Business & Professional Services BC

Business and professional services: these industries are the metronome of the BC economy. They keep the tempo. We shine a spotlight of news and analysis on business and professional services each month in BCBusiness. We certainly do.

Jon Schubert, CEO, ICBC

On numbers, big capital, monopolies, and unforeseens.

Vancouver Leadership Training Gets Creative (and Weird)

Inside the quirky, evolving business of "empowering" B.C.'s workers.

Annex Consulting Group Inc.

Turning the system on its head by bringing independent consultants together in a rewarding way.

Engineering and 
Entrepreneurship@UVic

Growing ideas that have a business plan encoded in their DNA.

Deadly Returns: Boom Times in B.C. Cremation

The popularity of cremation: pumping new blood into the death care.

Vancouver Bedbugs: The Bloodsucking Menace

Pest-control business booms as bedbug infestations take over the city.

Who Was the Pivotal Contact in Your Career?

Indispensable career contacts of three local luminaries.

What Is Your Networking Icebreaker?

Social networking strategies – for real life conversations.

B.C. Architects Without Borders

The success of Vancouver 2010 has boosted B.C.'s architectural brand.

Slideshow: Exemplary Canadian Architecture

From Vancouver's own Shangri-La to exquisite towers in Beijing.

Why Your Business Needs Flexible Loans

Eat what you kill businesses need flexibility.

The Difference Data Makes

By making all sorts of new data public can create huge opportunities.

Watching Vancouver's Private Investigators

With economic crime on the upswing, PIs are making a comeback.

Gregory Henriquez: Vancouver's Ethical Architect

Community-minded Vancouver architect designs buildings with people's interests at heart.

Renewal Partners

Bringing a social mission to venture capitalism.

Ritchie Bros.

Turning local markets for heavy equipment into worldwide ones.

Vision Critical

Serving the research needs of many of the world’s top brands.

Habanero Consulting

Where transparency and frank discussion carry the day.

How to Make a Graceful Retreat

Three experts on the best way for an organization to admit a mistake.

Mark Mullins

It was with a "heavy heart" that Mark Mullins has left the Fraser Institute.

Learning From Business Plan Competitions

A young company can learn from competitions like New Ventures BC.

Garbage Scrap

A Nanaimo small-time scrap hauler takes on the giants and wins.

Business Pitch Perfect

Understand the rules of the subtle game of pitching an idea and the sky’s the limit

Big Game Hunter

It's a lousy job market, but not if you’re one of Vancouver’s top headhunters.

Do you like networking at events?

Do you like networking at events?

Choices

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