customer’s perspective
• Learning the importance of offering unique Games-worthy products and services, helping businesses better convey clear and consistent strategic messages through advertising
• Helping business to plan their staffing and inventory by examining the real-life experience of businesses that served the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax
The 2015 Canada Winter Games presents several different economic benefits and opportunities for northern B.C. businesses including procurement and business expansion.
Northern Development provided funding through the Trust’s Competitiveness Consulting Rebate program.
The Competitiveness Consulting Rebate program provides a rebate to small and medium sized companies engaged in manufacturing, innovative technologies, resource processing, transportation, distribution and their first line suppliers for outsourced consulting services.
A rebate of up to 50% to a yearly maximum of $30,000 can be recovered for the cost of external business consulting projects.
Projects must focus on increased productivity, new or incremental revenues, profitability and/or job creation.
For more information about the workshops and to sign-up for a session, please visit the registration page.
The deadline to register is September 5, 2014.
Quotes
“By contributing resources from the Competitiveness Consulting Rebate program, we anticipate that dozens of businesses in the Prince George region will get valuable hands-on tools to increase their business capability and effectively manage inventories, operations and customer service for large scale events,” said Renata King, Director, Business Development, Northern Development Initiative Trust.
Quick Facts
• The Competitiveness Consulting Rebate program provides a rebate to businesses to offset the cost of consulting and consultant travel for qualifying projects
• Companies may access customized consulting services to suit their unique business requirements
• Companies may use a preferred consultant or obtain assistance to identify and select a qualified consultant(s) with a verified track record of competitiveness consulting expertise
• Direct payments to reimburse the company within weeks of receiving verified completion of the consulting services contract
• The workshops will be held on Tuesday, September 9th at 9:00am and Wednesday, September 10th at 2:00pm at Initiatives Prince George.
Contact
Joel McKay
Director, Communications
Northern Development Initiative Trust
joel@northerndevelopment.bc.ca
Phone: 250-561-2525
